Ranked #14 in popularity, public health is one of the most sought-after master's degree programs in the nation. This means there are lots of options to choose from when you decide to get your degree.
College Factual reviewed 4 schools in Kentucky to determine which ones were the best for master's degree seekers in the field of public health. Combined, these schools handed out 120 master's degrees in public health to qualified students.
Choosing a Great Public Health School for Your Master's Degree
Your choice of public health for getting your master's degree school matters. This section explores some of the factors we include in our ranking and how much they vary depending on the school you select. To make it into this list, a school must excel in the following areas.
A Great Overall School
A school that excels in educating for a particular major and degree level must be a great school overall as well. To make it into this list a school must rank well in our overall Best Colleges for a Master's Degree ranking. This ranking considered factors such as graduation rates, overall graduate earnings and other educational resources to identify great colleges and universities.
Early-Career Earnings
One measure we use to determine the quality of a school is to look at the average salary of master's graduates during the early years of their career. That is, everyone wants their master's degree to be worth something, and salaries are one measure of determining that.
Other Factors We Consider
In addition to the above, you should consider some of the following factors:
Major Focus - How much a school focuses on public health students vs. other majors.
Major Demand - The number of public health students who choose to seek a master's degree at the school.
Educational Resources - The amount of money and other resources allocated to students while they are pursuing their degree. These resources include such things as number of students per instructor and education expenditures per student.
Student Debt - How much debt public health students go into to obtain their master's degree and how well they are able to pay back that debt.
Accreditation - Whether a school is regionally accredited and/or accredited by a recognized public health related body.
Our full ranking methodology documents in more detail how we consider these factors to identify the best schools for public health students working on their master's degree.
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 Master's Degree Schools in Kentucky list to help you make the college decision.
Best Schools for Master’s Students to Study Public Health in Kentucky
Explore the top ranked colleges and universities for public health students seeking a a master's degree.
Top Kentucky Schools for a Master's in Public Health
University of Kentucky is one of the finest schools in the United States for getting a master's degree in public health. UK is a very large public university located in the city of Lexington.
Public Health master's degree recipients from University of Kentucky earn a boost of approximately $9,817 above the average income of public health majors.
Any student who is interested in a master's degree in public health has to check out University of Louisville. Located in the city of Louisville, UofL is a public university with a fairly large student population.
Master's students who receive their degree from the public health program make around $48,127 in their early career salary.
Any student who is interested in a master's degree in public health has to take a look at Eastern Kentucky University. Eastern is a fairly large public university located in the distant town of Richmond.
Soon after graduation, public health master's recipients generally make around $46,229 in the first five years of their career.
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).