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2023 Most Popular Public Health Doctor's Degree Schools in the New England Region

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

In 2020-2021, 40,596 public health students received a degree or certificate, making the major the #4 most popular in the country.

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. 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.

Along with in-depth profiles of schools and the programs they offer, Healthcare Degree Search has created the Most Popular Public Health Doctor's Degree Schools in the New England Region to help you in your search for the best school for you. Our analysis looked at 10 schools in the New England Region 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.

#1

Harvard University

Cambridge, MA

Our 2023 rankings named Harvard University the most popular school in the New England Region for public health students working on their doctor’s degree. Located in the midsize city of Cambridge, Harvard is a private not-for-profit school with a very large student population.

Women make up 61% of the public health majors at the school.

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#2

Yale University

New Haven, CT

The in-demand doctor’s degree programs at Yale University helped the school earn the #2 place on this year’s ranking of the most popular public health schools in the New England Region . Located in the medium-sized city of New Haven, Yale is a private not-for-profit college with a large student population.

Of the 10 students majoring in public health at Yale, 10% are male and 90% are female.

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The in-demand doctor’s degree programs at University of Massachusetts - Lowell helped the school earn the #3 place on this year’s ranking of the most popular public health schools in the New England Region . Located in the large suburb of Lowell, UMass Lowell is a public school with a large student population.

Women make up 40% of the public health majors at the school.

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#3

Boston University

Boston, MA

A rank of #3 on this year’s list means Boston University is a great place for public health students working on their doctor’s degree. Located in the large city of Boston, Boston U is a private not-for-profit college with a very large student population.

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The in-demand doctor’s degree programs at Northeastern University helped the school earn the #5 place on this year’s ranking of the most popular public health schools in the New England Region . Northeastern is a very large private not-for-profit school located in the city of Boston.

Women make up 67% of the public health majors at the school.

Read full report on Public Health at Northeastern University

University of Connecticut landed the #6 spot in the 2023 rankings for the most popular doctor’s degree public health programs. Located in the large suburb of Storrs, UCONN is a public school with a fairly large student population.

About 50% of the students majoring in public health at the school are women while 50% are male.

Full Public Health at University of Connecticut Report

University of Massachusetts - Boston ranked #7 on this year’s Most Popular Public Health Doctor’s Degree Schools in the New England Region list. Located in the large city of Boston, UMass Boston is a public college with a fairly large student population.

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University of Massachusetts Amherst came in at #7 in this year’s edition of the Most Popular Public Health Doctor’s Degree Schools in the New England Region ranking. Located in the suburb of Amherst, UMass Amherst is a public school with a very large student population.

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#7

Brown University

Providence, RI

Brown University ranked #7 on this year’s Most Popular Public Health Doctor’s Degree Schools in the New England Region list. Brown is a fairly large private not-for-profit school located in the midsize city of Providence.

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#10

Tufts University

Medford, MA

Tufts University landed the #10 spot in the 2023 rankings for the most popular doctor’s degree public health programs. Tufts is a fairly large private not-for-profit school located in the large suburb of Medford.

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Best Public Health Colleges by State

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State Degrees Awarded
Massachusetts 1,567
Connecticut 366
New Hampshire 553
Maine 171
Vermont 72
Rhode Island 172

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 10 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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