2025 Best Public Health Doctor's Degree Schools in the Southwest 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 3 schools in the Southwest Region to determine which ones were the best for doctor's degree seekers in the field of public health. Combined, these schools handed out 85 doctor's degrees in public health to qualified students.

What's on this page: * Our Methodology

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

Your choice of public health for getting your doctor's degree school matters. Important measures of a quality public health 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

A school that excels in educating for a particular major and degree level must be a great school overall as well. To take this into account we consider a school's overall Best Colleges for a Doctor's Degree ranking which itself looks at a combination of different factors like degree completion, educational resources, student body caliber and post-graduation earnings for the school as a whole.

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

The metrics below are just some of the other metrics that we use to determine our rankings.

• Major Focus - How many resources a school devotes to public health students as compared to other majors.
• Major Demand - How many other public health students want to attend this school to pursue a doctor's degree.
• Educational Resources - How many resources are allocated to students. These resources may include educational expenditures per student, number of students per instructor, and graduation rate among other things.
• Student Debt - How much debt public health students go into to obtain their doctor'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 doctor's degree.

More Ways to Rank Public Health Schools

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 Southwest Region.

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

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

Top Southwest Region Schools for a Doctorate in Public Health

1

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

10 Annual Graduates

The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston is one of the finest schools in the country for getting a doctor's degree in public health. Located in the city of Houston, UTHealth is a public university with a moderately-sized student population.More information about a doctorate in public health from The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston

2

University of Oklahoma - Health Sciences Center
Oklahoma City, OK

27 Annual Graduates

University of Oklahoma - Health Sciences Center is a great choice for individuals interested in a doctor's degree in public health. Located in the city of Oklahoma City, UOHSC is a public university with a small student population.More information about a doctorate in public health from University of Oklahoma - Health Sciences Center

3

Texas A&M University - College Station
College Station, TX

13 Annual Graduates

Every student who is interested in a doctor's degree in public health has to check out Texas A&M University - College Station. Texas A&M College Station is a fairly large public university located in the city of College Station.More information about a doctorate in public health from Texas A&M University - College Station

Best Public Health Colleges by State

Explore the best public health schools for a specific state in the Southwest Region .

State	Colleges	Degrees Awarded
Texas	165	19
Arizona	119	18
Oklahoma	92	28
New Mexico	59	17

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Rankings in Majors Related to Public Health

Public Health is one of 34 different types of Health Professions programs to choose from.

Public Health Focus Areas

Major	Annual Graduates
General Public Health	54
Public Health Education and Promotion	15
Behavioral Aspects of Health	9
Health/Medical Physics	4
Environmental Health	3

Majors Similar to Public Health

Related Major	Annual Graduates
Medicine	2,874
Nursing	1,594
Rehabilitation & Therapeutic Professions	1,545
Pharmacy/Pharmaceutical Sciences	1,294
Dentistry	535
Chiropractic	396
Optometry	235
Alternative Medicine & Systems	116
Communication Sciences	101
Health & Medical Administrative Services	29

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.