2025 Best Public Health Doctor's Degree Schools in Florida

Public Health is above average in terms of popularity with it being the #32 most popular doctor's degree program in the country. This means you won't have too much trouble finding schools that offer the degree.

In 2025, College Factual analyzed 2 schools in order to identify the top ones for its Best Public Health Doctor's Degree Schools in Florida ranking. Combined, these schools handed out 49 doctor's degrees in public health to qualified students.

What's on this page: * Our Methodology

• Best Doctor’s Degree Schools List

Average Earnings

To determine the overall quality of a graduate school, one factor we look at is the average early-career salary of those receiving their doctor's degree from the school. After all, your doctor's degree won't mean much if it doesn't help you find a job that will help you earn a living.

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 public health students as compared to other majors.
• Major Demand - How many other public health students want to attend this school to pursue a doctor'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.
• Student Debt - How much debt public health students go into to obtain their doctor's degree and how well they are able to pay back that debt.
• Accreditation - Whether a school is regionally accredited and/or accredited by a recognized public health related body.

Our complete 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.

More Ways to Rank Public Health Schools

Since the program you select can have a significant impact on your future, we've developed a number of rankings, including this Best Public Health Doctor's Degree Schools in Florida list, to help you choose the best school for you.

Best Schools for Doctorate Students to Study Public Health in Florida

Below you'll see a list of the best colleges and universities for pursuing a doctor's degree in public health.

Top Florida Schools for a Doctorate in Public Health

1

University of South Florida - Main Campus
Tampa, FL

29 Annual Graduates

$103,531 Median Starting Salary

University of South Florida - Main Campus is one of the best schools in the country for getting a doctor's degree in public health. Located in the city of Tampa, USF Tampa is a public university with a fairly large student population.

Students who graduate with their doctorate from the public health program report average early career wages of $103,531.

More information about a doctorate in public health from University of South Florida - Main Campus

2

Florida International University
Miami, FL

12 Annual Graduates

Florida International University is one of the finest schools in the country for getting a doctor's degree in public health. Located in the large suburb of Miami, FIU is a public university with a very large student population.More information about a doctorate in public health from Florida International University

Best Public Health Colleges in the Southeast Region

Explore all the Best Public Health Schools in the Southeast Area or other specific states within that region.

State	Colleges	Degrees Awarded
Virginia	127	20
Georgia	126	64
North Carolina	115	13
Mississippi	113	10
Louisiana	103	19
Tennessee	102	12
Alabama	98	3
South Carolina	91	17
Kentucky	87	7
Arkansas	58	4
West Virginia	49	1

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Rankings in Majors Related to Public Health

Public Health is one of 34 different types of Health Professions programs to choose from.

Public Health Focus Areas

Major	Annual Graduates
General Public Health	44
Behavioral Aspects of Health	5

Most Popular Related Majors

Related Major	Annual Graduates
Medicine	1,443
Nursing	890
Pharmacy/Pharmaceutical Sciences	787
Rehabilitation & Therapeutic Professions	696
Dentistry	218
Optometry	132
Chiropractic	48
Communication Sciences	45
Health Sciences & Services	37
Allied Health Professions	27

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.