2021 Best Public Health Colleges for Non-Traditional Students
99Colleges
19,583Bachelor's Degrees
$33,016Avg Cost*
Finding the Best Public Health Schools for Non-Traditional Students
In <nil>, 19,583 people earned their bachelor's in public health, making the major the #28 most popular in the United States.
This year's Best Public Health Colleges for Non-Traditional Students ranking looked at 99 colleges that offer a bachelor's in public health. Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent public health programs, but they also offer a lot of support to non-traditional students.
Some of the factors we look at when determining these rankings are overall quality of the public health program at the school, affordability, and non-traditional population. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.
The public health school you choose to invest your time and money in matters. To help you make the decision that is right for you, we've developed a number of major-specific rankings, including this list of the Best Public Health Schools for Non-Traditional Students.
To further help you make the college decision, we've developed a unique tool called College Combat that allows you to compare schools based on the factors that matter the most to you.
When you have some time, check it out - you may want to bookmark the link so you don't forget it.
2021 Best Public Health Schools for Non-Traditional Students in the United States
The following schools top our list of the Best Public Health Colleges for Non-Traditional Students.
Top 15% Best Public Health Schools for Non-Traditional Students
Johns Hopkins University tops the 2021 list of our schools in the United States that are best for non-traditional public health students. Located in the city of Baltimore, Johns Hopkins is a private not-for-profit college with a fairly large student population. As a testament to the quality of education offered at Johns Hopkins, the school also landed the #1 rank in our Best Colleges for Public Health ranking.
The school has a low student loan default rate of 0.6%. 14,847 students at Johns Hopkins are exclusively online. 14,794 students are part time.
Our rankings recognize Rutgers University - New Brunswick as the #2 school in this year's rankings. Located in the city of New Brunswick, Rutgers New Brunswick is a public college with a fairly large student population. In addition to being on our best for non-traditional students list, Rutgers New Brunswick has also earned the #4 rank in our Best Colleges for Public Health ranking.
About 1.1% of Rutgers New Brunswick students default on their loans in three years, which is lower than average. There are approximately 30,054 students at Rutgers New Brunswick that take at least one class online. 7,559 students are part time.
Montana Technological University landed the #3 spot in our 2021 best public health schools for non-traditional students. Located in the town of Butte, Montana Tech is a public school with a small student population. In addition to being on our bet for non-traditional students list, Montana Tech is in the top 20% of all schools on our Best Colleges for Public Health list.
The school has a low student loan default rate of 2.8%. There are approximately 508 students at Montana Tech that take at least one class online. There are roughly 230 part time students in attendance at Montana Tech.
The #4 spot in this year's ranking belongs to Indiana University - Bloomington. Located in the small city of Bloomington, IU Bloomington is a public school with a fairly large student population. IU Bloomington not only placed well in our non-traditional rankings. It is also #6 on our Best Colleges for Public Health list.
About 1.4% of IU Bloomington students default on their loans in three years, which is lower than average. There are approximately 18,013 students at IU Bloomington that take at least one class online. 5,256 students are part time.
University of Illinois at Chicago earned the #5 spot in our 2021 rankings. Located in the large city of Chicago, UIC is a public school with a fairly large student population. UIC excels when it comes to major quality. It's ranked in the top 20% of all schools on our Best Colleges for Public Health list.
The student loan default rate at UIC is lower than is typical, just 0.7% of students default in three years. Approximately 19,768 students take at least one class online at UIC. About 5,712 of the students at UIC are attending part time.
Our rankings recognize Walden University as the #6 school in this year's rankings. Walden University is a fairly large private for-profit school located in the city of Minneapolis.
The student loan default rate at Walden University is lower than is typical, just 1.1% of students default in three years. All 46,455 students take classes exclusively online at Walden University. About 27,673 of the students at Walden University are attending part time.
The #7 spot in this year's ranking belongs to University of Washington - Seattle Campus. Located in the large city of Seattle, UW Seattle is a public college with a very large student population. As a testament to the quality of education offered at UW Seattle, the school also landed the #5 rank in our Best Colleges for Public Health ranking.
The school has a low student loan default rate of 0.7%. Approximately 8,815 students take at least one class online at UW Seattle. There are roughly 9,705 part time students in attendance at UW Seattle.
University of Massachusetts Amherst landed the #8 spot in our 2021 best public health schools for non-traditional students. UMass Amherst is a fairly large public school located in the large suburb of Amherst. UMass Amherst also took the #9 spot in our Best Colleges for Public Health rankings.
About 0.9% of UMass Amherst students default on their loans in three years, which is lower than average. 4,105 of UMass Amherst students are exclusively distance learners. 6,786 of UMass Amherst students are attending part time.
University of Maryland - College Park landed the #9 spot in our 2021 best public health schools for non-traditional students. Located in the large suburb of College Park, UMCP is a public school with a very large student population. UMCP did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #3 on our Best Colleges for Public Health list.
The school has a low student loan default rate of 0.7%. Approximately 11,700 students take at least one class online at UMCP. 4,841 students are part time.
Our rankings recognize New York University as the #10 school in this year's rankings. NYU is a fairly large private not-for-profit school located in the large city of New York. NYU did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #8 on our Best Colleges for Public Health list.
About 0.8% of NYU students default on their loans in three years, which is lower than average. Approximately 21,614 students take at least one class online at NYU. About 8,829 of the students at NYU are attending part time.
University of California - Berkeley earned the #11 spot in our 2021 rankings. UC Berkeley is a very large public school located in the midsize city of Berkeley. UC Berkeley also made our Best Colleges for Public Health list, coming in at #2.
About 0.5% of UC Berkeley students default on their loans in three years, which is lower than average. Approximately 26,398 students take at least one class online at UC Berkeley. 4,099 students are part time.
The #12 spot in this year's ranking belongs to University of South Florida - Main Campus. USF Tampa is a very large public school located in the large city of Tampa. USF Tampa also claimed a spot on our Best Colleges for Public Health list. It's in the top 10% of all schools in this category.
The student loan default rate at USF Tampa is lower than is typical, just 1.2% of students default in three years. There are approximately 22,899 students at USF Tampa that take at least one class online. There are roughly 13,938 part time students in attendance at USF Tampa.
University of Florida comes in at #13 in this year's ranking. UF is a fairly large public school located in the city of Gainesville. In addition to being on our bet for non-traditional students list, UF is in the top 15% of all schools on our Best Colleges for Public Health list.
About 0.9% of UF students default on their loans in three years, which is lower than average. There are approximately 22,865 students at UF that take at least one class online. 11,205 of UF students are attending part time.
The #14 spot in this year's ranking belongs to George Mason University. Located in the suburb of Fairfax, GMU is a public school with a very large student population.
The student loan default rate at GMU is lower than is typical, just 0.8% of students default in three years. There are approximately 21,490 students at GMU that take at least one class online. 12,712 students are part time.
These are some additional schools worth mentioning that are also great but just didn't quite make the cut to earn our top Best Public Health Colleges for Non-Traditional Students award.
Non-Traditional Student Rankings in Majors Related to Public Health
Public Health is one of 34 different types of Health Professions programs to choose from.
Notes and References
Footnotes
*Avg Cost is for the top 25 schools only.
References
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).
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