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2023 Most Popular Public Health Bachelor's Degree Schools in Rhode Island

4 Colleges
$33,398 Avg Salary
$28,678 Avg Student Debt

Finding the Best Public Health Bachelor's Degree School for You

Public Health is one of the most popular subjects to study in Rhode Island. With 172 degrees and certificates handed out in 2020-2021, it ranked 5th out of all the majors we track in the state.

With all the healthcare programs available today, it can be tough to choose which one is the best for you. 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 Bachelor's Degree Schools in Rhode Island ranking. This report analyzed 4 schools in Rhode Island to see which ones were the most popular bachelor's 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.

The colleges and universities below are the most popular for public health majors pursuing a bachelor's degree.

#1

Brown University

Providence, RI

Our 2023 rankings named Brown University the most popular school in Rhode Island for public health students working on their bachelor’s degree. Located in the city of Providence, Brown is a private not-for-profit college with a large student population.

Of the 58 students majoring in public health at Brown, 22% are male and 78% are female.

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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Roger Williams University. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Most Popular Public Health Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Rhode Island list. RWU is a small private not-for-profit school located in the large suburb of Bristol.

About 79% of the students majoring in public health at the school are women while 21% are male.

Read full report on Public Health at Roger Williams University

A rank of #3 on this year’s list means Johnson & Wales University - Providence is a great place for public health students working on their bachelor’s degree. JWU Providence is a moderately-sized private not-for-profit school located in the midsize city of Providence.

Read full report on Public Health at Johnson & Wales University - Providence

A rank of #4 on this year’s list means Johnson & Wales University - Online is a great place for public health students working on their bachelor’s degree. JWU Online is a small private not-for-profit school located in the midsize city of Providence.

Full Public Health at Johnson & Wales University - Online Report

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State Degrees Awarded
Massachusetts 1,567
Connecticut 366
New Hampshire 553
Maine 171
Vermont 72

Public Health is one of 30 different types of healthcare programs to choose from.

Public Health Focus Areas

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 4 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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