2025 Best General Public Health Bachelor's Degree Schools in the Southwest Region
18
Colleges in the Southwest Region
1,694
Bachelor's Degrees
Ranked #39 in popularity,
general public health is one of the most sought-after bachelor's degree programs in the nation. This makes choosing the right school a hard decision.
In 2025, College Factual analyzed 18 schools in order to identify the top ones for its Best General Public Health Bachelor's Degree Schools in the Southwest Region ranking. Combined, these schools handed out 1,694 bachelor's degrees in general public health to qualified students.
What's on this page: * Our Methodology
Choosing a Great General Public Health School for Your Bachelor's Degree
The general public health bachelor's degree program you select can have a big impact on your future. 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
The overall quality of a bachelor's degree school is important to ensure a quality education, not just how well they do in a particular major. To account for this we include a college's overall Best Colleges ranking which itself looks at a combination of different factors like degree completion, educational resources, student body caliber and post-graduation earnings for the school as a whole.
Other Factors We Consider
The metrics below are just some of the other metrics that we use to determine our rankings.
- Major Focus - How many resources a school devotes to general public health students as compared to other majors.
- Major Demand - How many other general public health students want to attend this school to pursue a bachelor's degree.
- Educational Resources - How many resources are allocated to students. These resources may include educational expenditures per student, number of students per instructor, and graduation rate among other things.
- Accreditation - Whether a school is regionally accredited and/or accredited by a recognized general public health related body.
Our full ranking methodology documents in more detail how we consider these factors to identify the best schools for general public health students working on their bachelor's degree.
One Size Does Not Fit All
Since the program you select can have a significant impact on your future, we've developed a number of rankings, including this Best General Public Health Bachelor's Degree Schools in the Southwest Region list, to help you choose the best school for you.
In addition to College Factual's rankings, you may want to take a look at College Combat, our unique tool that lets you pit your favorite schools head-to-head and compare how they rate on factors that most interest you.
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