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2023 Most Popular Public Health Master's Degree Schools in District of Columbia

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Finding the Best Public Health Master's Degree School for You

In 2020-2021, public health students earned 617 degrees and certificates from a District of Columbia school, making the subject the 4th in the state.

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.

To assist you in seeing some of the education options that are available to you, Grad Degree Search has created its Most Popular Public Health Master's Degree Schools in District of Columbia ranking. This report analyzed 6 schools in District of Columbia to see which ones were the most popular master's degree 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.

The following schools top our list of the Most Popular Public Health Master's Degree Colleges.

Our 2023 rankings named George Washington University the most popular school in District of Columbia for public health students working on their master’s degree. GWU is a fairly large private not-for-profit school located in the city of Washington.

Women make up 82% of the public health majors at the school.

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#2

Georgetown University

Washington, DC

The in-demand master’s degree programs at Georgetown University helped the school earn the #2 place on this year’s ranking of the most popular public health schools in District of Columbia. Georgetown is a fairly large private not-for-profit school located in the city of Washington.

Women make up 87% of the public health majors at the school.

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#3

Howard University

Washington, DC

Out of the 6 schools in District of Columbia that were part of this year’s ranking, Howard University landed the # 3 spot on the list. Howard is a fairly large private not-for-profit school located in the large city of Washington.

Of the 9 students majoring in public health at Howard, 11% are male and 89% are female.

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#4

American University

Washington, DC

Out of the 6 schools in District of Columbia that were part of this year’s ranking, American University landed the # 4 spot on the list. Located in the large city of Washington, The American University is a private not-for-profit college with a large student population.

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Out of the 6 schools in District of Columbia that were part of this year’s ranking, Trinity Washington University landed the # 5 spot on the list. Located in the city of Washington, Trinity College is a private not-for-profit school with a small student population.

About 80% of the students majoring in public health at the school are women while 20% are male.

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Catholic University of America did quite well in this year’s ranking of the most popular places for public health students to get a master’s degree. It came in at #6 on the list. Located in the city of Washington, CUA is a private not-for-profit college with a moderately-sized student population.

About 33% of the students majoring in public health at the school are women while 67% are male.

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Best Public Health Colleges in the Middle Atlantic Region

Explore all the Most Popular Public Health Schools in the Middle Atlantic Area or other specific states within that region.

State Degrees Awarded
New York 1,647
Pennsylvania 848
Maryland 1,113
New Jersey 281
Delaware 29

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 6 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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