2025 Best Epidemiology Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region
8Colleges in the Middle Atlantic Region
687Epidemiology Degrees Awarded
A degree in epidemiology is more popular than many other degrees. In fact, it ranks #280 out of 1506 on popularity of all such degrees in the nation. As a result, there are many college that offer the degree, making your choice of school a hard one.
For its 2025 ranking, College Factual looked at 8 schools in the Middle Atlantic Region to determine which ones were the best for epidemiology students pursuing a degree. Combined, these schools handed out 687 degrees in epidemiology to qualified students.
The epidemiology program you select can have a big impact on your future. That's why we developed our collection of Best Schools for Epidemiology rankings. For our Best Overall Epidemiology School rankings, we roll up the results of our degree-level rankings, weighted by the number of degrees awarded at that level.
In order to find the schools that are the best fit for you, you may want to filter to one of the degree levels below.
The epidemiology school you choose to invest your time and money in matters. To help you make the decision that is right for you, we've developed a number of major-specific rankings, including this list of the Best Epidemiology Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region.
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Best Schools for Epidemiology in the Middle Atlantic Region
Although we recommend filtering by degree level first, you can view the list below to see which schools give the educational experience for the epidemiology degree levels they offer.
Top Middle Atlantic Region Schools in Epidemiology
University of Pennsylvania is one of the best schools in the country for getting a degree in epidemiology. UPenn is a fairly large private not-for-profit university located in the city of Philadelphia. A Best Colleges rank of #2 out of 2,152 schools nationwide means UPenn is a great university overall.
There were roughly 33 epidemiology students who graduated with this degree at UPenn in the most recent data year.
Columbia University in the City of New York is a good decision for students pursuing a degree in epidemiology. Columbia is a very large private not-for-profit university located in the city of New York. A Best Colleges rank of #15 out of 2,152 schools nationwide means Columbia is a great university overall.
There were approximately 231 epidemiology students who graduated with this degree at Columbia in the most recent data year.
Johns Hopkins University is a wonderful option for students pursuing a degree in epidemiology. Located in the large city of Baltimore, Johns Hopkins is a private not-for-profit university with a fairly large student population. A Best Colleges rank of #6 out of 2,152 schools nationwide means Johns Hopkins is a great university overall.
There were approximately 90 epidemiology students who graduated with this degree at Johns Hopkins in the most recent year we have data available.
Any student pursuing a degree in epidemiology has to check out George Washington University. Located in the large city of Washington, GWU is a private not-for-profit university with a very large student population. A Best Colleges rank of #25 out of 2,152 colleges nationwide means GWU is a great university overall.
There were approximately 77 epidemiology students who graduated with this degree at GWU in the most recent data year.
Pitt is a fairly large public university located in the large city of Pittsburgh. This university ranks 6th out of 103 schools for overall quality in the state of Pennsylvania.
There were approximately 56 epidemiology students who graduated with this degree at Pitt in the most recent data year.
Drexel is a very large private not-for-profit university located in the city of Philadelphia. This university ranks 10th out of 103 schools for overall quality in the state of Pennsylvania.
There were about 63 epidemiology students who graduated with this degree at Drexel in the most recent data year.
Temple is a fairly large public university located in the city of Philadelphia. This university ranks 8th out of 103 colleges for overall quality in the state of Pennsylvania.
There were roughly 14 epidemiology students who graduated with this degree at Temple in the most recent data year.
The bars on the spread charts above show the distribution of the schools on this list +/- one standard deviation from the mean.
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).
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The epidemiology program you select can have a big impact on your future. That's why we developed our collection of Best Schools for Epidemiology rankings. For our Best Overall Epidemiology School rankings, we roll up the results of our degree-level rankings, weighted by the number of degrees awarded at that level.
