2025 Best Epidemiology Doctor's Degree Schools in the Far Western US Region

If you pursue a doctor's degree in epidemiology, you won't be alone. The field of study is the #74 most popular program in the country. So, there are lots of possibilities to explore when you're trying to determine where you want to get your degree.

For its 2025 ranking, College Factual looked at 8 schools in the Far Western US Region to determine which ones were the best for epidemiology students pursuing a doctor's degree. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 71 doctor's degrees in epidemiology during the 2022-2023 academic year.

Jump to one of the following sections: * Our Methodology

• Best Doctor’s Degree Schools List

Choosing a Great Epidemiology School for Your Doctor's Degree

Your choice of epidemiology for getting your doctor's degree school matters. This section explores some of the factors we include in our ranking and how much they vary depending on the school you select. Below we explain some of the most important factors to consider before making your choice:

Overall Quality Is a Must

The overall quality of a doctor's degree school is important to ensure a quality education, not just how well they do in a particular major. To make it into this list a school must rank well in our overall Best Colleges for a Doctor's Degree ranking. This ranking considered factors such as graduation rates, overall graduate earnings and other educational resources to identify great colleges and universities.

Other Factors We Consider

In addition to the above, you should consider some of the following factors:

• Major Focus - How many resources a school devotes to epidemiology students as compared to other majors.
• Major Demand - The number of epidemiology students who choose to seek a doctor's degree at the school.
• Educational Resources - The amount of money and other resources allocated to students while they are pursuing their degree. These resources include such things as number of students per instructor and education expenditures per student.
• Accreditation - Whether a school is regionally accredited and/or accredited by a recognized epidemiology related body.

Our complete ranking methodology documents in more detail how we consider these factors to identify the best schools for epidemiology students working on their doctor's degree.

One Size Does Not Fit All

Since picking the right college can be one of the most important decisions of your life, we've developed the Best Epidemiology Doctor's Degree Schools in the Far Western US Region ranking, along with many other major-related rankings, to help you make that decision.

Best Schools for Doctorate Students to Study Epidemiology in the Far Western US Region

Below you'll see a list of the best colleges and universities for pursuing a doctor's degree in epidemiology.

Top Far Western US Region Schools for a Doctorate in Epidemiology

1

University of Washington - Seattle Campus
Seattle, WA

Doctor's Degree Highest Degree Type

22 Annual Graduates

University of Washington - Seattle Campus is one of the best schools in the country for getting a doctor's degree in epidemiology. Located in the city of Seattle, UW Seattle is a public university with a very large student population.More information about a doctorate in epidemiology from University of Washington - Seattle Campus

2

University of Southern California
Los Angeles, CA

Doctor's Degree Highest Degree Type

7 Annual Graduates

It is hard to beat University of Southern California if you wish to pursue a doctor's degree in epidemiology. USC is a fairly large private not-for-profit university located in the city of Los Angeles.More information about a doctorate in epidemiology from University of Southern California

3

University of California - Berkeley
Berkeley, CA

Doctor's Degree Highest Degree Type

10 Annual Graduates

Any student pursuing a degree in a doctor's degree in epidemiology needs to check out University of California - Berkeley. UC Berkeley is a fairly large public university located in the city of Berkeley.More information about a doctorate in epidemiology from University of California - Berkeley

4

University of California - Los Angeles
Los Angeles, CA

Doctor's Degree Highest Degree Type

11 Annual Graduates

It is difficult to beat University of California - Los Angeles if you wish to pursue a doctor's degree in epidemiology. Located in the city of Los Angeles, UCLA is a public university with a very large student population.More information about a doctorate in epidemiology from University of California - Los Angeles

5

University of California - Irvine
Irvine, CA

Doctor's Degree Highest Degree Type

2 Annual Graduates

UC Irvine is a fairly large public university located in the large city of Irvine.More information about a doctorate in epidemiology from University of California - Irvine

6

University of California - Davis
Davis, CA

Doctor's Degree Highest Degree Type

7 Annual Graduates

Located in the suburb of Davis, UC Davis is a public university with a very large student population.More information about a doctorate in epidemiology from University of California - Davis

7

University of California - San Diego
La Jolla, CA

Doctor's Degree Highest Degree Type

4 Annual Graduates

UCSD is a very large public university located in the large city of La Jolla.More information about a doctorate in epidemiology from University of California - San Diego

8

University of Hawaii at Manoa
Honolulu, HI

Doctor's Degree Highest Degree Type

2 Annual Graduates

UH Manoa is a fairly large public university located in the large city of Honolulu.More information about a doctorate in epidemiology from University of Hawaii at Manoa

Best Epidemiology Colleges by State

Explore the best epidemiology colleges for a specific state in the Far Western US Region .

State	Colleges	Degrees Awarded
California	381	44
Washington	216	19
Hawaii	65	1

View All Rankings >

Rankings in Majors Related to Epidemiology

Epidemiology is one of 12 different types of Ecology, Evolution & Systematics Biology programs to choose from.

Most Popular Majors Related to Epidemiology

Related Major	Annual Graduates
Other Ecology, Evolution & Systematics Biology	37
Ecology	36
Marine Biology	27
Epidemiology and Biostatistics	14
Evolutionary Biology	11
Population Biology	9
Evolutionary Biology	5

Notes and References

• The bars on the spread charts above show the distribution of the schools on this list +/- one standard deviation from the mean.
• 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 Ernst Haeckel. More about our data sources and methodologies.