Public Health is of the hottest degree programs in the United States, coming in as the #26 most popular major in the country. So, there are lots of possibilities to explore when you're trying to determine where you want to get your degree.
For its 2025 ranking, College Factual looked at 3 schools in West Virginia to determine which ones were the best for public health students pursuing a degree. Combined, these schools handed out 299 degrees in public health to qualified students.
Your choice of public health school matters, so we have put together these rankings to help you make your decision. We derive our Best Overall Public Health School rankings by rolling up our degree-level rankings after weighting them by the number of degrees awarded at each school.
You may want to choose one of the degree levels below to find the schools of most interest to you.
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 Public Health Schools in West Virginia 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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Although we recommend filtering by degree level first, you can view the list below to see which schools give the educational experience for the public health degree levels they offer.
Every student who is interested in public health has to take a look at West Virginia University. Located in the small city of Morgantown, WVU is a public university with a very large student population. This university ranks 2nd out of 25 schools for overall quality in the state of West Virginia.
There were about 72 public health students who graduated with this degree at WVU in the most recent data year. Students who receive their degree from the public health program make an average of $48,643 in the first couple years of working.
American Public University System is a good decision for students pursuing a degree in public health. Located in the town of Charles Town, American Military University is a private for-profit university with a very large student population. A Best Colleges rank of #234 out of 2,152 schools nationwide means American Military University is a great university overall.
There were about 199 public health students who graduated with this degree at American Military University in the most recent data year. Public Health degree recipients from American Public University System receive an earnings boost of approximately $7,689 above the average earnings of public health majors.
Marshall University is one of the finest schools in the country for getting a degree in public health. Located in the small city of Huntington, Marshall University is a public university with a fairly large student population. This university ranks 4th out of 25 schools for overall quality in the state of West Virginia.
There were roughly 6 public health students who graduated with this degree at Marshall University 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).
Your choice of public health school matters, so we have put together these rankings to help you make your decision. We derive our Best Overall Public Health School rankings by rolling up our degree-level rankings after weighting them by the number of degrees awarded at each school.
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