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2024 Best Environmental Health Schools

63 Colleges in the United States
1,332 Environmental Health Degrees Awarded
Environmental Health is above average in terms of popularity with it being the #387 most popular degree program in the country. So, you have a fair amount of options to choose from when looking for a school.

College Factual looked at 63 colleges and universities when compiling its 2024 Best Environmental Health Schools ranking. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 1,332 degrees in environmental health during the 2021-2022 academic year.

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Choosing a Great Environmental Health School

Best Environmental Health Schools Your choice of environmental health school matters, so we have put together these rankings to help you make your decision. In order to come up with a best overall ranking for environmental health schools, we combine our degree-level rankings, weighting them by the number of degrees awarded at each level.

You may want to choose one of the degree levels below to find the schools of most interest to you.

Environmental Health Rankings by Degree Level

Associate Degrees in Environmental Health
Bachelor's Degrees in Environmental Health
Master's Degrees in Environmental Health
Doctor's Degrees in Environmental Health

When choosing the right school for you, it's important to arm yourself with all the facts you can. To that end, we've created a number of major-specific rankings, including this Best Environmental Health Schools list to help you make the college decision. More interested in schools in a specific area of the country? Filter this list by region or state.

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Best Schools for Environmental Health in the United States

If you aren't interested in a particular degree level and want to know which schools are the overall best at delivering an education for the environmental health degrees they offer, see the list below.

10 Top Schools in Environmental Health

1
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Harvard University
Cambridge, MA
Master's Degree Highest Degree Type
2nd Most Popular In MA
13.3% Growth in Graduates

Any student who is interested in environmental health needs to check out Harvard University. Harvard is a very large private not-for-profit university located in the midsize city of Cambridge. A Best Colleges rank of #6 out of 2,217 schools nationwide means Harvard is a great university overall.

There were roughly 15 environmental health students who graduated with this degree at Harvard in the most recent year we have data available.

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2
Doctor's Degree Highest Degree Type
1st Most Popular In NY
53 Environmental Health Degrees Awarded

Columbia University in the City of New York is a wonderful choice for students pursuing a degree in environmental health. Located in the large city of New York, Columbia is a private not-for-profit university with a fairly large student population. A Best Colleges rank of #14 out of 2,217 colleges nationwide means Columbia is a great university overall.

There were roughly 53 environmental health students who graduated with this degree at Columbia in the most recent data year.

More information about a degree in environmental health from Columbia University in the City of New York

3
Doctor's Degree Highest Degree Type
1st Most Popular In MD
191 Environmental Health Degrees Awarded

Any student pursuing a degree in environmental health needs to check out Johns Hopkins University. Johns Hopkins is a fairly large private not-for-profit university located in the large city of Baltimore. A Best Colleges rank of #23 out of 2,217 colleges nationwide means Johns Hopkins is a great university overall.

There were about 191 environmental health students who graduated with this degree at Johns Hopkins in the most recent data year.

More information about a degree in environmental health from Johns Hopkins University

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Emory University
Atlanta, GA
Doctor's Degree Highest Degree Type
1st Most Popular In GA
55 Environmental Health Degrees Awarded

Any student pursuing a degree in environmental health has to check out Emory University. Located in the large city of Atlanta, Emory is a private not-for-profit university with a fairly large student population. A Best Colleges rank of #28 out of 2,217 colleges nationwide means Emory is a great university overall.

There were about 55 environmental health students who graduated with this degree at Emory in the most recent data year.

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5
Doctor's Degree Highest Degree Type
1st Most Popular In TX

UTHealth is a moderately-sized public university located in the large city of Houston.

There were approximately 16 environmental health students who graduated with this degree at UTHealth in the most recent data year.

More information about a degree in environmental health from The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston

6
Doctor's Degree Highest Degree Type
2nd Most Popular In CA

Located in the city of Los Angeles, UCLA is a public university with a very large student population. A Best Colleges rank of #26 out of 2,217 schools nationwide means UCLA is a great university overall.

There were about 7 environmental health students who graduated with this degree at UCLA in the most recent year we have data available.

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7
Master's Degree Highest Degree Type
1st Most Popular In MO
85 Environmental Health Degrees Awarded

Located in the suburb of Saint Louis, WUSTL is a private not-for-profit university with a fairly large student population. A Best Colleges rank of #17 out of 2,217 colleges nationwide means WUSTL is a great university overall.

There were approximately 85 environmental health students who graduated with this degree at WUSTL in the most recent year we have data available.

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Yale University
New Haven, CT
Master's Degree Highest Degree Type
1st Most Popular In CT

Located in the city of New Haven, Yale is a private not-for-profit university with a large student population. A Best Colleges rank of #8 out of 2,217 schools nationwide means Yale is a great university overall.

There were roughly 9 environmental health students who graduated with this degree at Yale in the most recent year we have data available.

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9
Master's Degree Highest Degree Type
1st Most Popular In WA
54 Environmental Health Degrees Awarded

Located in the large city of Seattle, UW Seattle is a public university with a very large student population. A Best Colleges rank of #37 out of 2,217 colleges nationwide means UW Seattle is a great university overall.

There were approximately 54 environmental health students who graduated with this degree at UW Seattle in the most recent year we have data available.

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10
Doctor's Degree Highest Degree Type
1st Most Popular In DC

GWU is a very large private not-for-profit university located in the large city of Washington. This university ranks 2nd out of 8 schools for overall quality in the state of District of Columbia.

There were approximately 30 environmental health students who graduated with this degree at GWU in the most recent year we have data available.

More information about a degree in environmental health from George Washington University

Additional Noteworthy Schools

Here are some additional great schools for Environmental Health students that almost earned our Best Environmental Health Schools award.

RankCollegeLocation
11Boston UniversityBoston, MA
12University of Michigan - Ann ArborAnn Arbor, MI
13University of Minnesota - Twin CitiesMinneapolis, MN
14Indiana University - BloomingtonBloomington, IN
15University of IowaIowa City, IA

Environmental Health by Region

View the Best Environmental Health Schools for a specific region near you.

Region
Southeast
New England
Rocky Mountains
Plains States
Middle Atlantic
Far Western US
Southwest
Other U.S. Territories
Great Lakes

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Environmental Health is one of 12 different types of Public Health programs to choose from.

Majors Similar to Environmental Health

Related MajorAnnual Graduates
General Public Health24,667
Public Health Education and Promotion4,139
Other Public Health3,136
Health Services Administration3,074
Community Health and Preventive Medicine2,232
International Public Health/International Health1,561
Behavioral Aspects of Health763
Occupational Health and Industrial Hygiene258
Health/Medical Physics238
Maternal and Child Health179

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