If you pursue a bachelor's degree in public health, you won't be alone. The field of study is the #28 most popular program in the country. This means there are lots of options to choose from when you decide to get your degree.
For its 2024 ranking, College Factual looked at 2 schools in Colorado to determine which ones were the best for public health students pursuing a bachelor's degree. Combined, these schools handed out 31 bachelor's degrees in public health to qualified students.
One measure we use to determine the quality of a school is to look at the average salary of bachelor's graduates during the early years of their career. That is, everyone wants their bachelor's degree to be worth something, and salaries are one measure of determining that.
Other Factors We Consider
In addition to the above, you should consider some of the following factors:
Major Focus - How much a school focuses on public health students vs. other majors.
Major Demand - How many other public health students want to attend this school to pursue a bachelor's degree.
Educational Resources - The amount of money and other resources allocated to students while they are pursuing their degree. These resources include such things as number of students per instructor and education expenditures per student.
Student Debt - How much debt public health students go into to obtain their bachelor's degree and how well they are able to pay back that debt.
Accreditation - Whether a school is regionally accredited and/or accredited by a recognized public health related body.
Our complete ranking methodology documents in more detail how we consider these factors to identify the best schools for public health students working on their bachelor's degree.
The public health school you choose to invest your time and money in matters. To help you make the decision that is right for you, we've developed a number of major-specific rankings, including this list of the Best Public Health Bachelor's Degree Schools in Colorado.
In addition to our rankings, you can take two colleges and compare them based on the criteria that matters most to you in our unique tool, College Combat.
Test it out when you get a chance! You may also want to bookmark the link and share it with others who are trying to make the college decision.
Best Schools for Bachelor’s Students to Study Public Health in Colorado
Below you'll see a list of the best colleges and universities for pursuing a bachelor's degree in public health.
Top Colorado Schools for a Bachelor's in Public Health
It is hard to beat Colorado State University - Fort Collins if you wish to pursue a bachelor's degree in public health. Colorado State is a very large public university located in the city of Fort Collins.
Bachelor's recipients from the public health program at Colorado State University - Fort Collins earn $12,008 more than the typical college grad with the same degree shortly after graduation.
It is difficult to beat Fort Lewis College if you want to pursue a bachelor's degree in public health. FLC is a small public college located in the distant town of Durango.
Students who graduate with their bachelor's from the public health program report average early career wages of $25,953.
Become a force for the public good by exploring current trends in health and health policy from a national and global perspective with this specialized online bachelor's from Southern New Hampshire University.
The bars on the spread charts above show the distribution of the schools on this list +/- one standard deviation from the mean.
The Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS) from the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES), a branch of the U.S. Department of Education (DOE) serves as the core of the rest of our data about colleges.
Some other college data, including much of the graduate earnings data, comes from the U.S. Department of Education’s (College Scorecard).
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