2025 Best Epidemiology Schools in the Southeast Region
9Colleges in the Southeast Region
472Epidemiology Degrees Awarded
Epidemiology is above average in terms of popularity with it being the #280 most popular degree program in the country. This means you won't have too much trouble finding schools that offer the degree.
College Factual reviewed 9 schools in the Southeast Region 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 472 degrees in epidemiology annually.
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. We derive our Best Overall Epidemiology School rankings by rolling up our degree-level rankings after weighting them by the number of degrees awarded at each school.
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.
Since the program you select can have a significant impact on your future, we've developed a number of rankings, including this Best Epidemiology Schools in the Southeast Region list, to help you choose the best school for you.
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Best Schools for Epidemiology in the Southeast Region
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 epidemiology degrees they offer, see the list below.
Duke University is one of the finest schools in the country for getting a degree in epidemiology. Duke is a large private not-for-profit university located in the city of Durham. A Best Colleges rank of #7 out of 2,152 colleges nationwide means Duke is a great university overall.
There were approximately 4 epidemiology students who graduated with this degree at Duke in the most recent data year.
It's hard to beat University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill if you want to pursue a degree in epidemiology. Located in the small city of Chapel Hill, UNC Chapel Hill is a public university with a very large student population. A Best Colleges rank of #38 out of 2,152 schools nationwide means UNC Chapel Hill is a great university overall.
There were approximately 28 epidemiology students who graduated with this degree at UNC Chapel Hill in the most recent data year.
Emory University is one of the finest schools in the country for getting a degree in epidemiology. Emory is a large private not-for-profit university located in the large city of Atlanta. A Best Colleges rank of #31 out of 2,152 schools nationwide means Emory is a great university overall.
There were about 174 epidemiology students who graduated with this degree at Emory in the most recent year we have data available.
Vanderbilt University is a good option for students interested in a degree in epidemiology. Located in the large city of Nashville, Vanderbilt is a private not-for-profit university with a large student population. A Best Colleges rank of #18 out of 2,152 colleges nationwide means Vanderbilt is a great university overall.
There were roughly 3 epidemiology students who graduated with this degree at Vanderbilt in the most recent year we have data available.
UF is a fairly large public university located in the medium-sized city of Gainesville. This university ranks 1st out of 70 colleges for overall quality in the state of Florida.
There were roughly 7 epidemiology students who graduated with this degree at UF in the most recent year we have data available.
Located in the suburb of Coral Gables, U Miami is a private not-for-profit university with a fairly large student population. This university ranks 6th out of 70 colleges for overall quality in the state of Florida.
There were approximately 103 epidemiology students who graduated with this degree at U Miami in the most recent year we have data available.
Located in the city of New Orleans, Tulane is a private not-for-profit university with a fairly large student population. This university ranks 1st out of 30 colleges for overall quality in the state of Louisiana.
There were approximately 51 epidemiology students who graduated with this degree at Tulane in the most recent year we have data available.
Located in the midsize city of Columbia, UofSC is a public university with a fairly large student population. This university ranks 1st out of 45 colleges for overall quality in the state of South Carolina.
There were about 14 epidemiology students who graduated with this degree at UofSC in the most recent data year.
UofL is a fairly large public university located in the large city of Louisville. This university ranks 2nd out of 39 schools for overall quality in the state of Kentucky.
There were approximately 24 epidemiology students who graduated with this degree at UofL 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. We derive our Best Overall Epidemiology School rankings by rolling up our degree-level rankings after weighting them by the number of degrees awarded at each school.
