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2023 Most Popular Online Public Health Associate Degree Schools in the Southeast Region

5 Colleges
$30,540 Avg Salary
$23,619 Avg Student Debt

In 2020-2021, 40,596 public health students received a degree or certificate, making the major the #4 most popular in the country.

There are so many healthcare programs in today's world that it can tough to figure out which one is the right one for you. 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 help you arm yourself with the information you need to make your decision, Healthcare Degree Search has developed this Most Popular Online Public Health Associate Degree Schools in the Southeast Region ranking. This report analyzed 5 schools in the Southeast Region to see which ones were the most popular online associate degree programs for healthcare students. To create this ranking we looked at how many students graduated from schools with online programs.

Check out the online public health associate degree programs at these schools if you want to attend one of the most popular in the Southeast Region .

Our 2023 rankings named American Public University System the most popular online school in the Southeast Region for public health students working on their associate degree. American Military University is a fairly large private for-profit school located in the town of Charles Town.

Women make up 85% of the public health majors at the school.

The average amount in student loans that public health majors at American Military University take out while working on their Associate Degree is $26,330.

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A rank of #2 on this year’s list means Florida National University - Main Campus is a great place for public health students working on their online associate degree. Located in the suburb of Hialeah, Florida National University - Main Campus is a private for-profit school with a small student population.

Of the 48 students majoring in public health at Florida National University - Main Campus, 8% are male and 92% are female.

On average, public health graduates from Florida National University - Main Campus take out $25,922 in student loans while working on their Associate Degree.

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A rank of #3 on this year’s list means Itawamba Community College is a great place for public health students working on their online associate degree. ICC is a small public school located in the town of Fulton.

Women make up 86% of the public health majors at the school.

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#4

Point University

West Point, GA

Out of the 5 online programs at schools in the Southeast Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Point University landed the # 4 spot on the list. Point is a small private not-for-profit school located in the distant town of West Point.

About 75% of the students majoring in public health at the school are women while 25% are male.

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The in-demand online associate degree programs at Florida Vocational Institute helped the school earn the #5 place on this year’s ranking of the best public health schools in the Southeast Region . Located in the suburb of Miami, Florida Vocational Institute is a private for-profit college with a fairly small student population.

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Explore the most popular online public health colleges for a specific state in the Southeast region.

State Degrees Awarded
Florida 2,030
North Carolina 1,477
Tennessee 390
Kentucky 371
Georgia 1,455
West Virginia 352
Virginia 1,071
Alabama 700
Louisiana 362
Mississippi 219
South Carolina 859
Arkansas 233

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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

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 5 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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