2023 Most Popular Public Health Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region
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The Most Popular Public Health Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region ranking is one of many tools that Grad Degree Search has developed to help you make your educational decision. Our analysis looked at 82 schools in the Middle Atlantic Region 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.
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2023 Most Popular Public Health Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region
The following schools top our list of the Most Popular Public Health Colleges.
Top 15% Most Popular Public Health Schools
Our analysis found Johns Hopkins University to be the most popular school for public health students who want to pursue a degree in the Middle Atlantic Region . Johns Hopkins is a very large private not-for-profit school located in the city of Baltimore.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Columbia University in the City of New York. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Most Popular Public Health Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region list. Columbia is a fairly large private not-for-profit school located in the city of New York.
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A rank of #3 on this year’s list means George Washington University is a great place for public health students. GWU is a very large private not-for-profit school located in the city of Washington.
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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend The Graduate Center, CUNY. The school came in at #4 on this year’s Most Popular Public Health Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region list. Located in the city of New York, The Graduate Center is a public school with a moderately-sized student population.
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Out of the 82 schools in the Middle Atlantic Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Rutgers University - New Brunswick landed the # 5 spot on the list. Rutgers New Brunswick is a fairly large public school located in the small city of New Brunswick.
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University at Albany landed the #6 spot in the 2023 rankings for the most popular public health programs. Located in the city of Albany, UAlbany is a public school with a fairly large student population.
Thomas Jefferson University landed the #7 spot in the 2023 rankings for the most popular public health programs. Thomas Jefferson University is a moderately-sized private not-for-profit school located in the large city of Philadelphia.
Saint Joseph’s University landed the #8 spot in the 2023 rankings for the most popular public health programs. Located in the large city of Philadelphia, St. Joe's is a private not-for-profit college with a medium-sized student population.
University of Maryland - College Park did quite well in this year’s ranking of the most popular schools for public health students. It came in at #9 on the list. UMCP is a very large public school located in the suburb of College Park.
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Drexel University came in at #10 in this year’s edition of the Most Popular Public Health Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region ranking. Drexel is a fairly large private not-for-profit school located in the city of Philadelphia.
SUNY Downstate Health Sciences University ranked #11 on this year’s Most Popular Public Health Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region list. Located in the large city of Brooklyn, SUNY Downstate is a public school with a small student population.
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University at Buffalo landed the #12 spot in the 2023 rankings for the most popular public health programs. University at Buffalo is a very large public school located in the suburb of Buffalo.
Additional Noteworthy Schools
Here are some additional popular schools for Public Health students in the Middle Atlantic Region that almost earned our Most Popular Public Health Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region award.
Rank | College | Location |
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13 | West Chester University of Pennsylvania | West Chester, PA |
14 | University of Pittsburgh - Pittsburgh Campus | Pittsburgh, PA |
15 | University of Maryland Global Campus | Adelphi, MD |
16 | New York Medical College | Valhalla, NY |
Best Public Health Colleges by State
Explore the best public health schools for a specific state in the Middle Atlantic region.
State | Degrees Awarded |
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New York | 1,647 |
Pennsylvania | 848 |
Maryland | 1,113 |
New Jersey | 281 |
District of Columbia | 617 |
Delaware | 29 |
Public Health Related Majors
One of 29 majors within the area of study, public health has other similar majors worth exploring.
Most Popular Majors Related to Public Health
Related Major | Annual Graduates |
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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.
More about our data sources and methodologies.
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