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2023 Best Public Health Schools in Texas

28 Colleges
$34,879 Avg Salary
$28,722 Avg Student Debt

Finding the Best Public Health School for You

Public Health is the #29 most popular major in Texas with 2,111 degrees and certificates awarded in 2020-2021.

With all the programs available today, it can be tough to choose which one is the best for you. You can choose a traditional brick and mortar school, or with the growth of online education, you can attend a school half-way across the country without even leaving your house. Also there are many trade schools that offer short-term programs that open up more career options.

To help you arm yourself with the information you need to make your decision, Course Advisor has developed this Best Public Health Schools in Texas ranking. This report analyzed 28 schools in Texas to see which ones offered the best programs for students.

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2023 Best Public Health Schools in Texas

The colleges and universities below are the best for public health majors pursuing a .

Top 10 Best Public Health Schools

Our 2023 rankings named The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston the best school in Texas for public health students. Located in the large city of Houston, UTHealth is a public school with a moderately-sized student population.

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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Texas A&M University - College Station. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Best Public Health Schools in Texas list. Texas A&M College Station is a fairly large public school located in the city of College Station.

After completing their degree, public health graduates from Texas A&M College Station carry an average student debtload of $19,500. The average monthly payment of a loan this size is about $347, assuming that the borrower is on a 10-year repayment plan.

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#3

Texas Wesleyan University

Fort Worth, TX

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Texas Wesleyan University. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Best Public Health Schools in Texas list. Texas Wesleyan is a small private not-for-profit school located in the large city of Fort Worth.

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The excellent programs at Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center helped the school earn the #4 place on this year’s ranking of the best public health schools in Texas. Located in the large city of Lubbock, TTUHSC is a public school with a moderately-sized student population.

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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend West Coast University - Dallas. It ranked #5 on our 2023 Best Public Health Schools in Texas list. Located in the large city of Dallas, West Coast University - Dallas is a private for-profit college with a small student population.

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The University of Texas at Austin came in at #6 in this year’s edition of the Best Public Health Schools in Texas ranking. Located in the large city of Austin, UT Austin is a public school with a very large student population.

Public Health majors at UT Austin take out an average of $19,510 in student loans while working on their egree. Assuming that a graduate chooses a 10-year repayment plan, the average monthly loan payment is $274.

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University of North Texas Health Science Center did quite well in this year’s ranking of the best schools for public health students. It came in at #7 on the list. Located in the city of Fort Worth, UNT Health Science Center is a public college with a small student population.

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#8

Baylor University

Waco, TX

Baylor University did quite well in this year’s ranking of the best schools for public health students. It came in at #8 on the list. Located in the midsize city of Waco, Baylor is a private not-for-profit college with a fairly large student population.

On average, public health graduates from Baylor take out $19,500 in student loans while working on their degree.

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The University of Texas Medical Branch ranked #9 on this year’s Best Public Health Schools in Texas list. Located in the town of Galveston, UTMB Galveston is a public school with a small student population.

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The University of Texas at Arlington landed the #10 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best public health programs. Located in the large city of Arlington, UT Arlington is a public college with a very large student population.

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Best Public Health Colleges in the Southwest Region

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State Degrees Awarded
Arizona 1,067
Oklahoma 312
New Mexico 159

One of 30 majors within the area of study, public health has other similar majors worth exploring.

Majors Similar to Public Health

Related Major Annual Graduates
Nursing 322,592
Health & Medical Administrative Services 89,359
Allied Health & Medical Assisting Services 84,492
Practical Nursing & Nursing Assistants 84,274
Allied Health Professions 82,308

Notes and References

*These averages are for the top 25 schools only.

  • Read more about our ranking methodology.
  • 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.

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