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Public Health

The National Research Council assessed programs according to 21 different criteria. Here are the NRC's five major ratings summarizing those criteria. For a detailed explanation, see our FAQ.

S-Rank: Programs are ranked highly if they are strong in the criteria that scholars say are most important.
Research: Derived from faculty publications, citation rates, grants, and awards.
Students: Derived from students' completion rates, financial aid, and other criteria.
Diversity: Reflects gender balance, ethnic diversity, and the proportion of international students.
R-Rank: Programs are ranked highly if they have similar features to programs viewed by faculty as top-notch.

Institution, program	S-Rank High	S-Rank Low	Research High	Research Low	Students High	Students Low	Diversity High	Diversity Low	R-Rank High	R-Rank Low
Boston U. School of Public Health	27	70	23	73	19	71	55	76	28	71
Brown U. BIOMED: Biostatistics	29	72	37	78	7	61	34	65	17	83
Brown U. BIOMED: Epidemiology	27	70	22	75	10	55	41	67	21	72
Case Western Reserve U. Epidemiology and Biostatistics	13	51	13	63	59	80	26	45	23	71
Columbia U. Biostatistics	28	69	40	82	13	48	49	78	24	76
Columbia U. Environmental Health Sciences	14	61	8	61	23	71	39	63	11	49
Columbia U. Epidemiology	15	59	8	60	35	76	18	39	17	60
Columbia U. Sociomedical Sciences	41	81	21	79	72	86	25	44	47	81
Dartmouth College Evaluative Clinical Sciences	44	83	25	80	37	83	86	91	43	84
Emory U. Biostatistics	47	81	50	84	40	71	14	33	35	76
Emory U. Epidemiology	36	80	17	72	33	79	58	79	24	64
Harvard U. Biological Science and Public Health	1	14	2	29	3	25	47	69	4	34
Harvard U. Biostatistics	7	34	9	51	10	55	57	78	4	33
Harvard U. Health Policy	1	11	3	37	3	22	16	36	2	34
Harvard U. SPH Exposure Epidemiology and Risk	9	48	8	60	25	66	43	70	8	40
Harvard U. SPH Epidemiology	1	10	1	12	33	57	50	75	1	4
Harvard U. SPH Health Policy and Management	13	50	11	62	58	83	13	32	7	52
Harvard U. SPH Nutrition	1	12	1	8	21	54	22	41	1	19
Harvard U. SPH Occupational Health	1	11	1	12	18	39	86	91	1	11
Harvard U. SPH Population and International Health	25	69	18	71	63	84	13	31	33	73
Harvard U. SPH Society Human Development and Health	4	29	3	33	42	74	9	18	4	36
Johns Hopkins U. Biostatistics	9	45	4	36	15	54	62	79	6	45
Johns Hopkins U. Epidemiology and Clinical Investigation	N/R	N/R	N/R	N/R	N/R	N/R	N/R	N/R	N/R	N/R
Johns Hopkins U. International Health	57	83	41	80	59	82	36	57	19	63
Johns Hopkins U. Mental Health	64	88	51	88	48	85	23	42	49	86
Ohio State U. Main Campus Public Health	58	85	32	81	24	63	46	71	43	77
Old Dominion U. Health Services Research	89	91	81	90	91	91	2	9	86	91
Oregon State U. Public Health	81	89	79	90	86	90	26	48	82	90
San Diego State U. and U. of California at San Diego Public Health	51	85	19	72	51	82	35	61	23	76
State U. of New York at Albany Biometry and Statistics	90	91	83	91	88	90	88	91	86	91
State U. of New York at Albany Environmental Health Sciences	77	89	60	86	56	82	62	80	53	82
State U. of New York at Albany Epidemiology	64	88	41	84	21	81	44	68	38	86
Temple U. Health Studies	39	83	46	86	1	52	15	35	60	88
Tulane U. Public Health and Tropical Medicine	68	87	30	79	80	86	56	77	48	81
U. at Buffalo (SUNY) Epidemiology and Community Health	31	78	21	78	3	34	81	87	39	81
U. of Alabama at Birmingham Biostatistics	18	67	21	75	13	69	10	20	35	77
U. of Alabama at Birmingham Environmental Health Sciences	68	89	70	89	7	76	5	11	73	90
U. of Alabama at Birmingham Epidemiology	16	58	9	57	21	52	32	50	16	79
U. of Arizona Epidemiology	8	38	20	71	1	5	12	28	24	79
U. of California at Berkeley Biostatistics	31	72	23	70	7	47	68	82	35	75
U. of California at Berkeley Environmental Health Sciences	20	68	9	64	35	69	45	69	6	51
U. of California at Berkeley Epidemiology	4	22	2	23	19	52	36	55	1	24
U. of California at Berkeley Health Services and Policy Analysis	18	56	20	67	4	29	63	80	6	41
U. of California at Davis Epidemiology	29	70	19	69	17	56	45	70	13	52
U. of California at Los Angeles Biostatistics	12	49	6	54	28	57	18	37	5	29
U. of California at Los Angeles Community Health Sciences	63	88	29	80	85	90	2	8	54	89
U. of California at Los Angeles Environmental Health Sciences	58	86	37	84	74	88	82	89	42	85
U. of California at Los Angeles Epidemiology	22	70	9	60	56	80	77	87	9	38
U. of California at Los Angeles Health Services	15	59	5	49	38	68	11	26	5	45
U. of Colorado at Denver and Health Sciences Center Epidemiology	53	87	23	78	13	73	56	82	48	85
U. of Georgia Health Promotion and Behavior	38	75	82	91	1	30	2	5	71	87
U. of Illinois at Chicago Public Health Sciences	64	87	53	85	75	88	12	28	45	81
U. of Illinois at Urbana- Champaign Community Health	80	90	88	91	4	89	6	13	82	91
U. of Iowa Biostatistics	20	64	10	57	54	84	75	85	12	65
U. of Iowa Epidemiology	26	71	15	69	43	86	46	77	26	80
U. of Iowa Occupational and Environmental Health	20	70	15	72	24	79	86	91	24	80
U. of Maryland at College Park Public and Community Health	76	89	62	87	82	89	2	9	50	88
U. of Massachu- setts at Amherst Public Health	59	83	68	88	9	50	32	50	66	86
U. of Miami Epidemiology	8	48	15	73	8	80	3	9	46	88
U. of Michigan at Ann Arbor Biostatistics	1	15	2	29	12	45	64	84	2	25
U. of Michigan at Ann Arbor Environmental Health Sciences	19	64	8	54	57	83	38	61	39	81
U. of Michigan at Ann Arbor Epidemiology	3	21	10	56	5	25	10	22	5	38
U. of Michigan at Ann Arbor Health Behavior and Health Education	7	36	11	63	18	52	1	1	16	74
U. of Michigan at Ann Arbor Health Services Organization & Policy	22	69	14	68	55	83	23	43	25	75
U. of Michigan at Ann Arbor Industrial Health	19	63	7	51	15	69	83	89	17	75
U. of Minnesota- Twin Cities Biostatistics	14	59	12	67	3	21	47	77	11	70
U. of Minnesota- Twin Cities Environmental Health	31	78	18	76	10	64	30	53	34	75
U. of Minnesota- Twin Cities Epidemiology	12	51	8	58	1	6	64	80	10	51
U. of Minnesota- Twin Cities Health Services Research, Policy, and Administration	34	74	14	66	54	83	66	81	25	69
U. of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Biostatistics	15	53	12	63	50	82	39	60	13	60
U. of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Environmental Sciences and Engineering	36	76	41	81	35	67	76	84	15	74
U. of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Epidemiology	11	48	15	69	57	75	35	57	7	43
U. of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Health Behavior and Health Education	22	67	28	79	38	71	12	29	33	75
U. of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Health Policy and Administration	41	74	62	86	14	46	18	36	35	73
U. of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Maternal and Child Health	21	61	55	87	3	28	3	9	28	73
U. of Pittsburgh Main Campus Biostatistics	15	60	8	61	43	76	52	75	13	60
U. of Pittsburgh Main Campus Environmental and Occupational Health	28	71	41	82	5	48	11	29	30	74
U. of Pittsburgh Main Campus Epidemiology	4	30	3	38	9	36	14	34	5	32
U. of South Carolina at Columbia Public Health	37	78	20	75	61	81	20	39	18	69
U. of South Florida Public Health	65	86	73	89	31	63	16	35	66	85
U. of Southern California Biometry	5	34	3	33	4	28	64	83	7	40
U. of Southern California Epidemiology	17	59	13	66	34	75	32	52	28	67
U. of Southern California Occupational Science	64	85	83	91	6	41	38	68	79	91
U. of Southern California Preventive Medicine (Health Behavior)	13	59	17	69	1	41	6	12	18	71
U. of Texas Health Science Center at Houston Public Health	55	83	45	82	55	76	12	29	14	72
U. of Washing- ton Biostatistics	5	30	4	41	13	42	60	79	5	33
U. of Washing- ton Environmental and Occupational Health	25	69	22	76	11	71	82	88	15	72
U. of Washing- ton Epidemiology	3	26	3	45	20	49	54	76	4	27
U. of Washing- ton Health Services	12	51	12	69	3	15	17	38	9	49
U. of Wisconsin at Madison Population Health	11	55	15	70	5	64	47	69	23	65
Virginia Common- wealth U. Biostatistics	35	75	29	76	12	42	36	58	34	80
Yale U. Epidemiology & Public Health	3	22	3	37	4	26	39	60	3	24
Methodology: This interactive tool is based on rankings developed by the NRC. For a complete explanation of the methods the research council used, go to its site; registration may be required.