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2023 Most Popular Online Public Health Schools in the Far Western US Region

12 Colleges
$46,586 Avg Salary
$20,530 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're no longer limited to schools in your local area, either, since online programs are becoming more prevalent. Or you may find the programs at a trade school to be a better alternative for you.

The Most Popular Online Public Health Schools in the Far Western US Region ranking is one of many tools that Healthcare Degree Search has developed to help you make your educational decision. Our analysis looked at 12 schools in the Far Western US Region to see which online programs were the most popular 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 programs at these schools if you want to attend one of the most popular in the Far Western US Region .

#1

National University

La Jolla, CA

Our analysis found National University to be the most popular school for public health students who want to pursue an online degree in the Far Western US Region . National University is a large private not-for-profit school located in the large city of La Jolla.

On average, public health graduates from National University take out $36,062 in student loans while working on their degree.

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#2

University of the People

Pasadena, CA

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend University of the People. The school came in at #2 on this year’s Most Popular Online Public Health Schools in the Far Western US Region list. Located in the medium-sized city of Pasadena, University of the People is a private not-for-profit 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 Lake Washington Institute of Technology. The school came in at #3 on this year’s Most Popular Online Public Health Schools in the Far Western US Region list. Located in the large suburb of Kirkland, LWTech is a public school with a small student population.

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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Central Washington University. The school came in at #4 on this year’s Most Popular Online Public Health Schools in the Far Western US Region list. CWU is a large public school located in the distant town of Ellensburg.

The average amount in student loans that public health majors at CWU take out is $21,999.

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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend University of Alaska Fairbanks. The school came in at #5 on this year’s Most Popular Online Public Health Schools in the Far Western US Region list. Located in the small suburb of Fairbanks, UAF is a public college with a moderately-sized student population.

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#6

Fremont College

Cerritos, CA

With a ranking of #6, Fremont College did quite well on this year’s best schools for public health students. Fremont College is a fairly small private for-profit school located in the suburb of Cerritos.

Public Health majors at Fremont College take out an average of $47,625 in student loans while working on their egree.

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University of Alaska Southeast came in at #6 in this year’s edition of the Most Popular Online Public Health Schools in the Far Western US Region ranking. Located in the remote town of Juneau, UAS is a public college with a small student population.

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Oregon Health & Science University ranked #8 on this year’s Most Popular Online Public Health Schools in the Far Western US Region list. Located in the city of Portland, OHSU is a public college with a small student population.

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#9

George Fox University

Newberg, OR

George Fox University ranked #9 on this year’s Most Popular Online Public Health Schools in the Far Western US Region list. Located in the town of Newberg, GFU is a private not-for-profit school with a small student population.

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With a ranking of #9, Southern California University of Health Sciences did quite well on this year’s best schools for public health students. Located in the suburb of Whittier, SCU is a private not-for-profit college with a small student population.

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State Degrees Awarded
Oregon 596
California 5,024
Washington 621
Nevada 119
Hawaii 104
Alaska 107

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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 12 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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