2025 Best Epidemiology Doctor's Degree Schools in the Southeast Region

Epidemiology is of the hottest doctor's degree programs in the United States, coming in as the #74 most popular major in the country. This makes choosing the right school a hard decision.

For its 2025 ranking, College Factual looked at 5 schools in the Southeast Region to determine which ones were the best for epidemiology students pursuing a doctor's degree. Combined, these schools handed out 87 doctor's degrees in epidemiology to qualified students.

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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. When choosing a school we recommend considering some of the following factors:

Quality Overall Is Important

The overall quality of a doctor's degree school is important to ensure a good 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 the program you select can have a significant impact on your future, we've developed a number of rankings, including this Best Epidemiology Doctor's Degree Schools in the Southeast Region list, to help you choose the best school for you.

Best Schools for Doctorate Students to Study Epidemiology in the Southeast Region

The following list ranks the best colleges and universities for pursuing a doctor's degree in epidemiology.

Top Southeast Region Schools for a Doctorate in Epidemiology

1

University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Chapel Hill, NC

Doctor's Degree Highest Degree Type

36 Annual Graduates

It is difficult to beat University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill if you wish to pursue a doctor's degree in epidemiology. UNC Chapel Hill is a very large public university located in the city of Chapel Hill.More information about a doctorate in epidemiology from University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

2

Vanderbilt University
Nashville, TN

Doctor's Degree Highest Degree Type

12 Annual Graduates

It is difficult to beat Vanderbilt University if you wish to pursue a doctor's degree in epidemiology. Vanderbilt is a fairly large private not-for-profit university located in the city of Nashville.More information about a doctorate in epidemiology from Vanderbilt University

3

University of Florida
Gainesville, FL

Doctor's Degree Highest Degree Type

3 Annual Graduates

University of Florida is one of the best schools in the United States for getting a doctor's degree in epidemiology. Located in the medium-sized city of Gainesville, UF is a public university with a fairly large student population.More information about a doctorate in epidemiology from University of Florida

4

University of Miami
Coral Gables, FL

Doctor's Degree Highest Degree Type

3 Annual Graduates

University of Miami is one of the finest schools in the country for getting a doctor's degree in epidemiology. U Miami is a large private not-for-profit university located in the suburb of Coral Gables.More information about a doctorate in epidemiology from University of Miami

5

University of South Carolina - Columbia
Columbia, SC

Doctor's Degree Highest Degree Type

8 Annual Graduates

UofSC is a very large public university located in the midsize city of Columbia.More information about a doctorate in epidemiology from University of South Carolina - Columbia

Best Epidemiology Colleges by State

Explore the best epidemiology colleges for a specific state in the Southeast Region .

State	Colleges	Degrees Awarded
Florida	217	6
North Carolina	190	26
Georgia	190	17
Virginia	182	1
Tennessee	150	7
Louisiana	146	6
Alabama	139	2
South Carolina	135	5
Kentucky	119	0
Arkansas	74	1
West Virginia	61	3

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Rankings in Majors Related to Epidemiology

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

Majors Similar to Epidemiology

Related Major	Annual Graduates
Marine Biology	35
Ecology	28
Other Ecology, Evolution & Systematics Biology	13
Conservation Biology	6
Epidemiology and Biostatistics	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.