Ranked #39 in popularity, general public health is one of the most sought-after degree programs in the nation. This makes choosing the right school a hard decision.
For its 2025 ranking, College Factual looked at 4 schools in Oregon to determine which ones were the best for general public health students pursuing a degree. Combined, these schools handed out 297 degrees in general public health to qualified students.
The general public health program you select can have a big impact on your future. That's why we developed our collection of Best Schools for General Public Health rankings. We derive our Best Overall General 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 picking the right college can be one of the most important decisions of your life, we've developed the Best General Public Health Schools in Oregon ranking, along with many other major-related rankings, to help you make that decision.
You can also filter this list by location to find schools closer to 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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If you aren't interested in a particular degree level and want to know which schools are the overall best at delivering an education for the general public health degrees they offer, see the list below.
Every student who is interested in general public health needs to check out Oregon State University. Located in the city of Corvallis, Oregon State is a public university with a very large student population. A Best Colleges rank of #238 out of 2,152 colleges nationwide means Oregon State is a great university overall.
There were about 200 general public health students who graduated with this degree at Oregon State in the most recent data year.
It's difficult to beat Oregon Health & Science University if you want to pursue a degree in general public health. Located in the large city of Portland, OHSU is a public university with a small student population.
There were roughly 38 general public health students who graduated with this degree at OHSU in the most recent data year.
Portland State University is one of the finest schools in the United States for getting a degree in general public health. Located in the city of Portland, Portland State University is a public university with a fairly large student population. This university ranks 5th out of 29 schools for overall quality in the state of Oregon.
There were roughly 38 general public health students who graduated with this degree at Portland State University in the most recent year we have data available.
Pacific University is one of the finest schools in the country for getting a degree in general public health. Pacific is a small private not-for-profit university located in the large suburb of Forest Grove. This university ranks 6th out of 29 schools for overall quality in the state of Oregon.
There were approximately 13 general public health students who graduated with this degree at Pacific 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 general public health program you select can have a big impact on your future. That's why we developed our collection of Best Schools for General Public Health rankings. We derive our Best Overall General 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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