2025 Best General Public Health Schools in Maryland
4Colleges in Maryland
950General Public Health Degrees Awarded
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.
College Factual looked at 4 colleges and universities when compiling its 2025 Best General Public Health Schools in Maryland ranking. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 950 degrees in general public health annually.
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 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 Schools in Maryland list, to help you choose the best school for you.
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Best Schools for General Public Health in Maryland
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.
Johns Hopkins University is one of the best schools in the country for getting a degree in general public health. Located in the city of Baltimore, Johns Hopkins is a private not-for-profit university with a fairly large student population. A Best Colleges rank of #6 out of 2,152 colleges nationwide means Johns Hopkins is a great university overall.
There were approximately 785 general public health students who graduated with this degree at Johns Hopkins in the most recent year we have data available.
University of Maryland - College Park is one of the best schools in the United States for getting a degree in general public health. Located in the suburb of College Park, UMCP is a public university with a fairly large student population. This university ranks 2nd out of 35 colleges for overall quality in the state of Maryland.
There were approximately 117 general public health students who graduated with this degree at UMCP in the most recent data year.
Any student who is interested in general public health needs to check out University of Maryland - Baltimore. UMB is a medium-sized public university located in the large city of Baltimore.
There were approximately 18 general public health students who graduated with this degree at UMB in the most recent data year.
It's difficult to beat Towson University if you wish to pursue a degree in general public health. Towson is a fairly large public university located in the city of Towson. This university ranks 5th out of 35 colleges for overall quality in the state of Maryland.More information about a degree in general public health from Towson University
Best General Public Health Colleges in the Middle Atlantic Region
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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