Public Health General

A program that generally prepares individuals to plan, manage, and evaluate public health care services; to function as public health professionals in public agencies, the private sector, and other settings; and to provide leadership in the field of public health. Includes instruction in epidemiology, biostatistics, public health principles, preventive medicine, health policy and regulations, health care services and related administrative functions, public health law enforcement, health economics and budgeting, public communications, and professional standards and ethics.

Degree Statistics

This program is offered at 441 institutions across the United States, with a total of 76854 degrees awarded annually.

Certificates Below Bachelor's

187

certificates awarded

Associate Degrees

411

degrees awarded

Bachelor's Degrees

11,149

degrees awarded

Post-Baccalaureate Certificates

823

certificates awarded

Master's Degrees

12,307

degrees awarded

Doctoral Degrees

672

degrees awarded

Other Awards

51,305

awards given

Top Schools for Public Health General

These institutions offer the most degrees in this program, ranked by total annual completions.

Rank	Institution	Degrees
1	University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Chapel Hill, NC	1,527
2	University of California-Berkeley Berkeley, CA	1,506
3	Johns Hopkins University Baltimore, MD	1,464
4	University of South Carolina-Columbia Columbia, SC	1,377
5	Rutgers University-New Brunswick New Brunswick, NJ	1,371
6	Columbia University in the City of New York New York, NY	1,371
7	University of South Florida Tampa, FL	1,272
8	Southern New Hampshire University Manchester, NH	1,242
9	University of the People Pasadena, CA	1,225
10	University of Nevada-Reno Reno, NV	1,221
11	University of Washington-Seattle Campus Seattle, WA	1,158
12	University of Alabama at Birmingham Birmingham, AL	1,152
13	California State University-Fullerton Fullerton, CA	1,143
14	University of Massachusetts-Amherst Amherst, MA	1,041
15	University of Arizona Tucson, AZ	1,038
16	Harvard University Cambridge, MA	1,023
17	A T Still University of Health Sciences Kirksville, MO	900
18	San Diego State University San Diego, CA	897
19	Florida State University Tallahassee, FL	885
20	California State University-Northridge Northridge, CA	879
21	Wayne State University Detroit, MI	873
22	Liberty University Lynchburg, VA	849
23	Georgia State University Atlanta, GA	840
24	Kent State University at Kent Kent, OH	794
25	Texas A & M University-College Station College Station, TX	771
26	The University of Texas at Arlington Arlington, TX	768
27	CUNY Graduate School and University Center New York, NY	759
28	San Jose State University San Jose, CA	747
29	Walden University Minneapolis, MN	732
30	University of Colorado Denver/Anschutz Medical Campus Denver, CO	708
31	Grand Canyon University Phoenix, AZ	681
32	University at Buffalo Buffalo, NY	675
33	University of Illinois Chicago Chicago, IL	669
34	California State University-Sacramento Sacramento, CA	618
35	Benedictine University Lisle, IL	618
36	American Public University System Charles Town, WV	612
37	University of Florida Gainesville, FL	602
38	University of Southern California Los Angeles, CA	600
39	The University of Alabama Tuscaloosa, AL	594
40	The University of Texas at San Antonio San Antonio, TX	567
41	Oregon State University Corvallis, OR	567
42	California State University-Los Angeles Los Angeles, CA	546
43	The University of Texas at Austin Austin, TX	504
44	Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University Blacksburg, VA	492
45	University at Albany Albany, NY	483
46	Northern Arizona University Flagstaff, AZ	471
47	University of Missouri-Columbia Columbia, MO	452
48	Capella University Minneapolis, MN	450
49	Purdue University-Main Campus West Lafayette, IN	435
50	Yale University New Haven, CT	423
51	Ohio State University-Main Campus Columbus, OH	393
52	Indiana University-Indianapolis Indianapolis, IN	388
53	University of Kentucky Lexington, KY	381
54	Florida International University Miami, FL	378
55	MCPHS University Boston, MA	375
56	University of Massachusetts-Lowell Lowell, MA	375
57	University of California-Merced Merced, CA	369
58	University of Maryland-College Park College Park, MD	360
59	University of North Carolina Wilmington Wilmington, NC	357
60	The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston Houston, TX	348
61	University of Georgia Athens, GA	333
62	University of Southern Mississippi Hattiesburg, MS	330
63	Georgia Southern University Statesboro, GA	312
64	East Tennessee State University Johnson City, TN	309
65	University of New England Biddeford, ME	306
66	Eastern Washington University Cheney, WA	303
67	University of Arkansas Fayetteville, AR	303
68	Purdue University Global West Lafayette, IN	300
69	University of California-San Diego La Jolla, CA	300
70	San Francisco State University San Francisco, CA	294
71	University of Iowa Iowa City, IA	294
72	Nova Southeastern University Fort Lauderdale, FL	294
73	University of Nebraska Medical Center Omaha, NE	291
74	American InterContinental University System Chandler, AZ	288
75	Montclair State University Montclair, NJ	285
76	Saint Louis University Saint Louis, MO	285
77	Thomas Jefferson University Philadelphia, PA	279
78	University of North Carolina at Charlotte Charlotte, NC	279
79	California State University-Chico Chico, CA	270
80	University of Louisville Louisville, KY	270
81	Brigham Young University Provo, UT	267
82	Sam Houston State University Huntsville, TX	264
83	Dartmouth College Hanover, NH	264
84	University of Hawaii at Manoa Honolulu, HI	258
85	California Baptist University Riverside, CA	258
86	Boise State University Boise, ID	256
87	University of San Francisco San Francisco, CA	252
88	Towson University Towson, MD	249
89	National University San Diego, CA	249
90	University of West Florida Pensacola, FL	240
91	University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee Milwaukee, WI	240
92	Mercer University Macon, GA	237
93	Chamberlain University-Illinois Addison, IL	234
94	Miami University-Oxford Oxford, OH	234
95	Appalachian State University Boone, NC	228
96	Lamar University Beaumont, TX	222
97	Slippery Rock University of Pennsylvania Slippery Rock, PA	222
98	West Chester University of Pennsylvania West Chester, PA	222
99	California State University-San Bernardino San Bernardino, CA	210
100	Loyola University Chicago Chicago, IL	207