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2023 Best Public Health Master's Degree Schools in North Carolina

9 Colleges
$51,865 Avg Salary

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

In 2020-2021, 564 degrees and certificates were awarded to public health students who went to a North Carolina college or university. This makes it the #14 most popular major in the state.

There are lots of options to pick from today when trying to decide which program is right 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.

Along with in-depth profiles of schools and the programs they offer, Grad Degree Search has created the Best Public Health Master's Degree Schools in North Carolina to help you in your search for the best school for you. Our analysis looked at 9 schools in North Carolina to see which master's degree programs offered the best educational experiences 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 Master’s Degree Schools in North Carolina

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

Top North Carolina Schools for a Master's in Public Health

#1

Wake Forest University

Winston-Salem, NC

Our 2023 rankings named Wake Forest University the best school in North Carolina for public health students working on their master’s degree. Located in the medium-sized city of Winston-Salem, Wake Forest University is a private not-for-profit school with a moderately-sized student population.

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The excellent master’s degree programs at University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill helped the school earn the #2 place on this year’s ranking of the best public health schools in North Carolina. Located in the small city of Chapel Hill, UNC Chapel Hill is a public school with a very large student population.

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#3

Duke University

Durham, NC

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Duke University. The school came in at #3 on this year’s Best Public Health Master’s Degree Schools in North Carolina list. Located in the city of Durham, Duke is a private not-for-profit school with a large student population.

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#4

Campbell University

Buies Creek, NC

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Campbell University. The school came in at #4 on this year’s Best Public Health Master’s Degree Schools in North Carolina list. Located in the town of Buies Creek, Campbell is a private not-for-profit college with a medium-sized student population.

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The excellent master’s degree programs at Queens University of Charlotte helped the school earn the #5 place on this year’s ranking of the best public health schools in North Carolina. Queens is a small private not-for-profit school located in the city of Charlotte.

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Lenoir - Rhyne University ranked #6 on this year’s Best Public Health Master’s Degree Schools in North Carolina list. Lenoir - Rhyne University is a small private not-for-profit school located in the small city of Hickory.

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#7

East Carolina University

Greenville, NC

East Carolina University landed the #7 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best master’s degree public health programs. ECU is a very large public school located in the small city of Greenville.

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With a ranking of #8, University of North Carolina at Charlotte did quite well on this year’s best schools for public health students working on their master’s degree. Located in the city of Charlotte, UNC Charlotte is a public college with a very large student population.

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With a ranking of #9, University of North Carolina at Greensboro did quite well on this year’s best schools for public health students working on their master’s degree. Located in the city of Greensboro, UNC Greensboro is a public college with a fairly large student population.

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Best Public Health Colleges in the Southeast Region

Explore all the Best Public Health Colleges in the Southeast Area or other specific states within that region.

State Degrees Awarded
Virginia 690
Florida 851
Georgia 898
Tennessee 242
Kentucky 128
Louisiana 208
Alabama 387
South Carolina 81
Mississippi 96
Arkansas 59
West Virginia 106

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

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 9 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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