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2023 Most Popular Public Health Doctor's Degree Schools in California

12 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.

Along with in-depth profiles of schools and the programs they offer, Grad Degree Search has created the Most Popular Public Health Doctor's Degree Schools in California to help you in your search for the best school for you. Our analysis looked at 12 schools in California 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 following schools top our list of the Most Popular Public Health Doctor's Degree Colleges.

Our 2023 rankings named University of California - Los Angeles the most popular school in California for public health students working on their doctor’s degree. Located in the city of Los Angeles, UCLA is a public college with a fairly large student population.

Read full report on Public Health at University of California - Los Angeles

#2

San Diego State University

San Diego, CA

Out of the 12 schools in California that were part of this year’s ranking, San Diego State University landed the # 2 spot on the list. SDSU is a fairly large public school located in the large city of San Diego.

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 San Diego State University

The in-demand doctor’s degree programs at University of California - San Diego helped the school earn the #3 place on this year’s ranking of the most popular public health schools in California. UCSD is a very large public school located in the city of La Jolla.

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

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The in-demand doctor’s degree programs at Claremont Graduate University helped the school earn the #4 place on this year’s ranking of the most popular public health schools in California. Claremont Graduate University is a small private not-for-profit school located in the large suburb of Claremont.

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

Read full report on Public Health at Claremont Graduate University

Out of the 12 schools in California that were part of this year’s ranking, University of California - Berkeley landed the # 4 spot on the list. Located in the city of Berkeley, UC Berkeley is a public school with a fairly large student population.

Full Public Health at University of California - Berkeley Report

With a ranking of #6, University of California - Irvine did quite well on this year’s most popular schools for public health students working on their doctor’s degree. Located in the large city of Irvine, UC Irvine is a public college with a very large student population.

Full Public Health at University of California - Irvine Report

#7

Loma Linda University

Loma Linda, CA

Loma Linda University landed the #7 spot in the 2023 rankings for the most popular doctor’s degree public health programs. Located in the suburb of Loma Linda, Loma Linda University is a private not-for-profit school with a small student population.

Full Public Health at Loma Linda University Report

University of California - Merced landed the #7 spot in the 2023 rankings for the most popular doctor’s degree public health programs. UC Merced is a medium-sized public school located in the rural area of Merced.

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

Full Public Health at University of California - Merced Report

With a ranking of #9, University of Southern California did quite well on this year’s most popular schools for public health students working on their doctor’s degree. USC is a fairly large private not-for-profit school located in the city of Los Angeles.

Full Public Health at University of Southern California Report

With a ranking of #10, University of California - Davis did quite well on this year’s most popular schools for public health students working on their doctor’s degree. Located in the small suburb of Davis, UC Davis is a public college with a fairly large student population.

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

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 12 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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