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2023 Most Popular Public Health Bachelor's Degree Schools in Mississippi

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

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

Out of the majors we analyze each year, public health was ranked 9th in Mississippi. In fact, 219 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'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.

Along with in-depth profiles of schools and the programs they offer, Healthcare Degree Search has created the Most Popular Public Health Bachelor's Degree Schools in Mississippi to help you in your search for the best school for you. This report analyzed 3 schools in Mississippi 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 following schools top our list of the Most Popular Public Health Bachelor's Degree Colleges.

Our 2023 rankings named University of Southern Mississippi the most popular school in Mississippi for public health students working on their bachelor’s degree. Southern Miss is a fairly large public school located in the city of Hattiesburg.

Women make up 88% of the public health majors at the school.

The average amount in student loans that public health majors at Southern Miss take out while working on their Bachelor's Degree is $33,104.

Full Public Health at University of Southern Mississippi Report

Out of the 3 schools in Mississippi that were part of this year’s ranking, Mississippi University for Women landed the # 2 spot on the list. Located in the town of Columbus, MUW is a public school with a small student population.

Of the 55 students majoring in public health at MUW, 15% are male and 85% are female.

Read full report on Public Health at Mississippi University for Women

Out of the 3 schools in Mississippi that were part of this year’s ranking, Mississippi Valley State University landed the # 3 spot on the list. Mississippi Valley State University is a small public school located in the town of Itta Bena.

Of the 2 students majoring in public health at Mississippi Valley State University, 50% are male and 50% are female.

Read full report on Public Health at Mississippi Valley State University

Best Public Health Colleges in the Southeast Region

Explore all the Most Popular Public Health Schools in the Southeast Area or other specific states within that region.

State Degrees Awarded
Florida 2,030
North Carolina 1,477
Tennessee 390
Kentucky 371
Georgia 1,455
West Virginia 352
Virginia 1,071
Louisiana 362
South Carolina 859
Alabama 700
Arkansas 233

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

Majors Similar to Public Health

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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