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2023 Best Public Health Doctor's Degree Schools in California

11 Colleges
$76,078 Avg Salary

Finding the Best Public Health Doctor's Degree School for You

Public Health is the #14 most popular major in California with 1,867 degrees and certificates awarded in 2020-2021.

With all the programs available today, it can be tough to choose which one is the best for you. You can choose a traditional brick and mortar school, or with the growth of online education, you can attend a school half-way across the country without even leaving your house. Also there are many trade schools that offer short-term programs that open up more career options.

The Best Public Health Doctor's Degree Schools in California ranking is one of many tools that Grad Degree Search has developed to help you make your educational decision. This report analyzed 11 schools in California to see which ones offered the best doctor's degree programs for students. Factors related to overall quality of the school, post-graduation earnings, average student debt, and more accumulated were considered when coming up with this list.

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2023 Best Public Health Doctor’s Degree Schools in California

Check out the public health doctor's degree programs at these schools if you want to get the best education that money can buy.

Top 10 Best Public Health Doctor's Degree Schools

#1

Stanford University

Stanford, CA

Our 2023 rankings named Stanford University the best school in California for public health students working on their doctor’s degree. Stanford is a large private not-for-profit school located in the suburb of Stanford.

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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend University of California - Los Angeles. The school came in at #2 on this year’s Best Public Health Doctor’s Degree Schools in California list. Located in the city of Los Angeles, UCLA is a public college with a very large student population.

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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of California - Berkeley. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Best Public Health Doctor’s Degree Schools in California list. Located in the medium-sized city of Berkeley, UC Berkeley is a public school with a very large student population.

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#4

Loma Linda University

Loma Linda, CA

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Loma Linda University. The school came in at #4 on this year’s Best Public Health Doctor’s Degree Schools in California list. Located in the suburb of Loma Linda, Loma Linda University is a private not-for-profit school with a small student population.

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A rank of #5 on this year’s list means University of Southern California is a great place for public health students working on their doctor’s degree. USC is a very large private not-for-profit school located in the large city of Los Angeles.

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With a ranking of #6, Claremont Graduate University did quite well on this year’s best schools for public health students working on their doctor’s degree. Claremont Graduate University is a small private not-for-profit school located in the large suburb of Claremont.

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University of California - Davis came in at #7 in this year’s edition of the Best Public Health Doctor’s Degree Schools in California ranking. Located in the small suburb of Davis, UC Davis is a public college with a very large student population.

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#8

San Diego State University

San Diego, CA

San Diego State University did quite well in this year’s ranking of the best places for public health students to get a doctor’s degree. It came in at #8 on the list. SDSU is a fairly large public school located in the large city of San Diego.

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University of California - San Diego did quite well in this year’s ranking of the best places for public health students to get a doctor’s degree. It came in at #9 on the list. UCSD is a very large public school located in the city of La Jolla.

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University of California - Irvine did quite well in this year’s ranking of the best places for public health students to get a doctor’s degree. It came in at #10 on the list. Located in the large city of Irvine, UC Irvine is a public college with a very large student population.

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Best Public Health Colleges in the Far Western US Region

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State Degrees Awarded
Washington 197
Oregon 233
Nevada 114
Hawaii 30
Alaska 41

One of 29 majors within the area of study, public health has other similar majors worth exploring.

Majors Similar to Public Health

Related Major Annual Graduates
Nursing 66,964
Medicine 28,629
Rehabilitation & Therapeutic Professions 24,774
Health & Medical Administrative Services 17,335
Pharmacy/Pharmaceutical Sciences 16,952

Notes and References

*These averages are for the top 11 schools only.

  • Read more about our ranking methodology.
  • 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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