2023 Most Popular Public Health Schools in the Southeast Region
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Public Health is the #16 most popular major in the country with 19,473 degrees and certificates awarded in 2020-2021.
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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 Southeast Region ranking. Our analysis looked at 97 schools in the Southeast 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 Southeast Region
Check out the public health programs at these schools if you want to attend one of the most popular in the Southeast Region .
Top 15% Most Popular Public Health Schools
Our 2023 rankings named Emory University the most popular school in the Southeast Region for public health students. Emory is a fairly large private not-for-profit school located in the large city of Atlanta.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Liberty University. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Most Popular Public Health Schools in the Southeast Region list. Located in the city of Lynchburg, Liberty University is a private not-for-profit school with a fairly large student population.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. The school came in at #3 on this year’s Most Popular Public Health Schools in the Southeast Region list. UNC Chapel Hill is a fairly large public school located in the small city of Chapel Hill.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of South Florida - Main Campus. It ranked #4 on our 2023 Most Popular Public Health Schools in the Southeast Region list. USF Tampa is a very large public school located in the large city of Tampa.
Full Public Health at University of South Florida - Main Campus Report
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Alabama at Birmingham. It ranked #5 on our 2023 Most Popular Public Health Schools in the Southeast Region list. Located in the city of Birmingham, UAB is a public college with a very large student population.
Read full report on Public Health at University of Alabama at Birmingham
University of Florida came in at #6 in this year’s edition of the Most Popular Public Health Schools in the Southeast Region ranking. UF is a fairly large public school located in the city of Gainesville.
With a ranking of #7, Georgia State University did quite well on this year’s most popular schools for public health students. Georgia State is a fairly large public school located in the city of Atlanta.
Tulane University of Louisiana came in at #8 in this year’s edition of the Most Popular Public Health Schools in the Southeast Region ranking. Located in the large city of New Orleans, Tulane is a private not-for-profit college with a fairly large student population.
With a ranking of #9, Columbia Southern University did quite well on this year’s most popular schools for public health students. Located in the fringe town of Orange Beach, Columbia Southern University is a private for-profit school with a large student population.
Florida International University 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 suburb of Miami, FIU is a public school with a fairly large student population.
With a ranking of #11, University of Georgia did quite well on this year’s most popular schools for public health students. Located in the midsize city of Athens, UGA is a public college with a fairly large student population.
Georgia Southern University ranked #12 on this year’s Most Popular Public Health Schools in the Southeast Region list. Located in the town of Statesboro, GaSou is a public school with a very large student population.
Read full report on Public Health at Georgia Southern University
With a ranking of #13, Everglades University did quite well on this year’s most popular schools for public health students. Located in the small city of Boca Raton, Everglades U is a private not-for-profit college with a small student population.
With a ranking of #14, East Tennessee State University did quite well on this year’s most popular schools for public health students. Located in the small city of Johnson City, ETSU is a public college with a large student population.
Read full report on Public Health at East Tennessee State University
Honorable Mentions
These are some additional schools worth mentioning that are also popular but just didn't quite make the cut to earn our top Most Popular Public Health Schools in the Southeast Region award.
| Rank | College | Location |
|---|---|---|
| 15 | East Carolina University | Greenville, NC |
| 15 | George Mason University | Fairfax, VA |
| 17 | Nova Southeastern University | Fort Lauderdale, FL |
| 18 | American Public University System | Charles Town, WV |
| 19 | University of South Carolina - Columbia | Columbia, SC |
Best Public Health Colleges by State
Explore the best public health colleges for a specific state in the Southeast region.
| State | Degrees Awarded |
|---|---|
| Virginia | 690 |
| Florida | 851 |
| Georgia | 898 |
| North Carolina | 564 |
| Tennessee | 242 |
| Kentucky | 128 |
| Louisiana | 208 |
| Alabama | 387 |
| South Carolina | 81 |
| Mississippi | 96 |
| Arkansas | 59 |
| West Virginia | 106 |
Majors Related to Public Health
Public Health is one of 29 different types of programs to choose from.
Most Popular Majors Related 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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