2025 Best Epidemiology Doctor's Degree Schools in California

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.

In 2025, College Factual analyzed 5 schools in order to identify the top ones for its Best Epidemiology Doctor's Degree Schools in California ranking. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 47 doctor's degrees in epidemiology during the 2022-2023 academic year.

What's on this page: * Our Methodology

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Choosing a Great Epidemiology School for Your Doctor's Degree

The epidemiology doctor's degree program you select can have a big impact on your future. Important measures of a quality epidemiology program can vary widely even among the top schools. Below we explain some of the most important factors to consider before making your choice:

Overall Quality Is a Must

A school that excels in educating for a particular major and degree level must be a great school overall as well. To take this into account we include a college's overall Best Colleges for a Doctor's Degree ranking which itself looks at a combination of different factors like degree completion, educational resources, student body caliber and post-graduation earnings for the school as a whole.

Other Factors We Consider

The metrics below are just some of the other metrics that we use to determine our rankings.

• Major Focus - How much a school focuses on epidemiology students vs. other majors.
• Major Demand - How many other epidemiology students want to attend this school to pursue a doctor's degree.
• Educational Resources - How many resources are allocated to students. These resources may include educational expenditures per student, number of students per instructor, and graduation rate among other things.
• 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.

More Ways to Rank Epidemiology Schools

The epidemiology school you choose to invest your time and money in matters. To help you make the decision that is right for you, we've developed a number of major-specific rankings, including this list of the Best Epidemiology Doctor's Degree Schools in California.

Best Schools for Doctorate Students to Study Epidemiology in California

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

Top California Schools for a Doctorate in Epidemiology

1

University of Southern California
Los Angeles, CA

Doctor's Degree Highest Degree Type

7 Annual Graduates

Any student pursuing a degree in a doctor's degree in epidemiology needs to check out University of Southern California. Located in the city of Los Angeles, USC is a private not-for-profit university with a fairly large student population.More information about a doctorate in epidemiology from University of Southern California

2

University of California - Berkeley
Berkeley, CA

Doctor's Degree Highest Degree Type

10 Annual Graduates

University of California - Berkeley is a good decision for students interested in a doctor's degree in epidemiology. Located in the city of Berkeley, UC Berkeley is a public university with a fairly large student population.More information about a doctorate in epidemiology from University of California - Berkeley

3

University of California - Los Angeles
Los Angeles, CA

Doctor's Degree Highest Degree Type

11 Annual Graduates

Any student pursuing a degree in a doctor's degree in epidemiology has to check out University of California - Los Angeles. UCLA is a very large public university located in the large city of Los Angeles.More information about a doctorate in epidemiology from University of California - Los Angeles

4

University of California - Davis
Davis, CA

Doctor's Degree Highest Degree Type

7 Annual Graduates

University of California - Davis is a wonderful decision for individuals pursuing a doctor's degree in epidemiology. UC Davis is a fairly large public university located in the small suburb of Davis.More information about a doctorate in epidemiology from University of California - Davis

5

University of California - San Diego
La Jolla, CA

Doctor's Degree Highest Degree Type

4 Annual Graduates

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

Best Epidemiology Colleges in the Far Western US Region

Explore all the Best Epidemiology Colleges in the Far Western US Area or other specific states within that region.

State	Colleges	Degrees Awarded
Washington	216	19
Hawaii	65	1

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Epidemiology Related Rankings by Major

One of 12 majors within the Ecology, Evolution & Systematics Biology area of study, Epidemiology has other similar majors worth exploring.

Most Popular Majors Related to Epidemiology

Related Major	Annual Graduates
Ecology	36
Other Ecology, Evolution & Systematics Biology	21
Marine Biology	15
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.