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2023 Most Popular Public Health Schools in the Southwest Region

37 Colleges
$40,564 Avg Salary
$26,554 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.

Today's students have lots of options to pick from when considering higher education opportunities. Along with traditional schools that require in-person attendence, you can attend one of many reputable online schools. Some programs even offer a hybrid experience. Alternatively, you may choose a trade school that prepares you to enter the workforce with knowledge in a specific field.

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 Southwest Region ranking. Our analysis looked at 37 schools in the Southwest 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.

The following schools top our list of the Most Popular Public Health Colleges.

#1

University of Arizona

Tucson, AZ

Our 2023 rankings named University of Arizona the most popular school in the Southwest Region for public health students. Located in the large city of Tucson, University of Arizona is a public college with a fairly large student population.

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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston. The school came in at #2 on this year’s Most Popular Public Health Schools in the Southwest Region list. UTHealth is a moderately-sized public school located in the city of Houston.

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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Texas A&M University - College Station. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Most Popular Public Health Schools in the Southwest Region list. Located in the medium-sized city of College Station, Texas A&M College Station is a public school with a fairly large student population.

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#4

Grand Canyon University

Phoenix, AZ

The excellent programs at Grand Canyon University helped the school earn the #4 place on this year’s ranking of the best public health schools in the Southwest Region . Located in the large city of Phoenix, Grand Canyon University is a private for-profit school 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 Arizona State University - Skysong. The school came in at #5 on this year’s Most Popular Public Health Schools in the Southwest Region list. ASU - Skysong is a very large public school located in the midsize city of Scottsdale.

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University of North Texas Health Science Center came in at #6 in this year’s edition of the Most Popular Public Health Schools in the Southwest Region ranking. UNT Health Science Center is a small public school located in the city of Fort Worth.

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With a ranking of #6, University of New Mexico - Main Campus did quite well on this year’s most popular schools for public health students. UNM is a fairly large public school located in the large city of Albuquerque.

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University of Oklahoma - Health Sciences Center did quite well in this year’s ranking of the most popular schools for public health students. It came in at #8 on the list. Located in the city of Oklahoma City, UOHSC is a public college with a small student population.

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#8

Baylor University

Waco, TX

Baylor University came in at #8 in this year’s edition of the Most Popular Public Health Schools in the Southwest Region ranking. Baylor is a very large private not-for-profit school located in the medium-sized city of Waco.

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Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center ranked #10 on this year’s Most Popular Public Health Schools in the Southwest Region list. TTUHSC is a medium-sized public school located in the large city of Lubbock.

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Best Public Health Colleges by State

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State Degrees Awarded
Texas 602
Arizona 457
Oklahoma 76
New Mexico 81

Public Health is one of 29 different types of programs to choose from.

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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