Best Colleges for Public Health 2026

20 schools ranked by graduate earnings — real data from the U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard.

Public Health graduates are well-positioned for careers across multiple industries. The rankings below are based on actual graduate earnings data from the U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard.

Earnings shown are median graduate earnings 4 years after graduation (or 1 year if 4-year data is unavailable), sourced from the College Scorecard.See full major data

Top 20 Public Health Programs by Graduate Earnings

#	School	Earnings	Tuition	Accept Rate	Enrollment
1	The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center Houston, TX	$99,6711yr	N/A	N/A	322
2	Montana Technological University Butte, MT	$82,190	$24,730	90%	1,428
3	Johns Hopkins University Baltimore, MD	$77,335	$63,340	8%	5,617
4	Utah State University Logan, UT	$76,4511yr	$24,802	94%	20,342
5	Illinois State University Normal, IL	$76,175	$28,086	89%	18,414
6	University of California-Berkeley Berkeley, CA	$67,892	$45,627	12%	33,073
7	Simmons University Boston, MA	$65,418	$45,538	66%	1,750
8	Colorado State University-Fort Collins Fort Collins, CO	$64,493	$33,751	90%	25,148
9	Tufts University Medford, MA	$63,446	$67,844	10%	6,804
10	University of Southern California Los Angeles, CA	$62,308	$68,237	10%	20,817
11	Santa Clara University Santa Clara, CA	$62,238	$59,241	44%	6,235
12	University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign Champaign, IL	$61,751	$34,501	44%	34,623
13	Brown University Providence, RI	$61,595	$68,230	5%	7,273
14	CUNY Hunter College New York, NY	$61,535	$15,332	54%	16,642
15	Indiana University-Bloomington Bloomington, IN	$60,955	$40,482	80%	36,571
16	American Public University System Charles Town, WV	$60,675	$8,400	N/A	38,976
17	Rutgers University-New Brunswick New Brunswick, NJ	$60,468	$36,001	65%	36,357
18	Oakland University Rochester Hills, MI	$60,142	$23,188	70%	12,450
19	Chapman University Orange, CA	$60,106	$62,784	56%	7,629
20	University of St Thomas Saint Paul, MN	$59,475	$52,284	85%	6,014