2025 Best Public Health Master's Degree Schools in Maryland

Public Health is of the hottest master's degree programs in the United States, coming in as the #14 most popular major in the country. This makes choosing the right school a hard decision.

In 2025, College Factual analyzed 4 schools in order to identify the top ones for its Best Public Health Master's Degree Schools in Maryland ranking. Combined, these schools handed out 712 master's degrees in public health to qualified students.

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

Your choice of public health for getting your master'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

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 for a Master's Degree ranking. This ranking considered factors such as graduation rates, overall graduate earnings and other educational resources to identify great colleges and universities.

Average Earnings

To determine the overall quality of a graduate school, one factor we look at is the average early-career salary of those receiving their master's degree from the school. This is because one of the main reasons people pursue their master's degree is to enable themselves to find better-paying positions.

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 - The number of public health students who choose to seek a master'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.
• Student Debt - How much debt public health students go into to obtain their master'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 master'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 Master's Degree Schools in Maryland list to help you make the college decision.

Best Schools for Master’s Students to Study Public Health in Maryland

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

Top Maryland Schools for a Master's in Public Health

1

Johns Hopkins University
Baltimore, MD

477 Annual Graduates

$70,790 Median Starting Salary

It is hard to beat Johns Hopkins University if you wish to pursue a master's degree in public health. Johns Hopkins is a fairly large private not-for-profit university located in the city of Baltimore.

Master's recipients from the public health degree program at Johns Hopkins University make $5,488 above the standard graduate in this field shortly after graduation.

More information about a master’s in public health from Johns Hopkins University

2

University of Maryland - College Park
College Park, MD

140 Annual Graduates

$72,607 Median Starting Salary

It is difficult to beat University of Maryland - College Park if you wish to pursue a master's degree in public health. UMCP is a fairly large public university located in the suburb of College Park.

Master's recipients from the public health degree program at University of Maryland - College Park make $7,305 above the typical college graduate with the same degree shortly after graduation.

More information about a master’s in public health from University of Maryland - College Park

3

University of Maryland - Baltimore
Baltimore, MD

14 Annual Graduates

$60,071 Median Starting Salary

University of Maryland - Baltimore is a wonderful choice for individuals interested in a master's degree in public health. Located in the city of Baltimore, UMB is a public university with a moderately-sized student population.

Students who graduate with their master's from the public health program report average early career earnings of $60,071.

More information about a master’s in public health from University of Maryland - Baltimore

4

University of Maryland Global Campus
Adelphi, MD

44 Annual Graduates

$65,020 Median Starting Salary

University of Maryland Global Campus is one of the finest schools in the United States for getting a master's degree in public health. UMGC is a fairly large public university located in the suburb of Adelphi.

Master's graduates who receive their degree from the public health program earn around $65,020 in the first couple years of working.

More information about a master’s in public health from University of Maryland Global Campus

Best Public Health Colleges in the Middle Atlantic Region

Explore all the Best Public Health Colleges in the Middle Atlantic Area or other specific states within that region.

State	Colleges	Degrees Awarded
New York	261	1,114
Pennsylvania	248	705
New Jersey	188	232
District of Columbia	154	588
Delaware	109	29

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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	340
Other Public Health	130
Environmental Health	126
Maternal and Child Health	49
Health Services Administration	41
Public Health Education and Promotion	11
International Public Health/International Health	8
Occupational Health and Industrial Hygiene	5
Health/Medical Physics	2

Most Popular Related Majors

Related Major	Annual Graduates
Nursing	633
Health & Medical Administrative Services	447
Pharmacy/Pharmaceutical Sciences	281
Mental & Social Health Services	207
Allied Health Professions	149
Communication Sciences	118
Dietetics & Clinical Nutrition Services	62
Rehabilitation & Therapeutic Professions	57
Alternative Medicine & Systems	29
Movement & Mind-Body Therapies	27

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.