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2023 Most Popular Public Health Doctor's Degree Schools in North Carolina

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Finding the Best Public Health Doctor'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.

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 North Carolina ranking. Our analysis looked at 4 schools in North Carolina 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.

Check out the public health doctor's degree programs at these schools if you want to attend one of the most popular in North Carolina.

Our analysis found University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill to be the most popular school for public health students who want to pursue a doctor’s degree in North Carolina. Located in the city of Chapel Hill, UNC Chapel Hill is a public school with a very large student population.

Women make up 60% of the public health majors at the school.

Read full report on Public Health at University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

A rank of #2 on this year’s list means University of North Carolina at Charlotte is a great place for public health students working on their doctor’s degree. Located in the city of Charlotte, UNC Charlotte is a public college with a fairly large student population.

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A rank of #3 on this year’s list means University of North Carolina at Greensboro is a great place for public health students working on their doctor’s degree. Located in the city of Greensboro, UNC Greensboro is a public school with a fairly large student population.

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#4

East Carolina University

Greenville, NC

The in-demand doctor’s degree programs at East Carolina University helped the school earn the #4 place on this year’s ranking of the most popular public health schools in North Carolina. ECU is a very large public school located in the small city of Greenville.

Full Public Health at East Carolina University Report

Best Public Health Colleges in the Southeast Region

Explore all the Most Popular 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 4 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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