If you plan on majoring in epidemiology, you won't be alone since the degree program is ranked #280 in the country in terms of popularity. So, you have a fair amount of options to choose from when looking for a school.
College Factual reviewed 3 schools in Massachusetts to determine which ones were the best for degree seekers in the field of epidemiology. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 384 degrees in epidemiology annually.
Your choice of epidemiology 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 epidemiology 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.
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 Massachusetts.
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The schools below may not offer all types of epidemiology degrees so you may want to filter by degree level first. However, they are great for the degree levels they do offer.
Boston University is a wonderful decision for students pursuing a degree in epidemiology. Boston U is a fairly large private not-for-profit university located in the large city of Boston. A Best Colleges rank of #23 out of 2,152 schools nationwide means Boston U is a great university overall.
There were roughly 183 epidemiology students who graduated with this degree at Boston U in the most recent year we have data available.
Tufts University is a great choice for students pursuing a degree in epidemiology. Tufts is a large private not-for-profit university located in the large suburb of Medford. This university ranks 7th out of 63 schools for overall quality in the state of Massachusetts.
There were about 49 epidemiology students who graduated with this degree at Tufts in the most recent data year.
University of Massachusetts Amherst is a great option for students pursuing a degree in epidemiology. Located in the small city of Amherst, UMass Amherst is a public university with a fairly large student population. This university ranks 10th out of 63 schools for overall quality in the state of Massachusetts.
There were approximately 21 epidemiology students who graduated with this degree at UMass Amherst 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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Your choice of epidemiology 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 epidemiology schools, we combine our degree-level rankings, weighting them by the number of degrees awarded at each level.
