2025 Best Public Health Bachelor's Degree Schools in Michigan

Public Health is of the hottest bachelor's degree programs in the United States, coming in as the #28 most popular major 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 Michigan to determine which ones were the best for public health students pursuing a bachelor's degree. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 563 bachelor's degrees in public health during the 2022-2023 academic year.

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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. 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 bachelor's degree school is important to ensure a good education, not just how well they do in a particular major. To account for this we consider a college's overall Best Colleges ranking which itself looks at a host of various factors like degree completion, educational resources, student body caliber and post-graduation earnings for the school as a whole.

Average Early-Career Salaries

Average early-career salary of those graduating with their bachelor's degree is one indicator we use in our analysis to find the schools that offer the highest-quality education. After all, your bachelor's degree won't mean much if it doesn't help you find a job that will help you earn a living.

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

Since the program you select can have a significant impact on your future, we've developed a number of rankings, including this Best Public Health Bachelor's Degree Schools in Michigan list, to help you choose the best school for you.

To further help you make the college decision, we've developed a unique tool called College Combat that allows you to compare schools based on the factors that matter the most to you. Go ahead and give it a try, or bookmark the link so you can check it out later.

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

The following list ranks the best colleges and universities for pursuing a bachelor's degree in public health.

Top Michigan Schools for a Bachelor's in Public Health

1

University of Michigan - Ann Arbor
Ann Arbor, MI

94 Annual Graduates

$36,181 Median Starting Salary

It is difficult to beat University of Michigan - Ann Arbor if you wish to pursue a bachelor's degree in public health. Located in the medium-sized city of Ann Arbor, U-M is a public university with a very large student population.

Soon after graduating, public health bachelor's recipients typically make about $36,181 at the beginning of their careers.

More information about a bachelor’s in public health from University of Michigan - Ann Arbor

2

Wayne State University
Detroit, MI

248 Annual Graduates

$32,584 Median Starting Salary

$25,301 Median Student Debt

It is difficult to beat Wayne State University if you wish to pursue a bachelor's degree in public health. Located in the large city of Detroit, Wayne State is a public university with a very large student population.

Bachelor's graduates who receive their degree from the public health program earn an average of $32,584 in their early career salary.

More information about a bachelor’s in public health from Wayne State University

3

Oakland University
Rochester Hills, MI

19 Annual Graduates

$59,330 Median Starting Salary

It is difficult to beat Oakland University if you wish to pursue a bachelor's degree in public health. Located in the suburb of Rochester Hills, Oakland is a public university with a large student population.

Those public health students who get their bachelor's degree from Oakland University earn $18,835 more than the average public health grad.

More information about a bachelor’s in public health from Oakland University

4

Central Michigan University
Mount Pleasant, MI

15 Annual Graduates

Every student pursuing a degree in a bachelor's degree in public health needs to take a look at Central Michigan University. Located in the distant town of Mount Pleasant, Central Michigan is a public university with a large student population.More information about a bachelor’s in public health from Central Michigan University

5

Saginaw Valley State University
University Center, MI

29 Annual Graduates

Saginaw Valley State University is a moderately-sized public university located in the midsize suburb of University Center.More information about a bachelor’s in public health from Saginaw Valley State University

6

Western Michigan University
Kalamazoo, MI

12 Annual Graduates

WMU is a large public university located in the city of Kalamazoo.More information about a bachelor’s in public health from Western Michigan University

7

Eastern Michigan University
Ypsilanti, MI

17 Annual Graduates

$38,781 Median Starting Salary

Located in the suburb of Ypsilanti, Eastern Michigan is a public university with a large student population.

Students who graduate with their bachelor's from the public health program state that they receive average early career earnings of $38,781.

More information about a bachelor’s in public health from Eastern Michigan University

8

University of Michigan - Dearborn
Dearborn, MI

100 Annual Graduates

Located in the city of Dearborn, UM Dearborn is a public university with a moderately-sized student population.More information about a bachelor’s in public health from University of Michigan - Dearborn

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
Ohio	252	576
Illinois	241	607
Indiana	235	473
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	291
Public Health Education and Promotion	141
Other Public Health	94
Environmental Health	22
Health Services Administration	9
Behavioral Aspects of Health	5
International Public Health/International Health	1

Majors Similar to Public Health

Related Major	Annual Graduates
Nursing	3,559
Other Health Professions	499
Communication Sciences	295
Health & Medical Administrative Services	294
Allied Health Professions	280
Rehabilitation & Therapeutic Professions	262
Clinical/Medical Laboratory Science	238
Dietetics & Clinical Nutrition Services	130
Health Sciences & Services	126
Pharmacy/Pharmaceutical Sciences	89

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.