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2023 Most Popular Public Health Doctor's Degree Schools in District of Columbia

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$76,078 Avg Salary

Finding the Best Public Health Doctor's Degree School for You

In 2020-2021, public health students earned 833 degrees and certificates from a District of Columbia school, making the subject the 7th in the state.

With all the programs available today, it can be tough to choose which one is the best for you. As online education oppotunities continue to grow, you're not restricted to just schools in your local area anymore. Even some of the 'big name' schools are offering online courses. Also, there are a number of trade schools with offerings that you might find attractive.

Along with in-depth profiles of schools and the programs they offer, Course Advisor has created the Most Popular Public Health Doctor's Degree Schools in District of Columbia to help you in your search for the best school for you. Our analysis looked at 2 schools in District of Columbia to see which doctor's degree programs were the most popular for students. To create this ranking we looked at how many students graduated from the Public Health program at each school on the list.

The colleges and universities below are the most popular for public health majors pursuing a doctor's degree.

Our 2023 rankings named George Washington University the most popular school in District of Columbia for public health students working on their doctor’s degree. GWU is a fairly large private not-for-profit school located in the city of Washington.

Of the 7 students majoring in public health at GWU, 43% are male and 57% are female.

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#2

Georgetown University

Washington, DC

Out of the 2 schools in District of Columbia that were part of this year’s ranking, Georgetown University landed the # 2 spot on the list. Georgetown is a very large private not-for-profit school located in the city of Washington.

Read full report on Public Health at Georgetown University

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State Degrees Awarded
Pennsylvania 1,486
New York 2,959
Maryland 1,786
New Jersey 942
Delaware 204

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 2 schools only.

  • 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.

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