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2023 Most Popular Public Health Schools in California

33 Colleges
$48,454 Avg Salary
$19,528 Avg Student Debt

Finding the Best Public Health 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 Schools in California to help you in your search for the best school for you. Our analysis looked at 33 schools in California to see which 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 .

Our 2023 rankings named University of California - Berkeley the most popular school in California for public health students. Located in the city of Berkeley, UC Berkeley is a public school with a fairly large student population.

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The excellent programs at University of California - Los Angeles helped the school earn the #2 place on this year’s ranking of the best public health schools in California. Located in the city of Los Angeles, UCLA is a public school with a fairly large student population.

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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. USC is a fairly large private not-for-profit school located in the large city of Los Angeles.

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#4

National University

La Jolla, CA

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend National University. It ranked #4 on our 2023 Most Popular Public Health Schools in California list. National University is a fairly large private not-for-profit school located in the city of La Jolla.

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#5

San Diego State University

San Diego, CA

The excellent programs at San Diego State University helped the school earn the #5 place on this year’s ranking of the best public health schools in California. SDSU is a fairly large public school located in the city of San Diego.

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West Coast University - Orange County did quite well in this year’s ranking of the most popular schools for public health students. It came in at #6 on the list. Located in the large city of Anaheim, West Coast University - Orange County is a private for-profit college with a small student population.

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California State University - Northridge ranked #7 on this year’s Most Popular Public Health Schools in California list. CSUN is a very large public school located in the city of Northridge.

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#8

University of San Francisco

San Francisco, CA

With a ranking of #8, University of San Francisco did quite well on this year’s most popular schools for public health students. USFCA is a large private not-for-profit school located in the large city of San Francisco.

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Touro University California landed the #9 spot in the 2023 rankings for the most popular public health programs. Located in the midsize city of Vallejo, TUC is a private not-for-profit college with a small student population.

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With a ranking of #10, California State University - San Marcos did quite well on this year’s most popular schools for public health students. CSUSM is a fairly large public school located in the large suburb of San Marcos.

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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 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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