2023 Most Popular Online Public Health Schools in the Plains States Region
Finding the Most Popular Online Public Health School for You
With 40,596 degrees and certificates handed out in 2020-2021, public health is the #4 most popular major in the United States.
When it comes to higher education, there are a lot of options for healthcare students. 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 Schools in the Plains States Region to help you in your search for the best school for you. This report analyzed 18 schools in the Plains States Region to see which ones were the most popular online programs for healthcare students. To create this ranking we looked at how many students graduated from schools with online programs.
2023 Most Popular Online Public Health Schools in the Plains States Region
The colleges and universities below are the most popular for public health majors pursuing an online .
Top 10 Most Popular Online Public Health Schools
Our 2023 rankings named A T Still University of Health Sciences the most popular online school in the Plains States Region for public health students. Located in the remote town of Kirksville, A T Still University of Health Sciences is a private not-for-profit 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 Capella University. The school came in at #3 on this year’s Most Popular Online Public Health Schools in the Plains States Region list. Located in the large city of Minneapolis, Capella University is a private for-profit school with a very large student population.
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A rank of #4 on this year’s list means University of Missouri - Columbia is a great place for public health students pursuing an online degree. Mizzou is a very large public school located in the medium-sized city of Columbia.
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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Missouri Southern State University. The school came in at #5 on this year’s Most Popular Online Public Health Schools in the Plains States Region list. Missouri Southern is a small public school located in the city of Joplin.
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Drury University - College of Continuing Professional Studies ranked #6 on this year’s Most Popular Online Public Health Schools in the Plains States Region list. Located in the midsize city of Springfield, Drury University - CCPS is a private not-for-profit college with a small student population.
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Kansas State University came in at #7 in this year’s edition of the Most Popular Online Public Health Schools in the Plains States Region ranking. K -State is a very large public school located in the city of Manhattan.
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Allen College landed the #7 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best public health programs. Allen College is a small private not-for-profit school located in the small city of Waterloo.
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Mercy College of Health Sciences came in at #9 in this year’s edition of the Most Popular Online Public Health Schools in the Plains States Region ranking. Located in the midsize city of Des Moines, Mercy College of Health Sciences is a private not-for-profit college with a small student population.
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Park University came in at #9 in this year’s edition of the Most Popular Online Public Health Schools in the Plains States Region ranking. Park University is a medium-sized private not-for-profit school located in the large suburb of Parkville.
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Explore the most popular online public health schools for a specific state in the Plains States region.
State | Degrees Awarded |
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Minnesota | 962 |
Iowa | 310 |
Missouri | 888 |
Nebraska | 149 |
Kansas | 107 |
South Dakota | 45 |
North Dakota | 46 |
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Majors Related to Public Health
Public Health is one of 30 different types of healthcare programs to choose from.
Public Health Focus Areas
Major | Annual Graduates |
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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 |
Most Popular Majors Related to Public Health
Related Major | Annual Graduates |
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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 18 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.