2025 Best Public Health Master's Degree Schools in Georgia

If you pursue a master's degree in public health, you won't be alone. The field of study is the #14 most popular program 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 7 schools in order to identify the top ones for its Best Public Health Master's Degree Schools in Georgia ranking. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 847 master's degrees in public health during the 2022-2023 academic year.

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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. 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 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 Early-Career Salaries

Average early-career salary of those graduating with their master's degree is one indicator we use in our analysis to find the schools that offer the highest-quality education. After all, your master'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 - 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

Since picking the right college can be one of the most important decisions of your life, we've developed the Best Public Health Master's Degree Schools in Georgia ranking, along with many other major-related rankings, to help you make that decision.

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

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

Top Georgia Schools for a Master's in Public Health

1

Emory University
Atlanta, GA

424 Annual Graduates

$63,822 Median Starting Salary

It's hard to beat Emory University if you want to pursue a master's degree in public health. Located in the city of Atlanta, Emory is a private not-for-profit university with a large student population.

Those public health students who get their master's degree from Emory University make $13,296 more than the typical public health grad.

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

2

University of Georgia
Athens, GA

96 Annual Graduates

$47,001 Median Starting Salary

University of Georgia is a wonderful choice for students interested in a master's degree in public health. Located in the city of Athens, UGA is a public university with a very large student population.

Master's students who receive their degree from the public health program make an average of $47,001 in their early career salary.

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

3

Mercer University
Macon, GA

43 Annual Graduates

$48,184 Median Starting Salary

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

Students who graduate with their master's from the public health program state that they receive average early career earnings of $48,184.

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

4

Georgia State University
Atlanta, GA

138 Annual Graduates

$49,183 Median Starting Salary

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

Soon after graduation, public health master's recipients usually earn about $49,183 in the first five years of their career.

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

5

Georgia Southern University
Statesboro, GA

46 Annual Graduates

$52,130 Median Starting Salary

Located in the town of Statesboro, GaSou is a public university with a fairly large student population.

Soon after graduation, public health master's recipients typically earn about $52,130 in the first five years of their career.

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

6

Augusta University
Augusta, GA

13 Annual Graduates

$58,410 Median Starting Salary

Located in the city of Augusta, Augusta University is a public university with a medium-sized student population.

Public Health master's degree recipients from Augusta University earn a boost of about $7,884 over the typical earnings of public health majors.

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

7

South University's online programs
Savannah, GA

21 Annual Graduates

$47,587 Median Starting Salary

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

Soon after graduating, public health master's recipients generally make around $47,587 in the first five years of their career.

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

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	208	763
Virginia	182	601
North Carolina	178	519
Tennessee	166	212
Alabama	151	377
Kentucky	147	103
Louisiana	147	189
South Carolina	146	61
Mississippi	145	86
Arkansas	121	54
West Virginia	112	105

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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	387
Public Health Education and Promotion	133
Health Services Administration	114
International Public Health/International Health	111
Environmental Health	87
Health/Medical Physics	15

Majors Similar to Public Health

Related Major	Annual Graduates
Nursing	1,764
Allied Health Professions	342
Mental & Social Health Services	254
Health & Medical Administrative Services	235
Rehabilitation & Therapeutic Professions	207
Communication Sciences	156
Other Health Professions	94
Allied Health & Medical Assisting Services	60
Medical Science	55
Medical Illustration & Informatics	39

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.