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

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

In 2020-2021, public health students earned 390 degrees and certificates from a Tennessee school, making the subject the 10th in the state.

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.

To help you arm yourself with the information you need to make your decision, Healthcare Degree Search has developed this Most Popular Public Health Doctor's Degree Schools in Tennessee ranking. Our analysis looked at 5 schools in Tennessee 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 colleges and universities below are the most popular for public health majors pursuing a doctor's degree.

Our 2023 rankings named The University of Tennessee - Knoxville the most popular school in Tennessee for public health students working on their doctor’s degree. Located in the city of Knoxville, UT Knoxville is a public school with a very large student population.

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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend East Tennessee State University. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Most Popular Public Health Doctor’s Degree Schools in Tennessee list. ETSU is a large public school located in the city of Johnson City.

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

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#3

Vanderbilt University

Nashville, TN

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Vanderbilt University. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Most Popular Public Health Doctor’s Degree Schools in Tennessee list. Located in the city of Nashville, Vanderbilt is a private not-for-profit school with a fairly large student population.

Women make up 50% of the public health majors at the school.

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#4

Southern Adventist University

Collegedale, TN

The in-demand doctor’s degree programs at Southern Adventist University helped the school earn the #4 place on this year’s ranking of the most popular public health schools in Tennessee. Located in the suburb of Collegedale, Southern Adventist is a private not-for-profit college with a small student population.

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#5

University of Memphis

Memphis, TN

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Memphis. It ranked #5 on our 2023 Most Popular Public Health Doctor’s Degree Schools in Tennessee list. UofM is a fairly large public school located in the large city of Memphis.

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Best Public Health Colleges in the Southeast Region

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State Degrees Awarded
Florida 2,030
North Carolina 1,477
Kentucky 371
Georgia 1,455
West Virginia 352
Virginia 1,071
Alabama 700
Louisiana 362
Mississippi 219
South Carolina 859
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

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 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.

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