Public Health is of the hottest master's degree programs in the United States, coming in as the #14 most popular major in the country. This makes choosing the right school a hard decision.
College Factual looked at 3 colleges and universities when compiling its 2025 Best Public Health Master's Degree Schools in West Virginia ranking. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 121 master's degrees in public health during the 2022-2023 academic year.
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. When choosing a school we recommend considering some of the following factors:
Quality Overall Is Important
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.
Average Earnings
To determine the overall quality of a graduate school, one factor we look at is the average early-career salary of those receiving their master's degree from the school. This is because one of the main reasons people pursue their master's degree is to enable themselves to find better-paying positions.
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 colleges for public health students working on their master's degree.
The public health school you choose to invest your time and money in matters. To help you make the decision that is right for you, we've developed a number of major-specific rankings, including this list of the Best Public Health Master's Degree Schools in West Virginia.
Best Schools for Master’s Students to Study Public Health in West Virginia
The following list ranks the best colleges and universities for pursuing a master's degree in public health.
Top West Virginia Schools for a Master's in Public Health
West Virginia University is a good choice for individuals interested in a master's degree in public health. Located in the city of Morgantown, WVU is a public university with a very large student population.
Students who graduate with their master's from the public health program report average early career earnings of $48,896.
American Public University System is a wonderful decision for students interested in a master's 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.
Public Health master's degree recipients from American Public University System receive an earnings boost of approximately $14,457 above the typical income of public health majors.
Marshall University is one of the finest schools in the country for getting a master's degree in public health. Located in the small city of Huntington, Marshall University is a public university with a fairly large student population.More information about a master’s in public health from Marshall University
Best Public Health Colleges in the Southeast Region
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).