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2023 Best Public Health Doctor's Degree Schools in the Southwest Region

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$76,078 Avg Salary

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

Public Health is the #16 most popular major in the country with 19,473 degrees and certificates awarded in 2020-2021.

Today's students have lots of options to pick from when considering higher education opportunities. Along with traditional schools that require in-person attendence, you can attend one of many reputable online schools. Some programs even offer a hybrid experience. Alternatively, you may choose a trade school that prepares you to enter the workforce with knowledge in a specific field.

To assist you in seeing some of the education options that are available to you, Grad Degree Search has created its Best Public Health Doctor's Degree Schools in the Southwest Region ranking. This report analyzed 8 schools in the Southwest Region to see which ones offered the best doctor's degree programs for students. To come up with a school's ranking, we analyzed numerous factors related to post-graduation wages, the quality of education offered by the school, average accumulated student debt, and more.

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2023 Best Public Health Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region

The colleges and universities below are the best for public health majors pursuing a doctor's degree.

Top Southwest Region Schools for a Doctorate in Public Health

Our analysis found The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston to be the best school for public health students who want to pursue a doctor’s degree in the Southwest Region . UTHealth is a moderately-sized public school located in the large city of Houston.

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The excellent doctor’s degree programs at University of Oklahoma - Health Sciences Center helped the school earn the #2 place on this year’s ranking of the best public health schools in the Southwest Region . Located in the large city of Oklahoma City, UOHSC is a public college with a small student population.

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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Texas A&M University - College Station. The school came in at #3 on this year’s Best Public Health Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region list. Located in the midsize city of College Station, Texas A&M College Station is a public school with a fairly large student population.

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Out of the 8 schools in the Southwest Region that were part of this year’s ranking, The University of Texas at Austin landed the # 4 spot on the list. UT Austin is a very large public school located in the city of Austin.

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Out of the 8 schools in the Southwest Region that were part of this year’s ranking, University of New Mexico - Main Campus landed the # 5 spot on the list. UNM is a fairly large public school located in the large city of Albuquerque.

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#6

University of Arizona

Tucson, AZ

University of Arizona 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 #6 on the list. Located in the city of Tucson, University of Arizona is a public school with a fairly large student population.

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University of North Texas Health Science Center 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 #7 on the list. UNT Health Science Center is a small public school located in the large city of Fort Worth.

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American InterContinental University - Online came in at #8 in this year’s edition of the Best Public Health Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region ranking. Located in the rural area of Schaumburg, AIU Online is a private for-profit school with a fairly large student population.

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Best Public Health Colleges by State

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State Degrees Awarded
Texas 602
Arizona 457
Oklahoma 76
New Mexico 81

Public Health is one of 29 different types of programs to choose from.

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 8 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).
  • Credit for the banner image above goes to Article 25 Flickr.

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