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2025 Best Environmental Health Schools

50 Colleges in the United States
1,332 Environmental Health Degrees Awarded
Environmental Health is above average in terms of popularity with it being the #387 most popular degree program in the country. So, you have a fair amount of options to choose from when looking for a school.

College Factual looked at 50 colleges and universities when compiling its 2025 Best Environmental Health Schools ranking. Combined, these schools handed out 1,332 degrees in environmental health to qualified students.

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Choosing a Great Environmental Health School

Best Environmental Health Schools Your choice of environmental health 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 environmental health 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.

Environmental Health Rankings by Degree Level

Associate Degrees in Environmental Health
Bachelor's Degrees in Environmental Health
Master's Degrees in Environmental Health
Doctor's Degrees in Environmental Health

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 Environmental Health Schools 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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Best Schools for Environmental Health in the United States

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 environmental health degrees they offer, see the list below. Only those schools that rank in the top 20% of all the schools we analyze get awarded with a place on this list.

10 Top Schools in Environmental Health

1
Doctor's Degree Highest Degree Type
1st Most Popular In MD
191 Environmental Health Degrees Awarded

Every student pursuing a degree in environmental health needs to look into Johns Hopkins University. Johns Hopkins is a very large private not-for-profit university located in the city of Baltimore. A Best Colleges rank of #6 out of 2,152 schools nationwide means Johns Hopkins is a great university overall.

There were roughly 191 environmental health students who graduated with this degree at Johns Hopkins in the most recent data year.

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Boston University
Boston, MA
Doctor's Degree Highest Degree Type
1st Most Popular In MA
4.5% Growth in Graduates

Boston University is a wonderful choice for students interested in a degree in environmental health. 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 colleges nationwide means Boston U is a great university overall.

There were approximately 22 environmental health students who graduated with this degree at Boston U in the most recent data year.

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Doctor's Degree Highest Degree Type
1st Most Popular In DC

George Washington University is one of the finest schools in the country for getting a degree in environmental health. GWU is a fairly large private not-for-profit university located in the large city of Washington. A Best Colleges rank of #25 out of 2,152 colleges nationwide means GWU is a great university overall.

There were roughly 30 environmental health students who graduated with this degree at GWU in the most recent data year.

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4
Doctor's Degree Highest Degree Type
2nd Most Popular In CA

University of California - Los Angeles is one of the best schools in the country for getting a degree in environmental health. Located in the large city of Los Angeles, UCLA is a public university with a fairly large student population. A Best Colleges rank of #28 out of 2,152 colleges nationwide means UCLA is a great university overall.

There were about 7 environmental health students who graduated with this degree at UCLA in the most recent year we have data available.

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Emory University
Atlanta, GA
Doctor's Degree Highest Degree Type
1st Most Popular In GA
55 Environmental Health Degrees Awarded

Located in the large city of Atlanta, Emory is a private not-for-profit university with a fairly large student population. A Best Colleges rank of #31 out of 2,152 colleges nationwide means Emory is a great university overall.

There were about 55 environmental health students who graduated with this degree at Emory in the most recent data year.

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6
Master's Degree Highest Degree Type
1st Most Popular In WA
54 Environmental Health Degrees Awarded

Located in the city of Seattle, UW Seattle is a public university with a very large student population. A Best Colleges rank of #44 out of 2,152 schools nationwide means UW Seattle is a great university overall.

There were roughly 54 environmental health students who graduated with this degree at UW Seattle in the most recent year we have data available.

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7
Doctor's Degree Highest Degree Type
1st Most Popular In MI
16.0% Growth in Graduates

U-M is a very large public university located in the medium-sized city of Ann Arbor. A Best Colleges rank of #22 out of 2,152 colleges nationwide means U-M is a great university overall.

There were about 25 environmental health students who graduated with this degree at U-M in the most recent year we have data available.

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Masters Degree Type
Master of Public Health (MPH) Program Name

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8
Doctor's Degree Highest Degree Type
1st Most Popular In TX

UTHealth is a medium-sized public university located in the large city of Houston.

There were roughly 16 environmental health students who graduated with this degree at UTHealth in the most recent year we have data available.

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University of Iowa
Iowa City, IA
Doctor's Degree Highest Degree Type
1st Most Popular In IA
43.5% Growth in Graduates

Iowa is a fairly large public university located in the city of Iowa City. This university ranks 1st out of 37 schools for overall quality in the state of Iowa.

There were approximately 23 environmental health students who graduated with this degree at Iowa in the most recent data year.

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10
Doctor's Degree Highest Degree Type
1st Most Popular In MN
34 Environmental Health Degrees Awarded

Located in the city of Minneapolis, UMN Twin Cities is a public university with a very large student population. This university ranks 1st out of 52 colleges for overall quality in the state of Minnesota.

There were approximately 34 environmental health students who graduated with this degree at UMN Twin Cities in the most recent year we have data available.

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Additional Noteworthy Schools

Here are some additional great schools for Environmental Health students that almost earned our Best Environmental Health Schools award.

Rank College Location
11 Indiana University - Bloomington Bloomington, IN
12 University of Georgia Athens, GA
13 University of Maryland - College Park College Park, MD
14 New York University New York, NY
15 University of Florida Gainesville, FL
16 Texas A&M University - College Station College Station, TX

Environmental Health by Region

View the Best Environmental Health Schools for a specific region near you.

Region
Southeast
New England
Rocky Mountains
Plains States
Middle Atlantic
Far Western US
Southwest
Other U.S. Territories
Great Lakes

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Environmental Health is one of 12 different types of Public Health programs to choose from.

Majors Similar to Environmental Health

Related Major Annual Graduates
General Public Health 24,667
Public Health Education and Promotion 4,139
Other Public Health 3,136
Health Services Administration 3,074
Community Health and Preventive Medicine 2,232
International Public Health/International Health 1,561
Behavioral Aspects of Health 763
Occupational Health and Industrial Hygiene 258
Health/Medical Physics 238
Maternal and Child Health 179

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