2025 Best Public Health Education and Promotion Doctor's Degree Schools

Public Health Education and Promotion is above average in terms of popularity with it being the #183 most popular doctor's degree program in the country. So, you have a fair amount of options to choose from when looking for a school.

For its 2025 ranking, College Factual looked at 7 schools in the United States to determine which ones were the best for public health education and promotion students pursuing a doctor's degree. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 112 doctor's degrees in public health education and promotion during the <nil> academic year.

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Choosing a Great Public Health Education and Promotion School for Your Doctor's Degree

The public health education and promotion doctor's degree program you select can have a big impact on your future. Important measures of a quality public health education and promotion 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 doctor's degree school is important to ensure a quality 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 public health education and promotion students as compared to other majors.
• Major Demand - How many other public health education and promotion students want to attend this school to pursue a doctor'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.
• Accreditation - Whether a school is regionally accredited and/or accredited by a recognized public health education and promotion related body.

Our full ranking methodology documents in more detail how we consider these factors to identify the best colleges for public health education and promotion students working on their doctor'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 Education and Promotion Doctor's Degree Schools list to help you make the college decision.

Best Schools for Doctorate Students to Study Public Health Education and Promotion in the United States

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

Top Schools for a Doctorate in Public Health Education and Promotion

1

The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston
Houston, TX

Doctor's Degree Highest Degree Type

9 Annual Graduates

The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston is one of the finest schools in the United States for getting a doctor's degree in public health education and promotion. UTHealth is a moderately-sized public university located in the city of Houston.More information about a doctorate in public health education and promotion from The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston

2

University of Georgia
Athens, GA

Doctor's Degree Highest Degree Type

4 Annual Graduates

Every student pursuing a degree in a doctor's degree in public health education and promotion has to look into University of Georgia. Located in the midsize city of Athens, UGA is a public university with a fairly large student population.More information about a doctorate in public health education and promotion from University of Georgia

3

University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Chapel Hill, NC

Doctor's Degree Highest Degree Type

12 Annual Graduates

University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill is a wonderful decision for students interested in a doctor's degree in public health education and promotion. UNC Chapel Hill is a very large public university located in the small city of Chapel Hill.More information about a doctorate in public health education and promotion from University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

4

Loma Linda University
Loma Linda, CA

Doctor's Degree Highest Degree Type

11 Annual Graduates

Every student pursuing a degree in a doctor's degree in public health education and promotion has to look into Loma Linda University. Located in the large suburb of Loma Linda, Loma Linda University is a private not-for-profit university with a small student population.More information about a doctorate in public health education and promotion from Loma Linda University

5

University of South Carolina - Columbia
Columbia, SC

Doctor's Degree Highest Degree Type

5 Annual Graduates

UofSC is a fairly large public university located in the midsize city of Columbia.More information about a doctorate in public health education and promotion from University of South Carolina - Columbia

6

University of Nebraska Medical Center
Omaha, NE

Doctor's Degree Highest Degree Type

5 Annual Graduates

UNMC is a small public university located in the city of Omaha.More information about a doctorate in public health education and promotion from University of Nebraska Medical Center

7

Widener University
Chester, PA

Doctor's Degree Highest Degree Type

16 Annual Graduates

Widener is a medium-sized private not-for-profit university located in the suburb of Chester.More information about a doctorate in public health education and promotion from Widener University

Public Health Education and Promotion by Region

View the Best Public Health Education and Promotion Doctor's Degree Schools for a specific region near you.

Region
Southeast
New England
Rocky Mountains
Plains States
Middle Atlantic
Far Western US
Southwest
Other U.S. Territories
Great Lakes

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Public Health Education and Promotion Related Rankings by Major

Public Health Education and Promotion is one of 12 different types of Public Health programs to choose from.

Majors Similar to Public Health Education and Promotion

Related Major	Annual Graduates
General Public Health	585
Environmental Health	87
Other Public Health	72
Behavioral Aspects of Health	49
Health/Medical Physics	28
Community Health and Preventive Medicine	25
International Public Health/International Health	25
Health Services Administration	20
Maternal and Child Health	6
Occupational Health and Industrial Hygiene	2

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.