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2023 Most Popular Public Health Master's Degree Schools in Rhode Island

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

Public Health is one of the most popular subjects to study in Rhode Island. With 172 degrees and certificates handed out in 2020-2021, it ranked 5th out of all the majors we track in the state.

With all the healthcare programs available today, it can be tough to choose which one is the best 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 assist you in seeing some of the education options that are available to you, Healthcare Degree Search has created its Most Popular Public Health Master's Degree Schools in Rhode Island ranking. Our analysis looked at 4 schools in Rhode Island 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 following schools top our list of the Most Popular Public Health Master's Degree Colleges.

#1

Brown University

Providence, RI

Our 2023 rankings named Brown University the most popular school in Rhode Island for public health students working on their master’s degree. Located in the midsize city of Providence, Brown is a private not-for-profit college with a large student population.

Of the 85 students majoring in public health at Brown, 26% are male and 74% are female.

Read full report on Public Health at Brown University

A rank of #2 on this year’s list means New England Institute of Technology is a great place for public health students working on their master’s degree. Located in the suburb of East Greenwich, New England Tech is a private not-for-profit school with a small student population.

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

Full Public Health at New England Institute of Technology Report

Out of the 4 schools in Rhode Island that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Rhode Island landed the # 2 spot on the list. URI is a large public school located in the large suburb of Kingston.

Of the 2 students majoring in public health at URI, 50% are male and 50% are female.

Full Public Health at University of Rhode Island Report

The in-demand master’s degree programs at Johnson & Wales University - Online helped the school earn the #4 place on this year’s ranking of the most popular public health schools in Rhode Island. JWU Online is a small private not-for-profit school located in the medium-sized city of Providence.

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

Public Health is one of 30 different types of healthcare programs to choose from.

Public Health Focus Areas

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 4 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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