by our College Data Analytics Team
With all of the options students have for higher education today, it can be tough to choose which direction to take. College Factual has developed its “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on General Public Health Major” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.
General Public Health is the 39th most popular major in the country with 24,667 degrees awarded in 2021-2022.
At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 11,013 general public health graduates with average earnings and debt of $39,724 and $23,030 respectively.
For this year’s “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on General Public Health Major” ranking, we looked at 239 colleges that offer a degree in general public health. This a ranking of the schools where the largest percentage of students has enrolled in general public health.
For more information, check out our ranking methodology.
Since the program you select can have a significant impact on your future, we’ve developed a number of rankings, including this “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on General Public Health Major” list, to help you choose the best school for you.
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The colleges and universities below are the best for bachelor’s degree general public health students.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Saint Augustine’s University. The school came in at #1 for the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on General Public Health Major. Saint Augustine’s University is located in Raleigh, North Carolina and, has a small student population. In 2021-2022, this school awarded 0 bachelors’s general public health degrees to qualified students.
Out of the 239 schools in the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on General Public Health Major that were part of this year’s ranking, University of California - Merced landed the #2 spot on the list. Located in Merced, California, this medium-sized public school handed out 141 degrees to qualified bachelors’s general public health students in 2021-2022.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 0.8% is a good sign that students have an easier time paying off their loans than they might at other schools. For comparison, the national default rate is 10.1%.
Read full report on General Public Health at University of California - Merced
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Austin College. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on General Public Health Major list. Austin College is located in Sherman, Texas and, has a small student population. In 2021-2022, this school awarded 17 bachelors’s general public health degrees to qualified students.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 3.7%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
Out of the 239 schools in the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on General Public Health Major that were part of this year’s ranking, Hartwick College landed the #4 spot on the list. This small school is located in Oneonta, New York, and it awarded 22 bachelors’s general public health degrees in 2021-2022.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 1.4%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
Out of the 239 schools in the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on General Public Health Major that were part of this year’s ranking, South University, Austin landed the #5 spot on the list. Located in Round Rock, Texas, this small private for-profit school handed out 1 degrees to qualified bachelors’s general public health students in 2021-2022.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 3.1%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
Read more about General Public Health at South University, Austin
Dillard University landed the #6 spot on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on General Public Health Major ranking. Located in New Orleans, Louisiana, this small private not-for-profit school awarded 11 diplomas to qualified bachelors’s general public health students in 2021-2022.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 4.3% is a good sign that students have an easier time paying off their loans than they might at other schools. For comparison, the national default rate is 10.1%.
Read full report on General Public Health at Dillard University
Dine College did quite well in the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on General Public Health Major ranking, coming in at #7. Located in Tsaile, Arizona, this small public school awarded 8 degrees to qualified bachelors’s general public health students in 2021-2022.
Agnes Scott College ranked #8 on this year’s Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on General Public Health Major list. Agnes Scott is a private not-for-profit institution located in Decatur, Georgia. The school has a small population, and it awarded 21 bachelors’s degrees in 2021-2022.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 0.5%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
Xavier University of Louisiana came in at #9 in this year’s edition of the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on General Public Health Major ranking. Xavier University of Louisiana is a private not-for-profit institution located in New Orleans, Louisiana. The school has a small population, and it awarded 58 bachelors’s degrees in 2021-2022.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 4.4%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
Read full report on General Public Health at Xavier University of Louisiana
Slippery Rock University of Pennsylvania ranked #10 on this year’s Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on General Public Health Major list. This medium-sized school is located in Slippery Rock, Pennsylvania, and it awarded 76 bachelors’s general public health degrees in 2021-2022.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 1.5%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
Read more about General Public Health at Slippery Rock University of Pennsylvania
South University, Columbia did quite well in the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on General Public Health Major ranking, coming in at #11. Located in Columbia, South Carolina, this small private for-profit school awarded 15 degrees to qualified bachelors’s general public health students in 2021-2022.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 3.1%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
Full South University, Columbia General Public Health Report
South University, Virginia Beach landed the #12 spot on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on General Public Health Major ranking. South University, Virginia Beach is a small school located in Virginia Beach, Virginia that handed out 3 bachelors’s general public health degrees in 2021-2022.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 3.1%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%. The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 100%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. The impressive undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio of 9 to 1 means that students may have more opportunities to work more closely with their professors than they would at other schools.
Read more about General Public Health at South University, Virginia Beach
Colby - Sawyer College ranked #13 on this year’s Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on General Public Health Major list. Colby - Sawyer College is a private not-for-profit institution located in New London, New Hampshire. The school has a small population, and it awarded 5 bachelors’s degrees in 2021-2022.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 1.9% is a good sign that students have an easier time paying off their loans than they might at other schools. For comparison, the national default rate is 10.1%.
Schreiner University landed the #14 spot on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on General Public Health Major ranking. Located in Kerrville, Texas, this small private not-for-profit school awarded 11 diplomas to qualified bachelors’s general public health students in 2021-2022.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 2.3%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
Franklin and Marshall College did quite well in the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on General Public Health Major ranking, coming in at #15. This small school is located in Lancaster, Pennsylvania, and it awarded 38 bachelors’s general public health degrees in 2021-2022.
The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 91%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. The impressive undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio of 9 to 1 means that students may have more opportunities to work more closely with their professors than they would at other schools. The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 1.1%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
Benedict College ranked #16 on this year’s Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on General Public Health Major list. Benedict College is a private not-for-profit institution located in Columbia, South Carolina. The school has a small population, and it awarded 18 bachelors’s degrees in 2021-2022.
South University, Montgomery came in at #17 in this year’s edition of the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on General Public Health Major ranking. South University, Montgomery is located in Montgomery, Alabama and, has a small student population. In 2021-2022, this school awarded 5 bachelors’s general public health degrees to qualified students.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 3.1%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
Read full report on General Public Health at South University, Montgomery
Roanoke College landed the #18 spot on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on General Public Health Major ranking. Roanoke College is a private not-for-profit institution located in Salem, Virginia. The school has a small population, and it awarded 17 bachelors’s degrees in 2021-2022.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 2.0% is a good sign that students have an easier time paying off their loans than they might at other schools. For comparison, the national default rate is 10.1%.
With a ranking of #19, Wayne State University did quite well on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on General Public Health Major list. Located in Detroit, Michigan, this large public school awarded 252 degrees to qualified bachelors’s general public health students in 2021-2022.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 1.5%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
Read more about General Public Health at Wayne State University
Fort Lewis College landed the #20 spot on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on General Public Health Major ranking. Located in Durango, Colorado, this small public school handed out 16 diplomas to qualified bachelors’s general public health students in 2021-2022.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 2.3%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
The University of Texas at San Antonio ranked #21 on this year’s Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on General Public Health Major list. Located in San Antonio, Texas, this large public school awarded 219 degrees to qualified bachelors’s general public health students in 2021-2022.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 1.4%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
Read more about General Public Health at The University of Texas at San Antonio
With a ranking of #22, Northern Arizona University did quite well on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on General Public Health Major list. Flagstaff, Arizona is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelors’s general public health degrees to 134 students in 2021-2022.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 1.7%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
Full Northern Arizona University General Public Health Report
St Catherine University came in at #23 in this year’s edition of the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on General Public Health Major ranking. St Catherine University is a small school located in Saint Paul, Minnesota that handed out 38 bachelors’s general public health degrees in 2021-2022.
The impressive undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio of 9 to 1 means that students may have more opportunities to work more closely with their professors than they would at other schools. The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 1.5%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
University of Massachusetts Amherst came in at #24 in this year’s edition of the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on General Public Health Major ranking. UMass Amherst is a large public school situated in Amherst, Massachusetts. It awarded 272 bachelors’s general public health degrees in 2021-2022.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 0.9% is a good sign that students have an easier time paying off their loans than they might at other schools. For comparison, the national default rate is 10.1%. With a freshman retention rate of 91%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students.
Read full report on General Public Health at University of Massachusetts Amherst
California State University - Northridge came in at #25 in this year’s edition of the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on General Public Health Major ranking. California State University - Northridge is a public institution located in Northridge, California. The school has a large population, and it awarded 260 bachelors’s degrees in 2021-2022.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 1.7%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
Read full report on General Public Health at California State University - Northridge
Not only did these schools make the top 36 list, but they also landed in the top 15% of this year’s ranking:
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