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2023 Most Popular Online Public Health Schools in Iowa

3 Colleges
$50,310 Avg Salary

In 2020-2021, public health students earned 310 degrees and certificates from an Iowa school, making the subject the 6th in the state.

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. Along with traditional schools that require in-person attendence, you can attend one of many reputable online schools. Some programs even offer a hybrid experience. Alternatively, you may choose a trade school that prepares you to enter the workforce with knowledge in a specific field.

The Most Popular Online Public Health Schools in Iowa ranking is one of many tools that Healthcare Degree Search has developed to help you make your educational decision. Our analysis looked at 3 schools in Iowa 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.

The following schools top our list of the Most Popular Online Public Health Colleges.

#1

Allen College

Waterloo, IA

Our 2023 rankings named Allen College the most popular online school in Iowa for public health students. Located in the small city of Waterloo, Allen College is a private not-for-profit college with a small student population.

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Out of the 3 schools in Iowa that were part of this year’s ranking, Mercy College of Health Sciences landed the # 2 spot on the list. Mercy College of Health Sciences is a small private not-for-profit school located in the midsize city of Des Moines.

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The excellent online programs at Des Moines University - Osteopathic Medical Center helped the school earn the #3 place on this year’s ranking of the best public health schools in Iowa. Des Moines University College of Osteopathic Medicine is a small private not-for-profit school located in the medium-sized city of Des Moines.

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State Degrees Awarded
Minnesota 962
Missouri 888
Nebraska 149
Kansas 107
South Dakota 45
North Dakota 46

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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 3 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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