Bachelor's degree · Health professions · CIP 51.22
Public Health: earnings and debt by college
The College Scorecard lists 479 colleges that award bachelor's degrees in Public Health, together awarding 17,894 of these degrees in the most recent year. At the median institution, graduates who received federal aid earn $42,413 one year after finishing and $61,947 five years after finishing (two separate graduating classes). The median institution's graduates leave with $23,250 in federal student loans.
Source: U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard.
Colleges
479
Degrees awarded per yeariBachelor's degrees the school awarded in this major in the most recent reported year.
17,894
Median earnings, 1 yriMedian earnings of graduates who received federal aid, 1 year after finishing, among those working and not enrolled. The figure here is the median across institutions; branch campuses share their institution's figure and count once.
$42,413
205 reporting
Median earnings, 5 yrsiMedian earnings of graduates who received federal aid, 5 years after finishing, among those working and not enrolled. The figure here is the median across institutions; branch campuses share their institution's figure and count once.
$61,947
170 reporting
Median debtiMedian federal student-loan balance of the program's graduates. Excludes Parent PLUS and private loans. The figure here is the median across institutions; branch campuses share their institution's figure and count once.
$23,250
234 reporting
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Colleges with a bachelor's in Public Health
| University of South Carolina-Columbia Columbia · Public | SC | 402 | $38,470 | $64,296 | $23,250 |
| University of Maryland-College Park College Park · Public | MD | 391 | $41,952 | $79,491 | $15,000 |
| University of California-Irvine Irvine · Public | CA | 378 | $41,417 | $70,273 | $12,500 |
| Rutgers University-New Brunswick New Brunswick · Public | NJ | 351 | $48,812 | $80,003 | $20,500 |
| California State University-Fullerton Fullerton · Public | CA | 347 | $42,323 | n/a | $12,000 |
| University of California-San Diego La Jolla · Public | CA | 345 | $42,151 | $71,554 | $12,937 |
| The University of Texas at Austin Austin · Public | TX | 325 | $43,286 | $66,887 | $15,000 |
| University of Washington-Seattle Campus Seattle · Public | WA | 308 | $46,462 | $75,775 | $12,364 |
| University of Nevada-Reno Reno · Public | NV | 266 | $44,043 | n/a | $20,500 |
| Florida State University Tallahassee · Public | FL | 260 | $36,679 | n/a | $15,000 |
| East Carolina University Greenville · Public | NC | 248 | $39,194 | $60,141 | $22,154 |
| Texas A&M University-College Station College Station · Public | TX | 217 | $41,620 | $85,970 | $15,046 |
| The University of Texas at Arlington Arlington · Public | TX | 211 | $42,217 | n/a | $26,150 |
| Wayne State University Detroit · Public | MI | 210 | $35,005 | $57,288 | $20,422 |
| University of Massachusetts-Amherst Amherst · Public | MA | 195 | $42,993 | $72,019 | $23,250 |
| Western Governors University Salt Lake City · Private nonprofit | UT | 188 | n/a | n/a | $21,482 |
| University of Florida Gainesville · Public | FL | 187 | $38,087 | $67,307 | $14,901 |
| University of California-Berkeley Berkeley · Public | CA | 186 | $57,363 | $95,133 | $11,000 |
| Southern New Hampshire University Manchester · Private nonprofit | NH | 185 | $54,242 | $58,636 | $31,085 |
| Indiana University-Bloomington Bloomington · Public | IN | 184 | $50,265 | $72,618 | $19,500 |
| California State University-Northridge Northridge · Public | CA | 181 | $44,294 | $66,144 | $15,000 |
| Temple University Philadelphia · Public | PA | 175 | $44,581 | $67,308 | $27,000 |
| San Jose State University San Jose · Public | CA | 171 | n/a | n/a | $15,000 |
| San Diego State University San Diego · Public | CA | 170 | $40,070 | $63,164 | $15,766 |
| University of Arizona Tucson · Public | AZ | 169 | $43,299 | $65,392 | $20,900 |
| California State University-Los Angeles Los Angeles · Public | CA | 161 | $42,080 | $58,875 | $15,248 |
| The University of Texas at San Antonio San Antonio · Public | TX | 161 | $36,593 | $61,125 | $22,362 |
| George Mason University Fairfax · Public | VA | 157 | $42,516 | $70,021 | $20,500 |
| The University of Alabama Tuscaloosa · Public | AL | 154 | $38,855 | $58,034 | $25,000 |
| Northern Arizona University Flagstaff · Public | AZ | 152 | $45,518 | $63,230 | $17,750 |
| Johns Hopkins University Baltimore · Private nonprofit | MD | 150 | $44,604 | $83,003 | $11,700 |
| University of South Florida Tampa · Public | FL | 146 | $40,894 | $58,931 | $19,375 |
| California State University-Sacramento Sacramento · Public | CA | 145 | $48,919 | n/a | $14,945 |
| University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign Champaign · Public | IL | 144 | $44,105 | $72,352 | $18,000 |
| University at Buffalo Buffalo · Public | NY | 140 | $39,428 | n/a | $21,500 |
| Monroe University Bronx · Private for-profit | NY | 139 | $49,284 | $57,593 | $30,579 |
| Brigham Young University-Idaho Rexburg · Private nonprofit | ID | 131 | $37,655 | $46,405 | $12,956 |
| California State University-Chico Chico · Public | CA | 130 | $41,491 | n/a | $16,317 |
| San Francisco State University San Francisco · Public | CA | 130 | n/a | n/a | $16,000 |
| University of Georgia Athens · Public | GA | 128 | $36,820 | $78,201 | $17,109 |
| California State University-San Bernardino San Bernardino · Public | CA | 126 | $39,575 | n/a | $12,750 |
| University of Arkansas Fayetteville · Public | AR | 118 | $41,880 | $60,593 | $21,500 |
| University of Southern California Los Angeles · Private nonprofit | CA | 116 | n/a | $91,307 | $17,429 |
| University of Delaware Newark · Public | DE | 115 | $39,871 | $71,732 | $25,496 |
| George Washington University Washington · Private nonprofit | DC | 112 | $55,305 | $96,041 | $19,558 |
| Georgia State University Atlanta · Public | GA | 110 | $41,330 | n/a | $28,500 |
| Kent State University at Kent Kent · Public | OH | 108 | $42,925 | $54,118 | $25,000 |
| Brigham Young University Provo · Private nonprofit | UT | 107 | $42,058 | $59,024 | $13,184 |
| Ohio State University-Main Campus Columbus · Public | OH | 106 | $43,422 | $76,164 | $19,500 |
| University of Michigan-Ann Arbor Ann Arbor · Public | MI | 105 | $42,543 | n/a | $17,875 |
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Quick facts: Public Health
- How many colleges offer a bachelor's degree in Public Health?
- The College Scorecard lists 479 colleges that award bachelor's degrees in Public Health.
- How much do Public Health graduates earn?
- Across institutions, the median of graduates' median earnings is $42,413 one year after graduation (205 institutions reporting) and $61,947 five years after graduation (170 institutions reporting). These figures cover graduates who received federal aid and are working and not enrolled in school. Branch campuses share their institution's figures, so each institution counts once.
- Where do Public Health graduates earn the most five years after graduation?
- By reported median earnings five years after graduation: Utah State University ($106,968), Santa Clara University ($98,929), George Washington University ($96,041), University of California-Berkeley ($95,133), and Duke University ($94,424).
- How much student debt do Public Health graduates have?
- The median institution's Public Health graduates leave with $23,250 in federal student loans (234 institutions reporting). Parent PLUS and private loans are not included.
- Which colleges award the most Public Health degrees?
- By bachelor's degrees awarded in the most recent year: University of South Carolina-Columbia (402), University of Maryland-College Park (391), University of California-Irvine (378), Rutgers University-New Brunswick (351), and California State University-Fullerton (347).
Related majors in health professions
- Allied Health Diagnostic, Intervention, and Treatment Professions
- Clinical/Medical Laboratory Science/Research and Allied Professions
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- Dental Support Services and Allied Professions
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- Health and Medical Administrative Services
- Health Professions and Related Clinical Sciences, Other
- Health Services/Allied Health/Health Sciences, General
- Health/Medical Preparatory Programs
- Mental and Social Health Services and Allied Professions
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How these numbers work
Figures cover bachelor's degree programs in Public Health (CIP code 51.22), as reported in the College Scorecard. Earnings are medians for graduates who received federal aid, measured one and five years after they finished, among those working and not enrolled in school; the one-year and five-year figures describe different graduating classes. Debt is the median federal loan balance at graduation. The Scorecard withholds figures for programs with few graduates, so many smaller programs show n/a. Summary figures are medians across institutions: the Scorecard reports program earnings and debt for a whole institution, so branch campuses share one figure and count once. All figures are from the Scorecard's most recent field-of-study release. More on the data.