2025 Best Public Health Master's Degree Schools in Minnesota

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.

College Factual reviewed 3 schools in Minnesota to determine which ones were the best for master's degree seekers in the field of public health. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 390 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 full ranking methodology documents in more detail how we consider these factors to identify the best colleges for public health students working on their master'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 Master's Degree Schools in Minnesota.

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

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

Top Minnesota Schools for a Master's in Public Health

1

University of Minnesota - Twin Cities
Minneapolis, MN

171 Annual Graduates

$70,387 Median Starting Salary

It is difficult to beat University of Minnesota - Twin Cities if you want to pursue a master's degree in public health. Located in the city of Minneapolis, UMN Twin Cities is a public university with a very large student population.

Those public health students who get their master's degree from University of Minnesota - Twin Cities earn $6,337 more than the average public health graduate.

More information about a master’s in public health from University of Minnesota - Twin Cities

2

St Catherine University
Saint Paul, MN

16 Annual Graduates

$61,593 Median Starting Salary

Any student who is interested in a master's degree in public health has to look into St Catherine University. Located in the city of Saint Paul, St. Kate's is a private not-for-profit university with a small student population.

Soon after graduating, public health master's recipients generally earn around $61,593 in their early careers.

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

3

Saint Mary's University of Minnesota
Winona, MN

16 Annual Graduates

Every student pursuing a degree in a master's degree in public health has to take a look at Saint Mary's University of Minnesota. Located in the distant town of Winona, SMU MN is a private not-for-profit university with a small student population.More information about a master’s in public health from Saint Mary’s University of Minnesota

Best Public Health Colleges in the Plains States Region

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State	Colleges	Degrees Awarded
Missouri	193	392
Iowa	154	151
Kansas	149	51
Nebraska	123	82
North Dakota	115	25
South Dakota	89	25

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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	214
Other Public Health	74
Public Health Education and Promotion	72
Environmental Health	25
Community Health and Preventive Medicine	4
Health/Medical Physics	1

Majors Similar to Public Health

Related Major	Annual Graduates
Nursing	5,253
Mental & Social Health Services	2,321
Health & Medical Administrative Services	977
Bioethics/Medical Ethics	619
Medical Illustration & Informatics	225
Allied Health Professions	183
Communication Sciences	146
Rehabilitation & Therapeutic Professions	135
Alternative Medicine & Systems	52
Medical Science	24

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.