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2023 Most Popular Public Health Schools in the Far Western US Region

51 Colleges
$46,586 Avg Salary
$20,530 Avg Student Debt

Finding the Best Public Health 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 Schools in the Far Western US Region ranking. This report analyzed 51 schools in the Far Western US Region to see which ones were the most popular programs 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 programs at these schools if you want to attend one of the most popular in the Far Western US Region .

Our 2023 rankings named University of California - Berkeley the most popular school in the Far Western US Region for public health students. UC Berkeley is a fairly large public school located in the midsize city of Berkeley.

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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend University of California - Los Angeles. The school came in at #2 on this year’s Most Popular Public Health Schools in the Far Western US Region list. UCLA is a fairly large public school located in the large city of Los Angeles.

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A rank of #3 on this year’s list means University of Southern California is a great place for public health students. Located in the large city of Los Angeles, USC is a private not-for-profit college with a very large student population.

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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend University of Washington - Seattle Campus. The school came in at #4 on this year’s Most Popular Public Health Schools in the Far Western US Region list. Located in the large city of Seattle, UW Seattle is a public college with a very large student population.

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#5

National University

La Jolla, CA

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend National University. It ranked #5 on our 2023 Most Popular Public Health Schools in the Far Western US Region list. Located in the large city of La Jolla, National University is a private not-for-profit school with a large student population.

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#6

San Diego State University

San Diego, CA

San Diego State University came in at #6 in this year’s edition of the Most Popular Public Health Schools in the Far Western US Region ranking. Located in the city of San Diego, SDSU is a public school with a very large student population.

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#7

Oregon State University

Corvallis, OR

Oregon State University did quite well in this year’s ranking of the most popular schools for public health students. It came in at #7 on the list. Oregon State is a fairly large public school located in the city of Corvallis.

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West Coast University - Orange County landed the #8 spot in the 2023 rankings for the most popular public health programs. West Coast University - Orange County is a small private for-profit school located in the large city of Anaheim.

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California State University - Northridge landed the #9 spot in the 2023 rankings for the most popular public health programs. Located in the large city of Northridge, CSUN is a public school with a fairly large student population.

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University of Nevada - Reno did quite well in this year’s ranking of the most popular schools for public health students. It came in at #10 on the list. Located in the large city of Reno, UNR is a public school with a fairly large student population.

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Best Public Health Colleges by State

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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 25 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.

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