Public Health

20,726 students earn a public health credential each year across 565 US colleges. Earnings below are the median for each school's graduates one and five years after finishing; debt is the median federal loan balance at completion.

Typical earnings, 1 year out: $37,548
Typical earnings, 5 years out: $56,345

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Bachelor's programs — top 100 of 467 colleges by graduates

CollegeGrads / yearEarnings 1 yearEarnings 5 yearsDebt

1University of South Carolina-ColumbiaColumbia, South Carolina435$31,7561 year out$55,090$24,958 2University of Maryland-College ParkCollege Park, Maryland416$38,2731 year out$67,437$23,424 3University of California-IrvineIrvine, California392$35,4631 year out$64,449$17,285 4California State University-FullertonFullerton, California361$34,9091 year out—$13,500 5Rutgers University-New BrunswickNew Brunswick, New Jersey361$45,4081 year out$73,195$26,000 6University of California-San DiegoLa Jolla, California338$39,1441 year out$67,103$15,280 7The University of Texas at AustinAustin, Texas313$35,7611 year out$67,931$21,500 8University of Nevada-RenoReno, Nevada310—1 year out——9University of Washington-Seattle CampusSeattle, Washington297$46,0161 year out$65,780$16,490 10California State University-NorthridgeNorthridge, California275$39,0111 year out$61,716$14,000 11East Carolina UniversityGreenville, North Carolina270$35,6281 year out$54,333$25,750 12University of Massachusetts-AmherstAmherst, Massachusetts266$37,3641 year out$66,020$26,000 13Florida State UniversityTallahassee, Florida256—1 year out——14Wayne State UniversityDetroit, Michigan248$32,5841 year out—$20,500 15Texas A&M University-College StationCollege Station, Texas244$39,5841 year out—$18,856 16The University of Texas at ArlingtonArlington, Texas237$37,0431 year out—$20,108 17University of FloridaGainesville, Florida211$30,0561 year out$66,251$17,580 18San Jose State UniversitySan Jose, California209—1 year out——19University of South FloridaTampa, Florida204$33,5751 year out$53,182$22,345 20University of California-BerkeleyBerkeley, California202$48,3511 year out$81,604$11,729 21University of ArizonaTucson, Arizona193$40,0051 year out$58,292$21,699 22Southern New Hampshire UniversityManchester, New Hampshire193$45,9101 year out—$34,162 23Temple UniversityPhiladelphia, Pennsylvania190$43,0931 year out$56,494$27,000 24The University of Texas at San AntonioSan Antonio, Texas188$33,5141 year out$60,870$24,885 25George Mason UniversityFairfax, Virginia178$37,0251 year out$65,152$22,000 26Johns Hopkins UniversityBaltimore, Maryland177$36,5401 year out$89,081$12,750 27Brigham Young University-IdahoRexburg, Idaho174$30,1281 year out$44,368$13,048 28California State University-SacramentoSacramento, California171—1 year out——29University of Illinois Urbana-ChampaignChampaign, Illinois170$40,5641 year out$71,261$20,678 30Indiana University-BloomingtonBloomington, Indiana170$42,7901 year out$72,757$19,689 31San Diego State UniversitySan Diego, California169$41,0921 year out—$13,812 32University of GeorgiaAthens, Georgia169$39,5341 year out$68,297$21,500 33Monroe UniversityBronx, New York164$43,3831 year out$48,448$30,904 34California State University-Los AngelesLos Angeles, California162$40,7501 year out$56,290$12,500 35Brigham Young UniversityProvo, Utah158$29,0251 year out$65,816$10,924 36The University of AlabamaTuscaloosa, Alabama152$35,6981 year out—$25,000 37Northern Arizona UniversityFlagstaff, Arizona141$41,5611 year out$58,640$24,250 38University of DelawareNewark, Delaware136$35,4371 year out$63,636$25,000 39George Washington UniversityWashington, District of Columbia129$44,8091 year out$74,440$23,822 40University at BuffaloBuffalo, New York129$39,1641 year out—$23,250 41College of CharlestonCharleston, South Carolina129$31,8481 year out$54,405$26,926 42Kent State University at KentKent, Ohio126$39,1591 year out$48,967$28,884 43California State University-ChicoChico, California122$45,3391 year out—$20,750 44University of Washington-Bothell CampusBothell, Washington122$46,0161 year out$65,780$16,490 45University of North Carolina WilmingtonWilmington, North Carolina119$36,4581 year out$53,609$23,500 46Portland State UniversityPortland, Oregon119$36,7621 year out$54,207$27,000 47Georgia State UniversityAtlanta, Georgia113$34,7611 year out—$26,000 48Oregon State UniversityCorvallis, Oregon112$40,6821 year out$60,183$24,000 49University of California-MercedMerced, California112$36,5551 year out—$15,502 50University of Alabama at BirminghamBirmingham, Alabama110$32,1871 year out$49,049$25,000 51University of Southern CaliforniaLos Angeles, California109$36,3001 year out$81,522$15,250 52Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State UniversityBlacksburg, Virginia107—1 year out——53Chapman UniversityOrange, California103$25,0071 year out$76,156$23,250 54University of North Carolina at GreensboroGreensboro, North Carolina103$42,2391 year out$49,076$25,500 55University of ArkansasFayetteville, Arkansas101$35,7971 year out$51,977$25,595 56University of Michigan-DearbornDearborn, Michigan100—1 year out—$20,500 57Indiana University-IndianapolisIndianapolis, Indiana99$42,1521 year out$55,049$22,220 58American Public University SystemCharles Town, West Virginia95$47,1001 year out$63,490$28,999 59University of Michigan-Ann ArborAnn Arbor, Michigan94$36,1811 year out—$18,903 60Ohio State University-Main CampusColumbus, Ohio93$36,2261 year out$67,625$18,500 61University of KentuckyLexington, Kentucky91$36,9571 year out—$23,250 62CUNY Graduate School and University CenterNew York, New York91—1 year out——63St Petersburg CollegeSt. Petersburg, Florida89$51,5651 year out$60,679$29,125 64American InterContinental University SystemChandler, Arizona87—1 year out——65California State University-San BernardinoSan Bernardino, California84—1 year out——66San Francisco State UniversitySan Francisco, California83—1 year out——67Towson UniversityTowson, Maryland83—1 year out——68University of LouisvilleLouisville, Kentucky78$31,8241 year out—$18,500 69Miami University-OxfordOxford, Ohio78$37,5331 year out—$24,000 70Tufts UniversityMedford, Massachusetts77$53,3721 year out$73,825$18,250 71Appalachian State UniversityBoone, North Carolina76$34,1481 year out$48,531$20,361 72Sam Houston State UniversityHuntsville, Texas75$34,0191 year out—$26,818 73Keiser University-Ft LauderdaleFort Lauderdale, Florida70$42,6371 year out$48,017$57,132 74Coastal Carolina UniversityConway, South Carolina70$29,8621 year out$52,470$27,000 75Montclair State UniversityMontclair, New Jersey68$34,0321 year out$56,721$27,000 76Northwestern UniversityEvanston, Illinois66$39,9561 year out—$14,684 77University of Massachusetts-LowellLowell, Massachusetts66$43,0461 year out—$27,000 78University of Central OklahomaEdmond, Oklahoma66$49,5601 year out$68,494$21,625 79University of Oklahoma-Norman CampusNorman, Oklahoma66—1 year out——80American UniversityWashington, District of Columbia65$42,1941 year out$67,737$23,452 81Nova Southeastern UniversityFort Lauderdale, Florida64—1 year out——82California Polytechnic State University-San Luis ObispoSan Luis Obispo, California62—1 year out——83Mercer UniversityMacon, Georgia62$27,1081 year out—$27,000 84University of Wisconsin-La CrosseLa Crosse, Wisconsin61$41,5851 year out$53,004$27,000 85Slippery Rock University of PennsylvaniaSlippery Rock, Pennsylvania60$42,6051 year out$55,275$26,998 86Santa Clara UniversitySanta Clara, California59$47,2741 year out$65,015$24,500 87University of IowaIowa City, Iowa57$35,8521 year out—$21,500 88CUNY Lehman CollegeBronx, New York57$41,2551 year out$62,041$15,414 89Hofstra UniversityHempstead, New York57$39,4511 year out$62,283$26,000 90West Chester University of PennsylvaniaWest Chester, Pennsylvania57—1 year out$71,841—91California State University-East BayHayward, California54—1 year out——92Saint Louis UniversitySaint Louis, Missouri54$33,8631 year out$60,833$26,122 93National UniversitySan Diego, California53$52,0571 year out$55,472$37,469 94Syracuse UniversitySyracuse, New York53$43,2801 year out—$27,000 95University of Hawaii at ManoaHonolulu, Hawaii52$27,3091 year out—$22,500 96New York UniversityNew York, New York52$37,5731 year out—$19,000 97West Virginia UniversityMorgantown, West Virginia51$37,2561 year out—$24,000 98Southeastern Louisiana UniversityHammond, Louisiana49$34,7511 year out$51,724$26,500 99St Catherine UniversitySaint Paul, Minnesota49$42,4071 year out$59,427$29,815 100The College of New JerseyEwing, New Jersey49—1 year out—$23,130

Associate programs — 81 colleges

CollegeGrads / yearEarnings 1 yearEarnings 5 yearsDebt

1Keiser University-Ft LauderdaleFort Lauderdale, Florida85$36,9921 year out$37,767$31,866 2CUNY Borough of Manhattan Community CollegeNew York, New York71—1 year out$38,904$5,500 3Bryant & Stratton College-OnlineOrchard Park, New York48$33,8281 year out$41,022$30,312 4American Public University SystemCharles Town, West Virginia40$36,7941 year out$44,031$25,163 5Northampton County Area Community CollegeBethlehem, Pennsylvania32—1 year out——6CUNY Bronx Community CollegeBronx, New York22—1 year out——7Florida National University-Main CampusHialeah, Florida21$37,1831 year out$38,246$26,585 8Dine CollegeTsaile, Arizona20—1 year out——9Montgomery CollegeRockville, Maryland19—1 year out——10Utah Valley UniversityOrem, Utah19—1 year out——11Harrisburg Area Community CollegeHarrisburg, Pennsylvania17—1 year out—$23,578 12CUNY LaGuardia Community CollegeLong Island City, New York16—1 year out——13Snow CollegeEphraim, Utah13—1 year out——14Middlesex CollegeEdison, New Jersey12—1 year out——15Ozarks Technical Community CollegeSpringfield, Missouri11—1 year out——16Bryant & Stratton College-ParmaParma, Ohio11$33,8281 year out$41,022$30,312 17Bryant & Stratton College-AlbanyAlbany, New York10$33,8281 year out$41,022$30,312 18CUNY Queensborough Community CollegeBayside, New York10—1 year out——19FVI School of Nursing and TechnologyMiami, Florida10—1 year out——20University of Alaska SoutheastJuneau, Alaska9—1 year out——21Roane State Community CollegeHarriman, Tennessee9—1 year out——22College of Western IdahoNampa, Idaho9—1 year out——23Quincy CollegeQuincy, Massachusetts8—1 year out——24Mercer County Community CollegeWest Windsor, New Jersey8—1 year out——25Bryant & Stratton College-Virginia BeachVirginia Beach, Virginia8$33,8281 year out$41,022$30,312 26Haskell Indian Nations UniversityLawrence, Kansas7—1 year out——27Howard Community CollegeColumbia, Maryland7—1 year out——28Washtenaw Community CollegeAnn Arbor, Michigan7—1 year out——29Prince George's Community CollegeLargo, Maryland6—1 year out——30Henry Ford CollegeDearborn, Michigan6—1 year out——31Three Rivers CollegePoplar Bluff, Missouri6—1 year out——32Central New Mexico Community CollegeAlbuquerque, New Mexico6—1 year out——33Montgomery County Community CollegeBlue Bell, Pennsylvania6—1 year out——34Cecil CollegeNorth East, Maryland5—1 year out——35County College of MorrisRandolph, New Jersey5—1 year out——36Bryant & Stratton College-Syracuse NorthLiverpool, New York5$33,8281 year out$41,022$30,312 37College of Micronesia-FSMPohnpei, Micronesia5—1 year out——38Palau Community CollegeKoror, Palau5—1 year out——39Bryant & Stratton College-WauwatosaWauwatosa, Wisconsin5$33,8281 year out$41,022$30,312 40Phillips Community College of the University of ArkansasHelena, Arkansas4—1 year out——41Eastern Florida State CollegeMelbourne, Florida4—1 year out——42Anne Arundel Community CollegeArnold, Maryland4—1 year out——43Saint Paul CollegeSaint Paul, Minnesota4—1 year out——44Itawamba Community CollegeFulton, Mississippi4—1 year out——45Saint Louis Community CollegeBridgeton, Missouri4—1 year out——46Bryant & Stratton College-BuffaloBuffalo, New York4$33,8281 year out$41,022$30,312 47MiraCosta CollegeOceanside, California3—1 year out——48North-West College-West CovinaWest Covina, California3—1 year out——49Orange Coast CollegeCosta Mesa, California3—1 year out——50Butler Community CollegeEl Dorado, Kansas3—1 year out——51Quinsigamond Community CollegeWorcester, Massachusetts3—1 year out——52Anoka-Ramsey Community CollegeCoon Rapids, Minnesota3—1 year out——53Salish Kootenai CollegePablo, Montana3—1 year out——54Passaic County Community CollegePaterson, New Jersey3—1 year out——55Sinclair Community CollegeDayton, Ohio3—1 year out——56Oklahoma City Community CollegeOklahoma City, Oklahoma3—1 year out——57Austin Community College DistrictAustin, Texas3—1 year out——58Nevada Career InstituteLas Vegas, Nevada3—1 year out——59Arizona Western CollegeYuma, Arizona2—1 year out——60Broward CollegeFort Lauderdale, Florida2—1 year out——61Ivy Tech Community CollegeIndianapolis, Indiana2—1 year out——62Moberly Area Community CollegeMoberly, Missouri2—1 year out——63Brookdale Community CollegeLincroft, New Jersey2—1 year out——64New Mexico State University-Dona AnaLas Cruces, New Mexico2—1 year out$27,674—65Alaska Christian CollegeSoldotna, Alaska2—1 year out——66University of Alaska FairbanksFairbanks, Alaska1—1 year out——67Central Arizona CollegeCoolidge, Arizona1—1 year out——68Phoenix CollegePhoenix, Arizona1—1 year out——69Scottsdale Community CollegeScottsdale, Arizona1—1 year out——70Hillsborough CollegeTampa, Florida1—1 year out——71Harford Community CollegeBel Air, Maryland1—1 year out——72Dutchess Community CollegePoughkeepsie, New York1—1 year out——73University of Cincinnati-Main CampusCincinnati, Ohio1—1 year out——74Linn-Benton Community CollegeAlbany, Oregon1—1 year out——75Community College of PhiladelphiaPhiladelphia, Pennsylvania1—1 year out——76Columbia International UniversityColumbia, South Carolina1—1 year out——77St Charles Community CollegeCottleville, Missouri1—1 year out——78Coalinga CollegeCoalinga, California—$29,9511 year out$64,861$6,517 79New Mexico State University-Main CampusLas Cruces, New Mexico——1 year out$27,674—80Community Care CollegeTulsa, Oklahoma——1 year out—$16,508 81Lemoore CollegeLemoore, California—$30,4461 year out$48,606$7,125

Certificate programs — 79 colleges

CollegeGrads / yearEarnings 1 yearEarnings 5 yearsDebt

1University of Wisconsin-MadisonMadison, Wisconsin322—1 year out——2University of Pittsburgh-Pittsburgh CampusPittsburgh, Pennsylvania92—1 year out——3City College of San FranciscoSan Francisco, California62—1 year out——4Central New Mexico Community CollegeAlbuquerque, New Mexico31—1 year out——5Southeast Technical CollegeSioux Falls, South Dakota26—1 year out——6Boise State UniversityBoise, Idaho16—1 year out——7South Suburban CollegeSouth Holland, Illinois16—1 year out——8University of Maryland-Baltimore CountyBaltimore, Maryland16—1 year out——9Ohio University-Main CampusAthens, Ohio14—1 year out——10Columbus State Community CollegeColumbus, Ohio13—1 year out——11George Fox UniversityNewberg, Oregon13—1 year out——12Bryant & Stratton College-OnlineOrchard Park, New York13$28,5281 year out—$17,726 13Dine CollegeTsaile, Arizona12—1 year out——14University of Massachusetts-AmherstAmherst, Massachusetts11—1 year out——15College of the Marshall IslandsMajuro, Marshall Islands11—1 year out——16Foothill CollegeLos Altos Hills, California10—1 year out——17East Carolina UniversityGreenville, North Carolina10—1 year out——18New York Institute of TechnologyOld Westbury, New York9—1 year out——19University of FloridaGainesville, Florida8—1 year out——20Boston UniversityBoston, Massachusetts8—1 year out——21Quincy CollegeQuincy, Massachusetts8—1 year out——22Ozarks Technical Community CollegeSpringfield, Missouri8—1 year out——23Missouri Southern State UniversityJoplin, Missouri8—1 year out——24East Stroudsburg University of PennsylvaniaEast Stroudsburg, Pennsylvania8—1 year out——25Arizona State University Campus ImmersionTempe, Arizona7—1 year out——26Indiana University-IndianapolisIndianapolis, Indiana7—1 year out——27Western Kentucky UniversityBowling Green, Kentucky7—1 year out——28Quinsigamond Community CollegeWorcester, Massachusetts7—1 year out——29Turtle Mountain CollegeBelcourt, North Dakota7—1 year out——30Cabrillo CollegeAptos, California6—1 year out——31Sacramento City CollegeSacramento, California6—1 year out——32Northern Essex Community CollegeHaverhill, Massachusetts6—1 year out——33Missouri State University-SpringfieldSpringfield, Missouri6—1 year out——34University of Cincinnati-Main CampusCincinnati, Ohio6—1 year out——35St. Mary's UniversitySan Antonio, Texas6—1 year out——36University of Wisconsin-MilwaukeeMilwaukee, Wisconsin6—1 year out——37Merritt CollegeOakland, California5—1 year out——38Orange Coast CollegeCosta Mesa, California5—1 year out——39William Rainey Harper CollegePalatine, Illinois5—1 year out——40Itawamba Community CollegeFulton, Mississippi5—1 year out——41University of GeorgiaAthens, Georgia4—1 year out——42St Catherine UniversitySaint Paul, Minnesota4—1 year out——43Ocean County CollegeToms River, New Jersey4—1 year out——44University of Rio GrandeRio Grande, Ohio4—1 year out——45Arizona Western CollegeYuma, Arizona3—1 year out——46Eastern Florida State CollegeMelbourne, Florida3—1 year out——47Idaho State UniversityPocatello, Idaho3—1 year out——48Kansas State UniversityManhattan, Kansas3—1 year out——49Southeastern Louisiana UniversityHammond, Louisiana3—1 year out——50Ohio State University-Main CampusColumbus, Ohio3—1 year out——51La Roche UniversityPittsburgh, Pennsylvania3—1 year out——52University of Alaska FairbanksFairbanks, Alaska2—1 year out——53La Sierra UniversityRiverside, California2—1 year out——54Broward CollegeFort Lauderdale, Florida2—1 year out——55Wichita State UniversityWichita, Kansas2—1 year out——56Big Sandy Community and Technical CollegePrestonsburg, Kentucky2—1 year out——57University of Missouri-ColumbiaColumbia, Missouri2—1 year out——58University of Nevada-RenoReno, Nevada2—1 year out——59San Juan CollegeFarmington, New Mexico2—1 year out——60Hudson Valley Community CollegeTroy, New York2—1 year out——61Kent State University at KentKent, Ohio2—1 year out——62Central Arizona CollegeCoolidge, Arizona1—1 year out——63Cerritos CollegeNorwalk, California1—1 year out——64Cypress CollegeCypress, California1—1 year out——65Santa Rosa Junior CollegeSanta Rosa, California1—1 year out——66Hillsborough CollegeTampa, Florida1—1 year out——67Oakton CollegeDes Plaines, Illinois1—1 year out——68University of Michigan-DearbornDearborn, Michigan1—1 year out——69Rowan UniversityGlassboro, New Jersey1—1 year out——70Bryant & Stratton College-ParmaParma, Ohio1$28,5281 year out—$17,726 71Oklahoma State University-Main CampusStillwater, Oklahoma1—1 year out——72Lehigh UniversityBethlehem, Pennsylvania1—1 year out——73Bryant & Stratton College-Virginia BeachVirginia Beach, Virginia1$28,5281 year out—$17,726 74Stone Child CollegeBox Elder, Montana1—1 year out——75University of IowaIowa City, Iowa—$41,5031 year out—$23,438 76Bryant & Stratton College-AlbanyAlbany, New York0$28,5281 year out—$17,726 77Bryant & Stratton College-Syracuse NorthLiverpool, New York0$28,5281 year out—$17,726 78Bryant & Stratton College-BuffaloBuffalo, New York—$28,5281 year out—$17,726 79Bryant & Stratton College-WauwatosaWauwatosa, Wisconsin0$28,5281 year out—$17,726

US Department of Education College Scorecard field-of-study data (4-digit CIP). Graduates are conferrals in the most recent IPEDS year; earnings cover federally-aided completers who are working and not enrolled; medians for small programs are privacy-suppressed (—).