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 Colorado to determine which ones were the best for public health students pursuing a degree. Combined, these schools handed out 227 degrees in public health to qualified students.
The public health program you select can have a big impact on your future. That's why we developed our collection of Best Schools for Public Health rankings. 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.
In order to find the schools that are the best fit for you, you may want to filter to one of the degree levels below.
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 Schools in Colorado list, to help you choose the best school for you.
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.
University of Colorado Denver/Anschutz Medical Campus is one of the finest schools in the United States for getting a degree in public health. CU Anschutz is a fairly large public university located in the city of Denver. This university ranks 14th out of 31 schools for overall quality in the state of Colorado.
There were about 190 public health students who graduated with this degree at CU Anschutz in the most recent data year. Public Health degree recipients from University of Colorado Denver/Anschutz Medical Campus get an earnings boost of around $5,403 over the average earnings of public health majors.
Colorado State University - Fort Collins is one of the finest schools in the country for getting a degree in public health. Located in the city of Fort Collins, Colorado State is a public university with a fairly large student population. A Best Colleges rank of #178 out of 2,152 schools nationwide means Colorado State is a great university overall.
There were about 20 public health students who graduated with this degree at Colorado State in the most recent data year. Public Health degree recipients from Colorado State University - Fort Collins get an earnings boost of approximately $2,231 above the typical income of public health majors.
Fort Lewis College is one of the best schools in the country for getting a degree in public health. Located in the distant town of Durango, FLC is a public college with a small student population. This college ranks 28th out of 31 schools for overall quality in the state of Colorado.
There were about 16 public health students who graduated with this degree at FLC in the most recent year we have data available. Students who graduate with their degree from the public health program state that they receive average early career wages of $37,498.
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).
The public health program you select can have a big impact on your future. That's why we developed our collection of Best Schools for Public Health rankings. 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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