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2023 Best Public Health Master's Degree Schools in California

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

Out of the majors we analyze each year, public health was ranked 3rd in California. In fact, 5,024 were awarded in the state in 2020-2021.

Today's healthcare students have lots of options to pick from when considering higher education opportunities. 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, Healthcare Degree Search has created its Best Public Health Master's Degree Schools in California ranking. Our analysis looked at 29 schools in California to see which master's degree programs offered the best educational experiences for healthcare students. Factors related to overall quality of the school, post-graduation earnings, average student debt, and more accumulated were considered when coming up with this list.

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2023 Best Public Health Master’s Degree Schools in California

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

Top 10 Best Public Health Master's Degree Schools

#1

Stanford University

Stanford, CA

Our analysis found Stanford University to be the best school for public health students who want to pursue a master’s degree in California. Stanford is a large private not-for-profit school located in the large suburb of Stanford.

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The excellent master’s degree programs at Touro University California helped the school earn the #2 place on this year’s ranking of the best public health schools in California. Located in the midsize city of Vallejo, TUC is a private not-for-profit school with a small student population.

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A rank of #3 on this year’s list means University of California - Berkeley is a great place for public health students working on their master’s degree. Located in the medium-sized city of Berkeley, UC Berkeley is a public school with a very large student population.

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The excellent master’s degree programs at University of California - Los Angeles helped the school earn the #4 place on this year’s ranking of the best public health schools in California. Located in the city of Los Angeles, UCLA is a public school with a very large student population.

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#5

Loma Linda University

Loma Linda, CA

The excellent master’s degree programs at Loma Linda University helped the school earn the #5 place on this year’s ranking of the best public health schools in California. Located in the large suburb of Loma Linda, Loma Linda University is a private not-for-profit school with a small student population.

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University of Southern California came in at #6 in this year’s edition of the Best Public Health Master’s Degree Schools in California ranking. USC is a very large private not-for-profit school located in the city of Los Angeles.

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West Coast University - Orange County landed the #7 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best master’s degree public health programs. Located in the city of Anaheim, West Coast University - Orange County is a private for-profit school with a small student population.

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California State University - San Marcos ranked #8 on this year’s Best Public Health Master’s Degree Schools in California list. CSUSM is a large public school located in the large suburb of San Marcos.

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#9

University of San Francisco

San Francisco, CA

University of San Francisco came in at #9 in this year’s edition of the Best Public Health Master’s Degree Schools in California ranking. USFCA is a large private not-for-profit school located in the large city of San Francisco.

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University of California - Davis came in at #10 in this year’s edition of the Best Public Health Master’s Degree Schools in California ranking. Located in the suburb of Davis, UC Davis is a public college with a very large student population.

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Best Public Health Colleges in the Far Western US Region

Explore all the Best Public Health Colleges in the Far Western US Area or other specific states within that region.

State Degrees Awarded
Oregon 596
Washington 621
Nevada 119
Hawaii 104
Alaska 107

One of 30 majors within the healthcare area of study, public health has other similar majors worth exploring.

Public Health Concentrations

Major Annual Graduates
General Public Health 22,778
Public Health Education and Promotion 4,563
Other Public Health 3,432
Health Services Administration 3,119
Community Health and Preventive Medicine 2,272
International Public Health/International Health 1,599
Environmental Health 1,344
Behavioral Aspects of Health 814
Health/Medical Physics 258
Occupational Health and Industrial Hygiene 211
Maternal and Child Health 163
Patient Safety and Healthcare Quality 43

Majors Similar to Public Health

Related Major Annual Graduates
Nursing 322,592
Health & Medical Administrative Services 89,359
Allied Health & Medical Assisting Services 84,492
Practical Nursing & Nursing Assistants 84,274
Allied Health Professions 82,308

Notes and References

*These averages are for the top 25 schools only.

  • Read more about our ranking methodology.
  • 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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