2022 Most Popular Doctor's Degree Colleges for Public Health in Illinois

Public Health is above average in terms of popularity with it being the #34 most popular doctor's degree program in the country. As a result, there are many colleges that offer the degree, making your choice of school a hard one.

College Factual reviewed 3 schools in Illinois to determine which ones were the most popular for doctor's degree seekers in the field of public health. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 39 doctor's degrees in public health during the 2019-2020 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. As an aid in helping you pick the right school for you, we created our Most Popular Doctor's Degree Colleges for Public Health in Illinois ranking.

Being popular does not always equate to overall quality, but a school with a large number of public health students usually has them for a reason. Sometimes this is because the school offers a great educational experience, it is a good value, or it is highly focused on the program.

One Size Does Not Fit All

This is not our only ranking, nor the only degree level we have ranked. In addition to this ranking, you may want to take at the rankings for different degree levels as called out above. You can also narrow your search by location by filtering for a certain area of the country. Plus, you can view our other rankings for public health.

 

Most Popular Schools for Doctorate Students to Study Public Health in Illinois

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

Most Well Attended Schools for Public Health Students Working on Their Doctorate

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University of Illinois at Chicago
Chicago, IL

34 Annual Doctor's Degrees

#2 Best Quality In IL

Doctor's Degree Highest Degree Type

Any student pursuing a degree in a doctor's degree in public health needs to check out University of Illinois at Chicago. UIC is a fairly large public university located in the city of Chicago. You also may be intersted to know that the school ranks #2 in quality for doctor's degrees in public health in Illinois.

There were about 34 public health students who graduated with this degree at UIC in the most recent data year.

More information about a doctorate in public health from University of Illinois at Chicago

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University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Champaign, IL

3 Annual Doctor's Degrees

#3 Best Quality In IL

Doctor's Degree Highest Degree Type

Every student pursuing a degree in a doctor's degree in public health needs to take a look at University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. Located in the city of Champaign, UIUC is a public university with a very large student population. Potential students might also be interested to know that the school ranks #3 in quality for doctor's degrees in public health in Illinois.

There were roughly 3 public health individuals who graduated with this degree at UIUC in the most recent data year.

More information about a doctorate in public health from University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

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University of Chicago
Chicago, IL

1 Annual Doctor's Degrees

#1 Best Quality In IL

Doctor's Degree Highest Degree Type

University of Chicago is a popular choice for individuals pursuing a doctor's degree in public health. Located in the city of Chicago, UChicago is a private not-for-profit university with a fairly large student population. This isn't the only ranking where the school placed. It's also #1 in quality for doctor's degrees in public health in Illinois.

There were about 1 public health individuals who graduated with this degree at UChicago in the most recent data year.

More information about a doctorate in public health from University of Chicago

 

Best Public Health Colleges in the Great Lakes Region

Explore all the Most Popular Public Health Schools in the Great Lakes Area or other specific states within that region.

State	Colleges	Degrees Awarded
Michigan	149	12
Ohio	144	38
Indiana	130	11
Wisconsin	104	26

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Public Health Related Rankings by Major

One of 30 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	35
Community Health and Preventive Medicine	3
Other Public Health	1

Most Popular Related Majors

Related Major	Annual Graduates
Medicine	1,348
Nursing	971
Pharmacy/Pharmaceutical Sciences	612
Rehabilitation & Therapeutic Professions	453
Dentistry	302
Optometry	141
Chiropractic	111
Communication Sciences	80
Alternative Medicine & Systems	46
Other Health Professions	25

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.