2024 Best Public Health Schools in the Great Lakes Region
79Colleges in the Great Lakes Region
5,221Public Health Degrees Awarded
$41,919Avg Early-Career Salary
Public Health is of the hottest degree programs in the United States, coming in as the #26 most popular major in the country. So, there are lots of possibilities to explore when you're trying to determine where you want to get your degree.
College Factual reviewed 79 schools in the Great Lakes Region to determine which ones were the best for degree seekers in the field of public health. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 5,221 degrees in public health during the 2020-2021 academic year.
Your choice of public health school matters, so we have put together these rankings to help you make your decision. We derive our Best Overall Public Health School rankings by rolling up our degree-level rankings after weighting them by the number of degrees awarded at each school.
You may want to choose one of the degree levels below to find the schools of most interest to you.
Since the program you select can have a significant impact on your future, we've developed a number of rankings, including this Best Public Health Schools in the Great Lakes Region list, to help you choose the best school for you.
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Best Schools for Public Health in the Great Lakes Region
Although we recommend filtering by degree level first, you can view the list below to see which schools give the educational experience for the public health degree levels they offer. Only those schools that rank in the top 15% of all the schools we analyze get awarded with a place on this list.
11 Top Great Lakes Region Schools in Public Health
Northwestern University is one of the finest schools in the United States for getting a degree in public health. Northwestern is a very large private not-for-profit university located in the city of Evanston. A Best Colleges rank of #5 out of 2,217 schools nationwide means Northwestern is a great university overall.
There were about 107 public health students who graduated with this degree at Northwestern in the most recent data year.
Every student pursuing a degree in public health has to check out University of Michigan - Ann Arbor. U-M is a very large public university located in the medium-sized city of Ann Arbor. A Best Colleges rank of #29 out of 2,217 schools nationwide means U-M is a great university overall.
There were roughly 224 public health students who graduated with this degree at U-M in the most recent data year. Those public health students who get their degree from University of Michigan - Ann Arbor earn $10,880 more than the standard public health student.
University of Wisconsin - Madison is a good option for students interested in a degree in public health. Located in the city of Madison, UW - Madison is a public university with a fairly large student population. A Best Colleges rank of #30 out of 2,217 schools nationwide means UW - Madison is a great university overall.
There were approximately 450 public health students who graduated with this degree at UW - Madison in the most recent data year. Degree recipients from the public health major at University of Wisconsin - Madison get $9,886 more than the standard graduate with the same degree shortly after graduation.
Any student pursuing a degree in public health has to look into Indiana University - Bloomington. IU Bloomington is a very large public university located in the city of Bloomington. A Best Colleges rank of #55 out of 2,217 schools nationwide means IU Bloomington is a great university overall.
There were about 263 public health students who graduated with this degree at IU Bloomington in the most recent data year. Students who graduate with their degree from the public health program state that they receive average early career earnings of $40,865.
Case Western is a fairly large private not-for-profit university located in the large city of Cleveland. A Best Colleges rank of #63 out of 2,217 schools nationwide means Case Western is a great university overall.
There were approximately 41 public health students who graduated with this degree at Case Western in the most recent year we have data available.
Purdue is a fairly large public university located in the small city of West Lafayette. A Best Colleges rank of #40 out of 2,217 colleges nationwide means Purdue is a great university overall.
There were roughly 102 public health students who graduated with this degree at Purdue in the most recent data year. Graduates who receive their degree from the public health program make an average of $29,968 in the first couple years of their career.
Ohio State is a very large public university located in the city of Columbus. A Best Colleges rank of #69 out of 2,217 schools nationwide means Ohio State is a great university overall.
There were approximately 196 public health students who graduated with this degree at Ohio State in the most recent data year. Degree recipients from the public health program at Ohio State University - Main Campus make $6,979 above the typical college grad in this field when they enter the workforce.
Located in the small city of Champaign, UIUC is a public university with a very large student population. A Best Colleges rank of #34 out of 2,217 colleges nationwide means UIUC is a great university overall.
There were roughly 229 public health students who graduated with this degree at UIUC in the most recent year we have data available. Soon after graduating, public health degree recipients usually earn an average of $38,082 in the first five years of their career.
Wayne State is a very large public university located in the large city of Detroit. This university ranks 7th out of 57 schools for overall quality in the state of Michigan.
There were approximately 328 public health students who graduated with this degree at Wayne State in the most recent year we have data available.
UIC is a fairly large public university located in the large city of Chicago. This university ranks 6th out of 85 schools for overall quality in the state of Illinois.
There were about 217 public health students who graduated with this degree at UIC in the most recent data year. Public Health degree recipients from University of Illinois at Chicago get an earnings boost of about $15,848 above the average income of public health majors.
Located in the large city of Indianapolis, IUPUI is a public university with a fairly large student population. This university ranks 7th out of 42 schools for overall quality in the state of Indiana.
There were roughly 221 public health students who graduated with this degree at IUPUI in the most recent data year. Those public health students who get their degree from Indiana University - Purdue University - Indianapolis receive $4,570 more than the typical public health grad.
These are some additional schools worth mentioning that are also great but just didn't quite make the cut to earn our top Best Public Health Schools in the Great Lakes Region award.
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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Your choice of public health school matters, so we have put together these rankings to help you make your decision. We derive our Best Overall Public Health School rankings by rolling up our degree-level rankings after weighting them by the number of degrees awarded at each school.
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