2025 Best Public Health Education and Promotion Doctor's Degree Schools in the Southeast Region

Public Health Education and Promotion is above average in terms of popularity with it being the #183 most popular doctor's degree program in the country. So, you have a fair amount of options to choose from when looking for a school.

In 2025, College Factual analyzed 2 schools in order to identify the top ones for its Best Public Health Education and Promotion Doctor's Degree Schools in the Southeast Region ranking. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 27 doctor's degrees in public health education and promotion during the 2022-2023 academic year.

What's on this page: * Our Methodology

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Other Factors We Consider

The metrics below are just some of the other metrics that we use to determine our rankings.

• Major Focus - How much a school focuses on public health education and promotion students vs. other majors.
• Major Demand - The number of public health education and promotion students who choose to seek a doctor's degree at the school.
• Educational Resources - How many resources are allocated to students. These resources may include educational expenditures per student, number of students per instructor, and graduation rate among other things.
• Accreditation - Whether a school is regionally accredited and/or accredited by a recognized public health education and promotion related body.

Our full ranking methodology documents in more detail how we consider these factors to identify the best schools for public health education and promotion students working on their doctor's degree.

More Ways to Rank Public Health Education and Promotion Schools

Since the program you select can have a significant impact on your future, we've developed a number of rankings, including this Best Public Health Education and Promotion Doctor's Degree Schools in the Southeast Region list, to help you choose the best school for you.

Best Schools for Doctorate Students to Study Public Health Education and Promotion in the Southeast Region

Below you'll see a list of the best colleges and universities for pursuing a doctor's degree in public health education and promotion.

Top Southeast Region Schools for a Doctorate in Public Health Education and Promotion

1

University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Chapel Hill, NC

Doctor's Degree Highest Degree Type

12 Annual Graduates

University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill is one of the best schools in the United States for getting a doctor's degree in public health education and promotion. Located in the city of Chapel Hill, UNC Chapel Hill is a public university with a fairly large student population.More information about a doctorate in public health education and promotion from University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

2

University of South Carolina - Columbia
Columbia, SC

Doctor's Degree Highest Degree Type

5 Annual Graduates

University of South Carolina - Columbia is one of the finest schools in the country for getting a doctor's degree in public health education and promotion. Located in the city of Columbia, UofSC is a public university with a fairly large student population.More information about a doctorate in public health education and promotion from University of South Carolina - Columbia

Best Public Health Education and Promotion Colleges by State

Explore the best public health education and promotion colleges for a specific state in the Southeast Region .

State	Colleges	Degrees Awarded
North Carolina	190	7
Georgia	190	4
Virginia	182	6
Alabama	139	0
South Carolina	135	5
Arkansas	74	3

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Rankings in Majors Related to Public Health Education and Promotion

One of 12 majors within the Public Health area of study, Public Health Education and Promotion has other similar majors worth exploring.

Majors Similar to Public Health Education and Promotion

Related Major	Annual Graduates
General Public Health	150
Environmental Health	20
Other Public Health	19
Behavioral Aspects of Health	13
Community Health and Preventive Medicine	5
Health/Medical Physics	2
Health Services Administration	2

Notes and References

• 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).
• Credit for the banner image above goes to Article 25 Flickr. More about our data sources and methodologies.