Public Health

Ranked in 2011 | Public Health Rankings Methodology

With a graduate degree in public health, students may work in a variety of sectors and specialties, including health services administration, nutrition, and international health. These are the top public health schools.

Rank School name Score
#16 University of Alabama–​Birmingham

Birmingham, AL

3.0
#16 University of Illinois–​Chicago

Chicago, IL

3.0
#16 University of Iowa

Iowa City, IA

3.0
#15 University of Texas–​Houston Health Sciences Center

Houston, TX

3.2
#13 Tulane University

New Orleans, LA

3.3
#13 Yale University

New Haven, CT

3.3
#11 Boston University

Boston, MA

3.4
#11 University of Pittsburgh

Pittsburgh, PA

3.4
#10 University of California–​Los Angeles

Los Angeles, CA

3.7
#8 University of California–​Berkeley

Berkeley, CA

3.8
#8 University of Minnesota–​Twin Cities

Minneapolis, MN

3.8
#6 Emory University

Atlanta, GA

4.1
#6 University of Washington

Seattle, WA

4.1
#5 Columbia University

New York, NY

4.2
#4 University of Michigan–​Ann Arbor

Ann Arbor, MI

4.3
#3 Harvard University

Boston, MA

4.5
#2 University of North Carolina–​Chapel Hill

Chapel Hill, NC

4.6
#1 Johns Hopkins University

Baltimore, MD

4.8

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Morse Code: Inside the College Rankings by Bob Morse
Updates to 2 Schools' 2013 Best Colleges Ranks

University of Mary Hardin–Baylor and York College of Pennsylvania are now in the ‘Unranked’ category.

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