2024 Best Epidemiology Master's Degree Schools in the Far Western US Region
6
Colleges in the Far Western US Region
105
Master's Degrees
Epidemiology is of the hottest master's degree programs in the United States, coming in as the #102 most popular major in the country. This makes choosing the right school a hard decision.
For its 2024 ranking, College Factual looked at 6 schools in the Far Western US Region to determine which ones were the best for epidemiology students pursuing a master's degree. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 105 master's degrees in epidemiology during the 2020-2021 academic year.
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Choosing a Great Epidemiology School for Your Master's Degree
Your choice of epidemiology for getting your master's degree school matters. This section explores some of the factors we include in our ranking and how much they vary depending on the school you select. When choosing a school we recommend considering some of the following factors:
Quality Overall Is Important
A school that excels in educating for a particular major and degree level must be a great school overall as well. To make it into this list a school must rank well in our overall Best Colleges for a Master's Degree ranking. This ranking considered factors such as graduation rates, overall graduate earnings and other educational resources to identify great colleges and universities.
Other Factors We Consider
In addition to the above, you should consider some of the following factors:
- Major Focus - How many resources a school devotes to epidemiology students as compared to other majors.
- Major Demand - The number of epidemiology students who choose to seek a master's degree at the school.
- Educational Resources - The amount of money and other resources allocated to students while they are pursuing their degree. These resources include such things as number of students per instructor and education expenditures per student.
- Accreditation - Whether a school is regionally accredited and/or accredited by a recognized epidemiology related body.
Our full ranking methodology documents in more detail how we consider these factors to identify the best schools for epidemiology students working on their master's degree.
One Size Does Not Fit All
Since picking the right college can be one of the most important decisions of your life, we've developed the Best Epidemiology Master's Degree Schools in the Far Western US Region ranking, along with many other major-related rankings, to help you make that decision.