2025 Best Public Health Bachelor's Degree Schools in Indiana

If you pursue a bachelor's degree in public health, you won't be alone. The field of study is the #28 most popular program in the country. This means there are lots of options to choose from when you decide to get your degree.

For its 2025 ranking, College Factual looked at 6 schools in Indiana to determine which ones were the best for public health students pursuing a bachelor's degree. Combined, these schools handed out 415 bachelor's degrees in public health to qualified students.

What's on this page: * Our Methodology

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Choosing a Great Public Health School for Your Bachelor's Degree

The public health bachelor's degree program you select can have a big impact on your future. Important measures of a quality public health program can vary widely even among the top schools. To make it into this list, a school must excel in the following areas.

A Great Overall School

The overall quality of a bachelor's degree school is important to ensure a quality education, not just how well they do in a particular major. To take this into account we include a school's overall Best Colleges 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.

Early-Career Earnings

One measure we use to determine the quality of a school is to look at the average salary of bachelor's graduates during the early years of their career. That is, everyone wants their bachelor's degree to be worth something, and salaries are one measure of determining that.

Other Factors We Consider

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

• Major Focus - How many resources a school devotes to public health students as compared to other majors.
• Major Demand - The number of public health students who choose to seek a bachelor's degree at the school.
• 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.
• Student Debt - How easy is it for public health to pay back their student loans after receiving their bachelor's degree.
• Accreditation - Whether a school is regionally accredited and/or accredited by a recognized public health related body.

Our complete ranking methodology documents in more detail how we consider these factors to identify the best colleges for public health students working on their bachelor's degree.

More Ways to Rank Public Health Schools

The public health 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 Public Health Bachelor's Degree Schools in Indiana.

In addition to our rankings, you can take two colleges and compare them based on the criteria that matters most to you in our unique tool, College Combat. Test it out when you get a chance! You may also want to bookmark the link and share it with others who are trying to make the college decision.

Best Schools for Bachelor’s Students to Study Public Health in Indiana

Below you'll see a list of the best colleges and universities for pursuing a bachelor's degree in public health.

Top Indiana Schools for a Bachelor's in Public Health

1

Indiana University - Bloomington
Bloomington, IN

170 Annual Graduates

$42,790 Median Starting Salary

$25,295 Median Student Debt

Indiana University - Bloomington is a good option for students interested in a bachelor's degree in public health. Located in the city of Bloomington, IU Bloomington is a public university with a fairly large student population.

Students who graduate with their bachelor's from the public health program state that they receive average early career wages of $42,790.

More information about a bachelor’s in public health from Indiana University - Bloomington

2

Indiana University - Purdue University - Indianapolis
Indianapolis, IN

99 Annual Graduates

$42,152 Median Starting Salary

$33,143 Median Student Debt

Every student pursuing a degree in a bachelor's degree in public health needs to take a look at Indiana University - Purdue University - Indianapolis. IUPUI is a fairly large public university located in the city of Indianapolis.

Students who graduate with their bachelor's from the public health program report average early career wages of $42,152.

More information about a bachelor’s in public health from Indiana University - Purdue University - Indianapolis

3

Purdue University - Main Campus
West Lafayette, IN

49 Annual Graduates

$45,274 Median Starting Salary

Purdue University - Main Campus is one of the best schools in the country for getting a bachelor's degree in public health. Located in the small city of West Lafayette, Purdue is a public university with a fairly large student population.

Students who graduate with their bachelor's from the public health program state that they receive average early career earnings of $45,274.

More information about a bachelor’s in public health from Purdue University - Main Campus

4

University of Indianapolis
Indianapolis, IN

18 Annual Graduates

University of Indianapolis is a good decision for individuals pursuing a bachelor's degree in public health. Located in the large city of Indianapolis, UIndy is a private not-for-profit university with a medium-sized student population.More information about a bachelor’s in public health from University of Indianapolis

5

Marian University
Indianapolis, IN

10 Annual Graduates

Located in the large city of Indianapolis, Marian is a private not-for-profit university with a small student population.More information about a bachelor’s in public health from Marian University

6

Indiana University - Northwest
Gary, IN

21 Annual Graduates

$43,356 Median Starting Salary

IU Northwest is a small public university located in the suburb of Gary.

Bachelor's students who receive their degree from the public health program earn about $43,356 for their early career.

More information about a bachelor’s in public health from Indiana University - Northwest

Best Public Health Colleges in the Great Lakes Region

Explore all the Best Public Health Schools in the Great Lakes Area or other specific states within that region.

State	Colleges	Degrees Awarded
Michigan	261	569
Ohio	252	576
Illinois	241	607
Wisconsin	213	123

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Rankings in Majors Related to Public Health

One of 34 majors within the Health Professions area of study, Public Health has other similar majors worth exploring.

Public Health Focus Areas

Major	Annual Graduates
General Public Health	94
Health Services Administration	93
Community Health and Preventive Medicine	91
Other Public Health	80
International Public Health/International Health	26
Public Health Education and Promotion	19
Behavioral Aspects of Health	6
Environmental Health	5
Health/Medical Physics	1

Most Popular Majors Related to Public Health

Related Major	Annual Graduates
Nursing	3,736
Health & Medical Administrative Services	936
Health Sciences & Services	817
Dietetics & Clinical Nutrition Services	317
Communication Sciences	299
Allied Health Professions	298
Health/Medical Prep Programs	173
Mental & Social Health Services	164
Dental Support Services	119
Pharmacy/Pharmaceutical Sciences	60

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 Article 25 Flickr. More about our data sources and methodologies.