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

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Finding the Best Public Health Master'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.

To help you arm yourself with the information you need to make your decision, Healthcare Degree Search has developed this Most Popular Public Health Master's Degree Schools in the New England Region ranking. Our analysis looked at 38 schools in the New England Region to see which master'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 master's degree.

#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 master’s degree. Located in the city of Cambridge, Harvard is a private not-for-profit school with a fairly large student population.

About 63% of the students majoring in public health at the school are women while 37% are male.

Full Public Health at Harvard University Report

Out of the 38 schools in the New England Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Southern New Hampshire University landed the # 2 spot on the list. SNHU is a fairly large private not-for-profit school located in the medium-sized suburb of Manchester.

Of the 236 students majoring in public health at SNHU, 17% are male and 83% are female.

Full Public Health at Southern New Hampshire University Report

#3

Boston University

Boston, MA

The in-demand master’s degree programs at Boston University 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 city of Boston, Boston U is a private not-for-profit college with a very large student population.

About 83% of the students majoring in public health at the school are women while 17% are male.

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#4

University of New England

Biddeford, ME

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of New England. It ranked #4 on our 2023 Most Popular Public Health Master’s Degree Schools in the New England Region list. UNE is a moderately-sized private not-for-profit school located in the suburb of Biddeford.

Of the 114 students majoring in public health at UNE, 25% are male and 75% are female.

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#5

Dartmouth College

Hanover, NH

Out of the 38 schools in the New England Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Dartmouth College landed the # 5 spot on the list. Located in the town of Hanover, Dartmouth is a private not-for-profit school with a moderately-sized student population.

About 58% of the students majoring in public health at the school are women while 42% are male.

Full Public Health at Dartmouth College Report

University of Massachusetts Amherst landed the #6 spot in the 2023 rankings for the most popular master’s degree public health programs. Located in the large suburb of Amherst, UMass Amherst is a public school with a fairly large student population.

Of the 86 students majoring in public health at UMass Amherst, 16% are male and 84% are female.

Read full report on Public Health at University of Massachusetts Amherst

#7

Brown University

Providence, RI

With a ranking of #7, Brown University did quite well on this year’s most popular schools for public health students working on their master’s degree. Brown is a fairly large private not-for-profit school located in the city of Providence.

About 74% of the students majoring in public health at the school are women while 26% are male.

Read full report on Public Health at Brown University

Massachusetts College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences did quite well in this year’s ranking of the most popular places for public health students to get a master’s degree. It came in at #8 on the list. MCPHS University is a medium-sized private not-for-profit school located in the city of Boston.

About 73% of the students majoring in public health at the school are women while 27% are male.

Full Public Health at Massachusetts College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences Report

#8

Yale University

New Haven, CT

Yale University landed the #8 spot in the 2023 rankings for the most popular master’s degree public health programs. Located in the city of New Haven, Yale is a private not-for-profit school with a fairly large student population.

Of the 75 students majoring in public health at Yale, 43% are male and 57% are female.

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#10

Tufts University

Medford, MA

Tufts University ranked #10 on this year’s Most Popular Public Health Master’s Degree Schools in the New England Region list. Tufts is a fairly large private not-for-profit school located in the large suburb of Medford.

Women make up 78% of the public health majors at the school.

Read full report on Public Health at Tufts University

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 25 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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