2025 Best Public Health Doctor's Degree Schools in the Great Lakes 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.

College Factual reviewed 4 schools in the Great Lakes Region to determine which ones were the best for doctor's degree seekers in the field of public health. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 99 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 schools for public health students working on their doctor'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 Doctor's Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region ranking, along with many other major-related rankings, to help you make that decision.

Best Schools for Doctorate Students to Study Public Health in the Great Lakes Region

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

Top Great Lakes Region Schools for a Doctorate in Public Health

1

University of Wisconsin - Madison
Madison, WI

18 Annual Graduates

University of Wisconsin - Madison is one of the best schools in the country for getting a doctor's degree in public health. Located in the city of Madison, UW - Madison is a public university with a fairly large student population.More information about a doctorate in public health from University of Wisconsin - Madison

2

Indiana University - Bloomington
Bloomington, IN

10 Annual Graduates

It's difficult to beat Indiana University - Bloomington if you wish to pursue a doctor's degree in public health. IU Bloomington is a very large public university located in the small city of Bloomington.More information about a doctorate in public health from Indiana University - Bloomington

3

University of Illinois at Chicago
Chicago, IL

11 Annual Graduates

$114,438 Median Starting Salary

University of Illinois at Chicago is a great option for individuals pursuing a doctor's degree in public health. UIC is a very large public university located in the city of Chicago.

Doctorate recipients from the public health degree program at University of Illinois at Chicago make $17,703 more than the typical college grad in this field shortly after graduation.

More information about a doctorate in public health from University of Illinois at Chicago

4

Kent State University at Kent
Kent, OH

12 Annual Graduates

It is difficult to beat Kent State University at Kent if you wish to pursue a doctor's degree in public health. Kent State is a very large public university located in the suburb of Kent.More information about a doctorate in public health from Kent State University at Kent

Best Public Health Colleges by State

Explore the best public health colleges for a specific state in the Great Lakes Region .

State	Colleges	Degrees Awarded
Illinois	153	45
Michigan	149	17
Ohio	144	18
Indiana	132	15
Wisconsin	108	17

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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	37
Health/Medical Physics	16
Public Health Education and Promotion	15
International Public Health/International Health	9
Behavioral Aspects of Health	9
Community Health and Preventive Medicine	6
Occupational Health and Industrial Hygiene	2
Health Services Administration	2
Other Public Health	2
Environmental Health	1

Majors Similar to Public Health

Related Major	Annual Graduates
Medicine	4,798
Rehabilitation & Therapeutic Professions	2,227
Nursing	2,185
Pharmacy/Pharmaceutical Sciences	2,002
Dentistry	1,011
Optometry	359
Communication Sciences	240
Medical Science	108
Chiropractic	65
Other Health Professions	55

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.