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2023 Most Popular Online Public Health Doctor's Degree Schools

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Public Health is one of the most popular majors in the nation, ranking 4th of all the majors we analyze. In 2020-2021, 40,596 degrees and certificates were awarded to students with this major.

It's not easy to decide which healthcare program to enroll in when you have so many options available. With more and more schools offering online options, you could even register for a great program on the other side of the country. On top of that, there are a considerable number of trade schools that offer fast-track entry to many fields.

Along with in-depth profiles of schools and the programs they offer, Healthcare Degree Search has created the Most Popular Online Public Health Doctor's Degree Schools to help you in your search for the best school for you. Our analysis looked at 8 schools in the United States to see which online doctor's degree programs were the most popular for healthcare students. To create this ranking we looked at how many students graduated from schools with online programs.

The colleges and universities below are the most popular for public health majors pursuing an online doctor's degree.

#2

Capella University

Minneapolis, MN

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Capella University. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Most Popular Online Public Health Doctor’s Degree Schools list. Capella University is a very large private for-profit school located in the large city of Minneapolis.

Of the 74 students majoring in public health at Capella University, 28% are male and 72% are female.

Full Public Health at Capella University Report

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend American InterContinental University - Online. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Most Popular Online Public Health Doctor’s Degree Schools list. AIU Online is a large private for-profit school located in the rural area of Schaumburg.

About 56% of the students majoring in public health at the school are women while 44% are male.

Full Public Health at American InterContinental University - Online Report

#4

Radford University

Radford, VA

Out of the 8 online programs at schools in the United States that were part of this year’s ranking, Radford University landed the # 4 spot on the list. Located in the small suburb of Radford, Radford is a public school with a moderately-sized student population.

Women make up 70% of the public health majors at the school.

Read full report on Public Health at Radford University

#5

Samford University

Birmingham, AL

The in-demand online doctor’s degree programs at Samford University helped the school earn the #5 place on this year’s ranking of the best public health schools in the United States. Located in the large suburb of Birmingham, Samford is a private not-for-profit college with a moderately-sized student population.

Full Public Health at Samford University Report

#6

East Carolina University

Greenville, NC

With a ranking of #6, East Carolina University did quite well on this year’s most popular schools for public health students working on their online doctor’s degree. ECU is a fairly large public school located in the small city of Greenville.

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#6

American College of Education

Indianapolis, IN

American College of Education ranked #6 on this year’s Most Popular Online Public Health Doctor’s Degree Schools list. Located in the large city of Indianapolis, American College of Education is a private for-profit college with a moderately-sized student population.

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With a ranking of #6, Medical College of Wisconsin did quite well on this year’s most popular schools for public health students working on their online doctor’s degree. Medical College of Wisconsin is a small private not-for-profit school located in the large suburb of Milwaukee.

Women make up 25% of the public health majors at the school.

Full Public Health at Medical College of Wisconsin Report

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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 8 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.

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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