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

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$51,865 Avg Salary

Finding the Best Public Health Master'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.

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 the Southwest Region to help you in your search for the best school for you. This report analyzed 25 schools in the Southwest Region to see which ones offered the best master'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 Master’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region

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 10 Best Public Health Master's Degree Schools

Our 2023 rankings named The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston the best school in the Southwest Region for public health students working on their master’s degree. UTHealth is a moderately-sized public school located in the city of Houston.

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#2

Texas Wesleyan University

Fort Worth, TX

The excellent master’s degree programs at Texas Wesleyan University 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 city of Fort Worth, Texas Wesleyan is a private not-for-profit college with a small student population.

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A rank of #3 on this year’s list means Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center is a great place for public health students working on their master’s degree. TTUHSC is a moderately-sized public school located in the city of Lubbock.

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A rank of #4 on this year’s list means West Coast University - Dallas is a great place for public health students working on their master’s degree. West Coast University - Dallas is a small private for-profit school located in the city of Dallas.

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Out of the 25 schools in the Southwest Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Texas A&M University - College Station landed the # 5 spot on the list. Located in the medium-sized city of College Station, Texas A&M College Station is a public school with a fairly large student population.

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University of North Texas Health Science Center came in at #6 in this year’s edition of the Best Public Health Master’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region ranking. UNT Health Science Center is a small public school located in the large city of Fort Worth.

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#7

Baylor University

Waco, TX

With a ranking of #7, Baylor University did quite well on this year’s best schools for public health students working on their master’s degree. Baylor is a fairly large private not-for-profit school located in the city of Waco.

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With a ranking of #8, The University of Texas at Austin did quite well on this year’s best schools for public health students working on their master’s degree. UT Austin is a very large public school located in the city of Austin.

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Arizona State University - Tempe came in at #9 in this year’s edition of the Best Public Health Master’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region ranking. ASU - Tempe is a fairly large public school located in the city of Tempe.

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Arizona State University - Skysong ranked #10 on this year’s Best Public Health Master’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region list. ASU - Skysong is a very large public school located in the medium-sized city of Scottsdale.

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Best Public Health Colleges by State

Explore the best public health schools for a specific state in the Southwest region.

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 25 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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