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.
College Factual reviewed 3 schools in Iowa to determine which ones were the best for degree seekers in the field of public health. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 332 degrees in public health annually.
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.
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 Schools in Iowa.
More interested in schools in a specific area of the country? Filter this list by region or state.
To further help you make the college decision, we've developed a unique tool called College Combat that allows you to compare schools based on the factors that matter the most to you.
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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 Iowa is a great choice for students interested in a degree in public health. Located in the small city of Iowa City, Iowa is a public university with a fairly large student population. A Best Colleges rank of #80 out of 2,152 schools nationwide means Iowa is a great university overall.
There were roughly 251 public health students who graduated with this degree at Iowa in the most recent data year. Degree recipients from the public health major at University of Iowa make $18,845 more than the standard college graduate in this field when they enter the workforce.
Any student pursuing a degree in public health needs to check out Saint Ambrose University. St. Ambrose University is a small private not-for-profit university located in the midsize city of Davenport. This university ranks 11th out of 37 schools for overall quality in the state of Iowa.
There were roughly 8 public health students who graduated with this degree at St. Ambrose University in the most recent year we have data available.
Every student pursuing a degree in public health needs to take a look at University of Northern Iowa. UNI is a medium-sized public university located in the small city of Cedar Falls. This university ranks 3rd out of 37 colleges for overall quality in the state of Iowa.
There were approximately 35 public health students who graduated with this degree at UNI in the most recent year we have data available.
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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