2023 Most Popular Public Health Associate Degree Schools in California
Finding the Best Public Health Associate Degree School for You
Out of the majors we analyze each year, public health was ranked 3rd in California. In fact, 5,024 were awarded in the state in 2020-2021.
Today's healthcare students have lots of options to pick from when considering higher education opportunities. 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 Public Health Associate Degree Schools in California ranking. This report analyzed 5 schools in California to see which ones were the most popular associate degree programs for healthcare students. To create this ranking we looked at how many students graduated from the Public Health program at each school on the list.
2023 Most Popular Public Health Associate Degree Schools in California
The following schools top our list of the Most Popular Public Health Associate Degree Colleges.
Most Popular California Schools for an Associate in Public Health
Our analysis found University of the People to be the most popular school for public health students who want to pursue a associate degree in California. Located in the midsize city of Pasadena, University of the People is a private not-for-profit college with a fairly large student population.
Women make up 56% of the public health majors at the school.
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The in-demand associate degree programs at North-West College - West Covina helped the school earn the #2 place on this year’s ranking of the most popular public health schools in California. NWC West Covina is a small private for-profit school located in the suburb of West Covina.
About 80% of the students majoring in public health at the school are women while 20% are male.
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The in-demand associate degree programs at Glendale Career College helped the school earn the #3 place on this year’s ranking of the most popular public health schools in California. Located in the city of Glendale, Glendale Career College is a private for-profit college with a small student population.
Women make up 75% of the public health majors at the school.
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A rank of #4 on this year’s list means Mission College is a great place for public health students working on their associate degree. Located in the midsize city of Santa Clara, Mission College is a public college with a medium-sized student population.
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A rank of #4 on this year’s list means Santa Rosa Junior College is a great place for public health students working on their associate degree. SRJC is a fairly large public school located in the medium-sized city of Santa Rosa.
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State | Degrees Awarded |
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Oregon | 596 |
Washington | 621 |
Nevada | 119 |
Hawaii | 104 |
Alaska | 107 |
Public Health Related Majors
One of 30 majors within the healthcare area of study, public health has other similar majors worth exploring.
Public Health Concentrations
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 |
Majors Similar 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 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.
More about our data sources and methodologies.