2023 Most Focused Doctor’s Degree Colleges for General Public Health in the Plains States Region

Students have lots of options to chooose from today when trying to decide which college to attend. At College Factual, we’re committed to helping you make that decision by providing information such as that found in our “Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on General Public Health Major in the Plains States Region” ranking.

In 2021-2022, 24,667 people earned their degree in general public health, making the major the 39th most popular in the United States.

Across the Plains States region, there were 1,451 general public health graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the doctor’s degree level specifically, there were 172 general public health graduates with average earnings and debt of $76,238 and $112,293 respectively.

This year’s “Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on General Public Health Major in the Plains States Region” ranking analyzed 5 colleges that offered 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.

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Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on General Public Health Major in the Plains States Region

The following schools top our list of the Best “Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on General Public Health Major in the Plains States Region”.

Top 5 Most Focused Doctor’s Degree Colleges for General Public Health in the Plains States Region

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Saint Louis University
Saint Louis, Missouri

#21 overall quality in Plains States

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Saint Louis University. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on General Public Health Major in the Plains States Region list. SLU is a fairly large private not-for-profit school situated in Saint Louis, Missouri. It awarded 80 doctorate’s general public health degrees in 2021-2022.

With a undergrad student-to-faculty ratio of 9 to 1, it’s easy to see that the school is committed to helping their undergraduates succeed. The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 0.9%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%. The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 89%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.

Full Saint Louis University General Public Health Report

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University of Nebraska Medical Center
Omaha, Nebraska

#8 overall quality in Plains States

Out of the 5 schools in the Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on General Public Health Major in the Plains States Region that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Nebraska Medical Center landed the #4 spot on the list. Omaha, Nebraska is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The public school handed out doctorate’s general public health degrees to 3 students in 2021-2022.

The undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio of 2 to 1 is a sign that students will have more opportunities to engage with their professors one-on-one.

Full UNMC General Public Health Report

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Washington University in St Louis
Saint Louis, Missouri

#1 overall quality in Plains States

Out of the 5 schools in the Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on General Public Health Major in the Plains States Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Washington University in St Louis landed the #5 spot on the list. This fairly large school is located in Saint Louis, Missouri, and it awarded 3 doctorate’s general public health degrees in 2021-2022.

Since the school has a undergrad student-to-faculty ratio of 7 to 1, those pursuing a degree will have more opportunities to interact with their professors. The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 0.4%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%. The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 96%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.

Read full report on General Public Health at WUSTL

Notes and References

References

• 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 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).
• Information about the national average student loan default rate is from the U.S. Department of Education and refers to data about the 2016 borrower cohort tracking period for which the cohort default rate (CDR) was 10.1%.

Read more about our data sources and methodologies

Footnotes

• *Avg Salary and Avg 4-Year Grad Rate are for the top schools only.
• Some schools otherwise deserving of recognition may have been removed from this ranking in the event that new data identified post-publication warranted it, or at the request of the school.

Credits

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