2025 Best Public Health Bachelor's Degree Schools in Georgia

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.

In 2025, College Factual analyzed 8 schools in order to identify the top ones for its Best Public Health Bachelor's Degree Schools in Georgia ranking. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 511 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

Your choice of public health for getting your bachelor'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

A school that excels in educating for a particular major and degree level must be a great school overall as well. To make it into this list a school must rank well in our overall Best Colleges ranking. This ranking considered factors such as graduation rates, overall graduate earnings and other educational resources to identify great colleges and universities.

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

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

• Major Focus - How much a school focuses on public health students vs. other majors.
• Major Demand - How many other public health students want to attend this school to pursue a bachelor's degree.
• 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.
• Student Debt - How much debt public health students go into to obtain their bachelor's degree and how well they are able to pay back that debt.
• 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 schools for public health students working on their bachelor's degree.

One Size Does Not Fit All

When choosing the right school for you, it's important to arm yourself with all the facts you can. To that end, we've created a number of major-specific rankings, including this Best Public Health Bachelor's Degree Schools in Georgia list to help you make the college decision.

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 Georgia

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

Top Georgia Schools for a Bachelor's in Public Health

1

University of Georgia
Athens, GA

169 Annual Graduates

$39,534 Median Starting Salary

$20,500 Median Student Debt

University of Georgia is a wonderful option for students pursuing a bachelor's degree in public health. Located in the midsize city of Athens, UGA is a public university with a very large student population.

Those public health students who get their bachelor's degree from University of Georgia earn $4,411 more than the standard public health student.

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

2

Mercer University
Macon, GA

62 Annual Graduates

$27,108 Median Starting Salary

$40,256 Median Student Debt

Mercer University is a good decision for individuals pursuing a bachelor's degree in public health. Located in the city of Macon, Mercer is a private not-for-profit university with a moderately-sized student population.

Students who graduate with their bachelor's from the public health program report average early career earnings of $27,108.

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

3

Georgia State University
Atlanta, GA

113 Annual Graduates

$34,761 Median Starting Salary

Georgia State University is one of the finest schools in the United States for getting a bachelor's degree in public health. Located in the city of Atlanta, Georgia State is a public university with a fairly large student population.

Bachelor's students who receive their degree from the public health program earn an average of $34,761 for their early career.

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

4

Georgia Southern University
Statesboro, GA

40 Annual Graduates

$33,716 Median Starting Salary

$18,000 Median Student Debt

Georgia Southern University is one of the finest schools in the United States for getting a bachelor's degree in public health. Located in the distant town of Statesboro, GaSou is a public university with a fairly large student population.

Students who graduate with their bachelor's from the public health program report average early career income of $33,716.

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

5

Georgia College & State University
Milledgeville, GA

45 Annual Graduates

$34,113 Median Starting Salary

$18,118 Median Student Debt

Located in the distant town of Milledgeville, Georgia College is a public university with a moderately-sized student population.

After graduating, public health bachelor's recipients generally earn around $34,113 at the beginning of their careers.

More information about a bachelor’s in public health from Georgia College & State University

6

Kennesaw State University
Kennesaw, GA

26 Annual Graduates

$42,175 Median Starting Salary

Located in the suburb of Kennesaw, KSU Georgia is a public university with a very large student population.

Bachelor's recipients from the public health major at Kennesaw State University earn $7,052 above the typical graduate in this field shortly after graduation.

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

7

South University's online programs
Savannah, GA

22 Annual Graduates

$34,789 Median Starting Salary

South University's online programs is a medium-sized private for-profit university located in the midsize city of Savannah.

After graduation, public health bachelor's recipients generally make around $34,789 in the first five years of their career.

More information about a bachelor’s in public health from South University’s online programs

8

Agnes Scott College
Decatur, GA

19 Annual Graduates

Located in the suburb of Decatur, Agnes Scott is a private not-for-profit college with a small student population.More information about a bachelor’s in public health from Agnes Scott College

Best Public Health Colleges in the Southeast Region

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

State	Colleges	Degrees Awarded
Florida	225	1,032
Tennessee	220	132
North Carolina	213	913
Virginia	213	355
South Carolina	195	778
Kentucky	187	243
Alabama	184	313
Louisiana	171	154
Mississippi	169	116
Arkansas	167	174
West Virginia	147	186

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Public Health Related Rankings by Major

Public Health is one of 34 different types of Health Professions programs to choose from.

Public Health Concentrations

Major	Annual Graduates
General Public Health	283
Public Health Education and Promotion	170
Environmental Health	28
International Public Health/International Health	26
Health Services Administration	4

Majors Similar to Public Health

Related Major	Annual Graduates
Nursing	3,395
Health Sciences & Services	657
Health & Medical Administrative Services	469
Allied Health Professions	199
Communication Sciences	191
Dental Support Services	80
Clinical/Medical Laboratory Science	61
Rehabilitation & Therapeutic Professions	56
Pharmacy/Pharmaceutical Sciences	45
Medical Illustration & Informatics	37

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.