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2023 Most Popular Public Health Doctor's Degree Schools in California

12 Colleges
$76,078 Avg Salary

Finding the Best Public Health Doctor's 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 assist you in seeing some of the education options that are available to you, Healthcare Degree Search has created its Most Popular Public Health Doctor's Degree Schools in California ranking. Our analysis looked at 12 schools in California to see which doctor's degree programs were the most popular 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 Doctor's Degree Colleges.

Our analysis found University of California - Los Angeles to be the most popular school for public health students who want to pursue a doctor’s degree in California. Located in the city of Los Angeles, UCLA is a public college with a fairly large student population.

Full Public Health at University of California - Los Angeles Report

#2

San Diego State University

San Diego, CA

Out of the 12 schools in California that were part of this year’s ranking, San Diego State University landed the # 2 spot on the list. SDSU is a very large public school located in the large city of San Diego.

About 75% of the students majoring in public health at the school are women while 25% are male.

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The in-demand doctor’s degree programs at University of California - San Diego helped the school earn the #3 place on this year’s ranking of the most popular public health schools in California. UCSD is a fairly large public school located in the large city of La Jolla.

Women make up 71% of the public health majors at the school.

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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Claremont Graduate University. It ranked #4 on our 2023 Most Popular Public Health Doctor’s Degree Schools in California list. Claremont Graduate University is a small private not-for-profit school located in the suburb of Claremont.

Women make up 83% of the public health majors at the school.

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The in-demand doctor’s degree programs at University of California - Berkeley helped the school earn the #4 place on this year’s ranking of the most popular public health schools in California. Located in the medium-sized city of Berkeley, UC Berkeley is a public college with a fairly large student population.

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University of California - Irvine ranked #6 on this year’s Most Popular Public Health Doctor’s Degree Schools in California list. Located in the large city of Irvine, UC Irvine is a public school with a very large student population.

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University of California - Merced came in at #7 in this year’s edition of the Most Popular Public Health Doctor’s Degree Schools in California ranking. UC Merced is a moderately-sized public school located in the rural area of Merced.

Of the 4 students majoring in public health at UC Merced, 25% are male and 75% are female.

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#7

Loma Linda University

Loma Linda, CA

Loma Linda University landed the #7 spot in the 2023 rankings for the most popular doctor’s degree public health programs. Located in the suburb of Loma Linda, Loma Linda University is a private not-for-profit college with a small student population.

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University of Southern California ranked #9 on this year’s Most Popular Public Health Doctor’s Degree Schools in California list. USC is a very large private not-for-profit school located in the city of Los Angeles.

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With a ranking of #10, University of California - Davis did quite well on this year’s most popular schools for public health students working on their doctor’s degree. Located in the suburb of Davis, UC Davis is a public school with a very large student population.

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State Degrees Awarded
Oregon 596
Washington 621
Nevada 119
Hawaii 104
Alaska 107

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 12 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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