2025 Best Public Health Doctor's Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region

If you plan on getting your doctor's degree in public health, you won't be alone since the degree program is ranked #32 in the country in terms of popularity. So, you have a fair amount of options to choose from when looking for a school.

College Factual looked at 4 colleges and universities when compiling its 2025 Best Public Health Doctor's Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region ranking. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 166 doctor's degrees in public health during the 2022-2023 academic year.

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Choosing a Great Public Health School for Your Doctor's Degree

The public health doctor'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. Below we explain some of the most important factors to consider before making your choice:

Overall Quality Is a Must

The overall quality of a doctor's degree school is important to ensure a good education, not just how well they do in a particular major. To make it into this list a school must rank well in our overall Best Colleges for a Doctor's Degree ranking. This ranking considered factors such as graduation rates, overall graduate earnings and other educational resources to identify great colleges and universities.

Average Early-Career Salaries

Average early-career salary of those graduating with their doctor's degree is one indicator we use in our analysis to find the schools that offer the highest-quality education. That is, everyone wants their doctor's degree to be worth something, and salaries are one measure of determining that.

Other Factors We Consider

In addition to the above, you should consider some of the following factors:

• Major Focus - How much a school focuses on public health students vs. other majors.
• Major Demand - The number of public health students who choose to seek a doctor's degree at the school.
• Educational Resources - The amount of money and other resources allocated to students while they are pursuing their degree. These resources include such things as number of students per instructor and education expenditures per student.
• Student Debt - How easy is it for public health to pay back their student loans after receiving their doctor's degree.
• Accreditation - Whether a school is regionally accredited and/or accredited by a recognized public health related body.

Our full ranking methodology documents in more detail how we consider these factors to identify the best colleges for public health students working on their doctor's degree.

One Size Does Not Fit All

Since picking the right college can be one of the most important decisions of your life, we've developed the Best Public Health Doctor's Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region ranking, along with many other major-related rankings, to help you make that decision.

Best Schools for Doctorate Students to Study Public Health in the Middle Atlantic Region

Explore the top ranked colleges and universities for public health students seeking a a doctor's degree.

Top Middle Atlantic Region Schools for a Doctorate in Public Health

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Johns Hopkins University
Baltimore, MD

61 Annual Graduates

$96,297 Median Starting Salary

Johns Hopkins University is a good decision for students pursuing a doctor's degree in public health. Johns Hopkins is a fairly large private not-for-profit university located in the large city of Baltimore.

Students who graduate with their doctorate from the public health program state that they receive average early career earnings of $96,297.

More information about a doctorate in public health from Johns Hopkins University

2

University of Maryland - College Park
College Park, MD

17 Annual Graduates

It's difficult to beat University of Maryland - College Park if you wish to pursue a doctor's degree in public health. UMCP is a fairly large public university located in the large suburb of College Park.More information about a doctorate in public health from University of Maryland - College Park

3

The Graduate Center, CUNY
New York, NY

11 Annual Graduates

It is difficult to beat The Graduate Center, CUNY if you want to pursue a doctor's degree in public health. Located in the large city of New York, The Graduate Center is a public school with a moderately-sized student population.More information about a doctorate in public health from The Graduate Center, CUNY

4

Widener University
Chester, PA

16 Annual Graduates

Widener University is a great option for students pursuing a doctor's degree in public health. Widener is a moderately-sized private not-for-profit university located in the large suburb of Chester.More information about a doctorate in public health from Widener University

Best Public Health Colleges by State

Explore the best public health colleges for a specific state in the Middle Atlantic Region .

State	Colleges	Degrees Awarded
Pennsylvania	176	33
New York	174	40
Maryland	119	59
New Jersey	115	7
District of Columbia	81	8

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Public Health Related Rankings by Major

One of 34 majors within the Health Professions area of study, Public Health has other similar majors worth exploring.

Public Health Concentrations

Major	Annual Graduates
General Public Health	69
Environmental Health	27
Other Public Health	20
Public Health Education and Promotion	16
Health Services Administration	12
Community Health and Preventive Medicine	8
Maternal and Child Health	6
Behavioral Aspects of Health	5
International Public Health/International Health	2
Health/Medical Physics	1

Majors Similar to Public Health

Related Major	Annual Graduates
Medicine	6,385
Rehabilitation & Therapeutic Professions	2,971
Pharmacy/Pharmaceutical Sciences	2,389
Nursing	1,731
Dentistry	1,628
Optometry	255
Communication Sciences	186
Chiropractic	134
Other Health Professions	63
Health & Medical Administrative Services	49

Notes and References

• 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).
• Credit for the banner image above goes to Article 25 Flickr. More about our data sources and methodologies.