2025 Best Public Health Doctor's Degree Schools in the Far Western US Region

If you plan on getting your doctor's degree in public health, you won't be alone since the degree program is ranked #32 in the country in terms of popularity. So, you have a fair amount of options to choose from when looking for a school.

In 2025, College Factual analyzed 6 schools in order to identify the top ones for its Best Public Health Doctor's Degree Schools in the Far Western US Region ranking. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 130 doctor's degrees in public health during the 2022-2023 academic year.

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

The public health doctor's degree program you select can have a big impact on your future. 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

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.

Average Early-Career Salaries

Average early-career salary of those graduating with their doctor's degree is one indicator we use in our analysis to find the schools that offer the highest-quality education. That is, everyone wants their doctor's degree to be worth something, and salaries are one measure of determining that.

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 doctor'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 easy is it for public health to pay back their student loans after receiving their doctor'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 doctor's degree.

One Size Does Not Fit All

The public health school you choose to invest your time and money in matters. To help you make the decision that is right for you, we've developed a number of major-specific rankings, including this list of the Best Public Health Doctor's Degree Schools in the Far Western US Region.

Best Schools for Doctorate Students to Study Public Health in the Far Western US Region

Explore the top ranked colleges and universities for public health students seeking a a doctor's degree.

Top Far Western US Region Schools for a Doctorate in Public Health

1

University of California - Los Angeles
Los Angeles, CA

15 Annual Graduates

$115,362 Median Starting Salary

Any student pursuing a degree in a doctor's degree in public health needs to check out University of California - Los Angeles. Located in the large city of Los Angeles, UCLA is a public university with a fairly large student population.

Students who graduate with their doctorate from the public health program report average early career wages of $115,362.

More information about a doctorate in public health from University of California - Los Angeles

2

University of Washington - Seattle Campus
Seattle, WA

18 Annual Graduates

Every student pursuing a degree in a doctor's degree in public health needs to check out University of Washington - Seattle Campus. Located in the large city of Seattle, UW Seattle is a public university with a very large student population.More information about a doctorate in public health from University of Washington - Seattle Campus

3

University of Southern California
Los Angeles, CA

10 Annual Graduates

University of Southern California is one of the best schools in the country for getting a doctor's degree in public health. USC is a fairly large private not-for-profit university located in the city of Los Angeles.More information about a doctorate in public health from University of Southern California

4

Loma Linda University
Loma Linda, CA

11 Annual Graduates

It's hard to beat Loma Linda University if you want to pursue a doctor's degree in public health. Located in the 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 from Loma Linda University

5

Oregon State University
Corvallis, OR

15 Annual Graduates

Oregon State is a fairly large public university located in the small city of Corvallis.More information about a doctorate in public health from Oregon State University

6

San Diego State University
San Diego, CA

12 Annual Graduates

SDSU is a very large public university located in the large city of San Diego.More information about a doctorate in public health from San Diego State University

Best Public Health Colleges by State

Explore the best public health colleges for a specific state in the Far Western US Region .

State	Colleges	Degrees Awarded
California	180	66
Washington	122	20
Oregon	107	14
Nevada	84	6
Hawaii	53	2

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Public Health Related Rankings by Major

One of 34 majors within the Health Professions area of study, Public Health has other similar majors worth exploring.

Public Health Concentrations

Major	Annual Graduates
General Public Health	68
Behavioral Aspects of Health	13
Environmental Health	12
Public Health Education and Promotion	11
International Public Health/International Health	10
Other Public Health	10
Community Health and Preventive Medicine	4
Health/Medical Physics	2

Majors Similar to Public Health

Related Major	Annual Graduates
Medicine	2,824
Rehabilitation & Therapeutic Professions	2,558
Pharmacy/Pharmaceutical Sciences	1,807
Dentistry	1,089
Nursing	1,006
Alternative Medicine & Systems	706
Chiropractic	450
Optometry	318
Communication Sciences	112
Mental & Social Health Services	98

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.