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2023 Most Popular Public Health Doctor's Degree Schools in the Far Western US Region

19 Colleges
$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.

It's not easy to decide which program to enroll in when you have so many options available. 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.

To help you arm yourself with the information you need to make your decision, Grad Degree Search has developed this Most Popular Public Health Doctor's Degree Schools in the Far Western US Region ranking. Our analysis looked at 19 schools in the Far Western US Region to see which doctor's degree programs were the most popular for students. To create this ranking we looked at how many students graduated from the Public Health program at each school on the list.

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

Our analysis found University of Washington - Seattle Campus to be the most popular school for public health students who want to pursue a doctor’s degree in the Far Western US Region . Located in the city of Seattle, UW Seattle is a public school with a fairly large student population.

About 75% of the students majoring in public health at the school are women while 25% are male.

Read full report on Public Health at University of Washington - Seattle Campus

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of California - Los Angeles. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Most Popular Public Health Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Far Western US Region list. UCLA is a very large public school located in the large city of Los Angeles.

Full Public Health at University of California - Los Angeles Report

#3

San Diego State University

San Diego, CA

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend San Diego State University. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Most Popular Public Health Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Far Western US Region list. Located in the large city of San Diego, SDSU is a public school with a very large student population.

About 75% of the students majoring in public health at the school are women while 25% are male.

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#4

Oregon State University

Corvallis, OR

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Oregon State University. It ranked #4 on our 2023 Most Popular Public Health Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Far Western US Region list. Oregon State is a very large public school located in the small city of Corvallis.

About 60% of the students majoring in public health at the school are women while 40% are male.

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A rank of #5 on this year’s list means University of California - San Diego is a great place for public health students working on their doctor’s degree. Located in the city of La Jolla, UCSD is a public college with a very large student population.

Women make up 71% of the public health majors at the school.

Read full report on Public Health at University of California - San Diego

With a ranking of #6, University of California - Berkeley did quite well on this year’s most popular schools for public health students working on their doctor’s degree. UC Berkeley is a fairly large public school located in the medium-sized city of Berkeley.

Full Public Health at University of California - Berkeley Report

Claremont Graduate University did quite well in this year’s ranking of the most popular places for public health students to get a doctor’s degree. It came in at #6 on the list. Located in the suburb of Claremont, Claremont Graduate University is a private not-for-profit college with a small student population.

Women make up 83% of the public health majors at the school.

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University of California - Irvine landed the #8 spot in the 2023 rankings for the most popular doctor’s degree public health programs. UC Irvine is a fairly large public school located in the large city of Irvine.

Full Public Health at University of California - Irvine Report

University of California - Merced landed the #9 spot in the 2023 rankings for the most popular doctor’s degree public health programs. Located in the rural area of Merced, UC Merced is a public school with a medium-sized student population.

Of the 4 students majoring in public health at UC Merced, 25% are male and 75% are female.

Read full report on Public Health at University of California - Merced

#9

Loma Linda University

Loma Linda, CA

Loma Linda University did quite well in this year’s ranking of the most popular places for public health students to get a doctor’s degree. It came in at #9 on the list. Loma Linda University is a small private not-for-profit school located in the large suburb of Loma Linda.

Read full report on Public Health at Loma Linda University

Best Public Health Colleges by State

Explore the best public health colleges for a specific state in the Far Western US region.

State Degrees Awarded
California 1,867
Washington 197
Oregon 233
Nevada 114
Hawaii 30
Alaska 41

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

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 19 schools only.

  • 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.

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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