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2023 Most Popular Public Health Master's Degree Schools in California

31 Colleges
$51,865 Avg Salary

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

Public Health is the #25 most popular major in California with 5,024 degrees and certificates awarded in 2020-2021.

When it comes to higher education, there are a lot of options for students. With more and more schools offering online options, you could even register for a great program on the other side of the country. On top of that, there are a considerable number of trade schools that offer fast-track entry to many fields.

The Most Popular Public Health Master's Degree Schools in California ranking is one of many tools that Course Advisor has developed to help you make your educational decision. Our analysis looked at 31 schools in California to see which master'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.

Check out the public health master's degree programs at these schools if you want to attend one of the most popular in California.

Our 2023 rankings named University of California - Berkeley the most popular school in California for public health students working on their master’s degree. Located in the medium-sized city of Berkeley, UC Berkeley is a public college with a fairly large student population.

Women make up 73% of the public health majors at the school.

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A rank of #2 on this year’s list means University of Southern California is a great place for public health students working on their master’s degree. USC is a very large private not-for-profit school located in the city of Los Angeles.

Women make up 81% of the public health majors at the school.

Read full report on Public Health at University of Southern California

A rank of #3 on this year’s list means University of California - Los Angeles is a great place for public health students working on their master’s degree. Located in the large city of Los Angeles, UCLA is a public college with a fairly large student population.

Of the 186 students majoring in public health at UCLA, 24% are male and 76% are female.

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#4

National University

La Jolla, CA

A rank of #4 on this year’s list means National University is a great place for public health students working on their master’s degree. National University is a fairly large private not-for-profit school located in the city of La Jolla.

Women make up 74% of the public health majors at the school.

Read full report on Public Health at National University

#5

San Diego State University

San Diego, CA

The in-demand master’s degree programs at San Diego State University helped the school earn the #5 place on this year’s ranking of the most popular public health schools in California. SDSU is a fairly large public school located in the large city of San Diego.

About 78% of the students majoring in public health at the school are women while 22% are male.

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With a ranking of #6, West Coast University - Orange County did quite well on this year’s most popular schools for public health students working on their master’s degree. Located in the large city of Anaheim, West Coast University - Orange County is a private for-profit college with a small student population.

Women make up 79% of the public health majors at the school.

Full Public Health at West Coast University - Orange County Report

California State University - Northridge ranked #7 on this year’s Most Popular Public Health Master’s Degree Schools in California list. CSUN is a fairly large public school located in the city of Northridge.

About 84% of the students majoring in public health at the school are women while 16% are male.

Full Public Health at California State University - Northridge Report

#8

University of San Francisco

San Francisco, CA

With a ranking of #8, University of San Francisco did quite well on this year’s most popular schools for public health students working on their master’s degree. USFCA is a large private not-for-profit school located in the city of San Francisco.

About 81% of the students majoring in public health at the school are women while 19% are male.

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Touro University California ranked #9 on this year’s Most Popular Public Health Master’s Degree Schools in California list. Located in the midsize city of Vallejo, TUC is a private not-for-profit college with a small student population.

Women make up 82% of the public health majors at the school.

Full Public Health at Touro University California Report

California State University - San Marcos came in at #10 in this year’s edition of the Most Popular Public Health Master’s Degree Schools in California ranking. CSUSM is a large public school located in the suburb of San Marcos.

Of the 50 students majoring in public health at CSUSM, 26% are male and 74% are female.

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Best Public Health Colleges in the Far Western US Region

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State Degrees Awarded
Washington 621
Oregon 596
Nevada 119
Hawaii 104
Alaska 107

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

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.

  • 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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