Compare 251 Public Health PhD Programs in the US

Grad School Navigator tracks 251 Public Health PhD programs in the US across 67 universities. Most do not require the Graduate Record Examination (GRE); only 15% report it as a requirement. A typical program takes about 60 months. Start with the ranked programs below, then use Explorer to compare the details that matter to your shortlist.

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1
Harvard University
Doctor of Philosophy in Biostatistics
Application deadline
Dec 1
Annual tuition
$59,048
Program duration
60 months
2
Stanford University
Doctor of Philosophy in Epidemiology and Clinical Research
Application deadline
Dec 1
Annual tuition
$41,310
Program duration
60 months
3
University of California, Berkeley
Doctor of Public Health
Application deadline
Dec 1
Program duration
48 months
4
Yale University
PhD in Public Health
Application deadline
Dec 1
Annual tuition
$50,900
Program duration
60 months
5
University of Pennsylvania
Doctor of Philosophy program in Health Care Management and Economics
Application deadline
Dec 15
Program duration
72 months
6
University of Chicago
Doctor of Philosophy in Epidemiology, Biostatistics, or Health Services Research
Application deadline
Dec 1
Annual tuition
$20,598
7
Columbia University
Doctor of Public Health in Epidemiology
Application deadline
Dec 1
Annual tuition
$56,840
Program duration
84 months
8
Johns Hopkins University
Doctor of Philosophy in Biostatistics
Application deadline
Dec 1
Annual tuition
$54,144
Program duration
60 months
9
University of California, Los Angeles
Doctor of Philosophy in Biostatistics
Application deadline
Dec 1
Annual tuition
$36,297
Program duration
48 months
10
University of Michigan--Ann Arbor
PhD in Biostatistics
Application deadline
Dec 1
Annual tuition
$61,264
Program duration
24 months

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The complete list of Public Health PhD Programs, ranked by their global university rank first.

First programs in this cohort
Rank	University	Program	Duration
#1	Harvard University	Doctor of Philosophy in Biostatistics	60 months
#1	Harvard University	Doctor of Philosophy in Health Policy	60 months
#1	Harvard University	Doctor of Philosophy in Health Policy (Management)	72 months
#1	Harvard University	Doctor of Philosophy in Population Health Sciences	48 months
#1	Harvard University	Doctor of Public Health	48 months
#1	Harvard University	PhD Program in Biological Sciences in Public Health	70 months
#2	Stanford University	Doctor of Philosophy in Epidemiology and Clinical Research	60 months
#2	Stanford University	Doctor of Philosophy in Health Policy	72 months
#6	University of California, Berkeley	Doctor of Philosophy in Biostatistics	60 months
#6	University of California, Berkeley	Doctor of Public Health	48 months
#6	University of California, Berkeley	PhD in Environmental Health Sciences	60 months
#6	University of California, Berkeley	PhD in Epidemiology	54 months
#6	University of California, Berkeley	PhD in Health Policy	60 months
#8	Yale University	Doctor of Philosophy in Biostatistics	72 months
#8	Yale University	Doctor of Philosophy in Chronic Disease Epidemiology	60 months
#8	Yale University	Doctor of Philosophy in Environmental Health Sciences	60 months
#8	Yale University	Doctor of Philosophy in Epidemiology of Microbial Diseases	60 months
#8	Yale University	Doctor of Philosophy in Health Policy and Management	60 months
#8	Yale University	Doctor of Philosophy in Social and Behavioral Sciences	72 months
#8	Yale University	PhD in Public Health	60 months
#10	University of Pennsylvania	Doctor of Philosophy program in Health Care Management and Economics	72 months
#10	University of Pennsylvania	PhD in Biostatistics	72 months
#10	University of Pennsylvania	PhD in Epidemiology	60 months
#11	University of Chicago	Doctor of Philosophy in Epidemiology, Biostatistics, or Health Services Research
#12	Columbia University	Doctor of Education in Health Education
#12	Columbia University	Doctor of Philosophy in Biostatistics	84 months
#12	Columbia University	Doctor of Philosophy in Environmental Health Sciences	60 months
#12	Columbia University	Doctor of Public Health in Epidemiology	84 months
#12	Columbia University	Doctor of Public Health in Population & Family Health	84 months
#12	Columbia University	Doctor of Public Health in Sociomedical Sciences	84 months
#16	Johns Hopkins University	Doctor of Philosophy and Doctor of Science	60 months
#16	Johns Hopkins University	Doctor of Philosophy in Biostatistics	60 months
#16	Johns Hopkins University	Doctor of Philosophy in Environmental Health Sciences	60 months
#16	Johns Hopkins University	Doctor of Philosophy in Global Disease Epidemiology and Control	48 months
#16	Johns Hopkins University	Doctor of Philosophy in Health Policy and Management	60 months
#16	Johns Hopkins University	Doctor of Philosophy in Health Systems	48 months
#16	Johns Hopkins University	Doctor of Philosophy in Human Nutrition	48 months
#16	Johns Hopkins University	Doctor of Philosophy in Population, Family and Reproductive Health	48 months
#16	Johns Hopkins University	Doctor of Philosophy in Social & Behavioral Sciences	60 months
#16	Johns Hopkins University	Doctor of Philosophy in Social and Behavioral Interventions	48 months
#16	Johns Hopkins University	Doctor of Public Health in Environmental Health	84 months
#16	Johns Hopkins University	PhD Concentration in Health Economics & Policy	60 months
#16	Johns Hopkins University	PhD in Health and Public Policy	60 months
#17	University of California, Los Angeles	Doctor of Philosophy in Biostatistics	48 months
#17	University of California, Los Angeles	Doctor of Philosophy in Community Health Sciences	96 months
#17	University of California, Los Angeles	Doctor of Philosophy in Environmental Health Sciences	48 months
#17	University of California, Los Angeles	Doctor of Philosophy in Epidemiology	60 months
#17	University of California, Los Angeles	Doctor of Philosophy in Health Policy and Management	48 months
#17	University of California, Los Angeles	Doctor of Public Health (Dr.Ph.) \| Doctor of Philosophy	48 months
#19	University of Michigan--Ann Arbor	Doctor of Philosophy in Environmental Health Sciences	60 months
#19	University of Michigan--Ann Arbor	Doctor of Philosophy in Epidemiologic Science	60 months
#19	University of Michigan--Ann Arbor	Doctor of Philosophy in Health Behavior and Health Education	30 months
#19	University of Michigan--Ann Arbor	Doctor of Philosophy in Health Infrastructures & Learning Systems	60 months
#19	University of Michigan--Ann Arbor	Doctor of Philosophy in Health Management and Policy	60 months
#19	University of Michigan--Ann Arbor	Doctor of Philosophy in Oral Health Sciences	72 months
#19	University of Michigan--Ann Arbor	PhD in Biostatistics	24 months
#22	Duke University	Doctor of Philosophy in Biostatistics	60 months
#22	Duke University	Doctor of Philosophy in Integrated Biostatistics and Bioinformatics	60 months
#22	Duke University	Doctor of Philosophy in Population Health Sciences	24 months
#23	Northwestern University	Health Sciences Integrated PhD Program (HSIP)	60 months
#24	New York University	Doctor of Philosophy in Biostatistics	71 months
#24	New York University	Doctor of Philosophy in Public Health	84 months
#24	New York University	Doctor of Philosophy of Environmental Health Sciences
#24	New York University	Epidemiology PhD Training Program	60 months
#25	University of Washington	Doctor of Philosophy in Biostatistics	60 months
#25	University of Washington	Doctor of Philosophy in Global Health	60 months
#25	University of Washington	Doctor of Philosophy in Global Health Metrics and Implementation Science	72 months
#25	University of Washington	Doctor of Philosophy in Health Services	60 months
#25	University of Washington	PhD in Epidemiology	60 months
#25	University of Washington	Public Health - Environmental & Occupational Health Sci - Env & Occ Hygiene (PhD)	72 months
#25	University of Washington	Public Health - Environmental & Occupational Health Sci - Toxicology (PhD)	72 months
#25	University of Washington	Public Health - Public Health Genetics (PhD)	72 months
#26	University of California San Diego	Doctor of Philosophy in Biostatistics	60 months
#26	University of California San Diego	Doctor of Philosophy in Public Health	84 months
#30	Brown University	Doctor of Philosophy in Behavioral and Social Health Sciences	60 months
#30	Brown University	Doctor of Philosophy in Biostatistics	60 months
#30	Brown University	Doctor of Philosophy in Epidemiology	60 months
#30	Brown University	Doctor of Philosophy in Health Services Research	60 months
#30	Brown University	Doctor of Philosophy in Health Services, Policy, and Practice	60 months
#31	The University of Texas at Austin	Doctor of Philosophy (Doctorate) degree in Health Behavior and Health Education
#35	University of North Carolina--Chapel Hill	Doctor of Philosophy and Medical Doctorate in Biostatistics	72 months
#35	University of North Carolina--Chapel Hill	Doctor of Philosophy in Biostatistics	72 months
#35	University of North Carolina--Chapel Hill	Doctor of Philosophy in Epidemiology
#35	University of North Carolina--Chapel Hill	Doctor of Philosophy in Health Behavior	60 months
#35	University of North Carolina--Chapel Hill	Doctor of Philosophy in Maternal and Child Health	60 months
#35	University of North Carolina--Chapel Hill	Doctor of Philosophy in Public Health in Health Policy and Management	60 months
#35	University of North Carolina--Chapel Hill	Executive Doctoral Program in Health Leadership	36 months
#35	University of North Carolina--Chapel Hill	Master of Public Health\|Doctor of Philosophy in Health Behavior	60 months
#36	Washington University in St. Louis	Doctor of Philosophy in Public Health Sciences
#38	University of Wisconsin--Madison	Doctor of Philosophy in Epidemiology	60 months
#38	University of Wisconsin--Madison	Doctor of Philosophy in Physical Activity Epidemiology
#38	University of Wisconsin--Madison	Doctor of Philosophy in Population Health
#38	University of Wisconsin--Madison	PhD in Statistics - Biostatistics Degree Option	60 months
#39	Purdue University--West Lafayette	Doctor of Philosophy Degree Consumer Health Concentration	48 months
#39	Purdue University--West Lafayette	Doctor of Philosophy in Public Health and Education	72 months
#39	Purdue University--West Lafayette	Doctor of Philosophy in the discipline of Occupational Health Sciences (Industrial Hygiene)	60 months
#40	Pennsylvania State University--University Park	Doctor of Philosophy in Biobehavioral Health	60 months
#40	Pennsylvania State University--University Park	Doctor of Philosophy in Biostatistics	48 months
#40	Pennsylvania State University--University Park	Doctor of Philosophy in Health Policy
#40	Pennsylvania State University--University Park	Doctor of Public Health (Dr.P.H.)	48 months

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Remaining programs in this cohort
Rank	University	Program	Duration
#40	Pennsylvania State University--University Park	Master of Arts and Doctor of Philosophy in Health Policy and Administration and Demography
#42	University of Southern California	Doctor of Philosophy in Biostatistics
#42	University of Southern California	Doctor of Philosophy in Epidemiology
#42	University of Southern California	Doctor of Philosophy in Health Behavior Research	60 months
#42	University of Southern California	PhD in Population, Health and Place
#43	Emory University	Doctor of Philosophy in Behavioral Sciences and Health Education	48 months
#43	Emory University	Doctor of Philosophy in Environmental Health Sciences	60 months
#43	Emory University	Doctor of Philosophy in Epidemiology	60 months
#43	Emory University	Doctor of Philosophy in health services research and health policy	60 months
#43	Emory University	PhD in Biostatistics	60 months
#47	Dartmouth College	Doctor of Philosophy in Health Policy and Clinical Practice	60 months
#52	Vanderbilt University	Doctor of Philosophy in Biostatistics	60 months
#52	Vanderbilt University	PhD Program in Epidemiology	48 months
#61	University of Rochester	Doctor of Philosophy in Epidemiology	60 months
#61	University of Rochester	Doctor of Philosophy in Health Services Research and Policy
#62	University of California, Davis	Doctor of Philosophy in Biostatistics	72 months
#62	University of California, Davis	Public Health Sciences PhD	24 months
#64	University of Maryland, College Park	Doctor of Philosophy in Behavioral and Community Health
#64	University of Maryland, College Park	Doctor of Philosophy in Environmental Health Sciences
#64	University of Maryland, College Park	Doctor of Philosophy in Epidemiology
#64	University of Maryland, College Park	Doctor of Philosophy in Family Science	48 months
#64	University of Maryland, College Park	Doctor of Philosophy in Health Services Research
#64	University of Maryland, College Park	Doctor of Philosophy in Maternal and Child Health
#64	University of Maryland, College Park	PhD, Mathematical Statistics With a Concentration in Biostatistics and Bioinformatics
#65	University of California--Irvine	Doctor of philosophy in Environmental Epidemiology	60 months
#65	University of California--Irvine	Doctor of philosophy in Epidemiology	60 months
#65	University of California--Irvine	Doctor of Philosophy in Public Health	36 months
#72	University of Minnesota--Twin Cities	Doctor of Philosophy in Biostatistics	60 months
#72	University of Minnesota--Twin Cities	Doctor of Philosophy in Environmental Health
#72	University of Minnesota--Twin Cities	Doctor of Philosophy in Epidemiology (Clinical\|Biological Epidemiology)	60 months
#72	University of Minnesota--Twin Cities	Doctor of Philosophy in Health Informatics
#72	University of Minnesota--Twin Cities	Doctor of Philosophy in Health Services Research, Policy, and Administration
#72	University of Minnesota--Twin Cities	Epidemiology PhD	60 months
#75	University of Pittsburgh	Doctor of Philosophy in Biostatistics	60 months
#75	University of Pittsburgh	Doctor of Philosophy in Environmental and Occupational Health
#75	University of Pittsburgh	Doctor of Philosophy in Health Services Research and Policy
#75	University of Pittsburgh	Doctor of Philosophy: Behavioral and Community Health Sciences
#75	University of Pittsburgh	Doctor of Public Health (DrPH): Behavioral and Community Health Sciences	24 months
#75	University of Pittsburgh	Doctor of Public Health (DrPH): environmental health sciences
#75	University of Pittsburgh	PhD in Epidemiology	72 months
#81	Rutgers University--New Brunswick	Doctor of Philosophy in Biostatistics	84 months
#81	Rutgers University--New Brunswick	Doctor of Philosophy in Environmental and Occupational Health	84 months
#81	Rutgers University--New Brunswick	Doctor of Philosophy in Epidemiology	84 months
#81	Rutgers University--New Brunswick	Doctor of Philosophy in Health Sciences	120 months
#81	Rutgers University--New Brunswick	Doctor of Philosophy in Health Systems & Policy	84 months
#81	Rutgers University--New Brunswick	Doctor of Philosophy in Social and Behavioral Health Sciences
#81	Rutgers University--New Brunswick	Doctor of Philosophy in the Health Sciences: Specialization in Psychiatric Rehabilitation
#81	Rutgers University--New Brunswick	Doctor of Public Health (DrPH) in Biostatistics	72 months
#81	Rutgers University--New Brunswick	Doctor of Public Health (DrPH) in Environmental and Occupational Health	72 months
#81	Rutgers University--New Brunswick	Doctor of Public Health (DrPH) in Epidemiology
#81	Rutgers University--New Brunswick	Doctor of Public Health (DrPH) in Social and Behavioral Health Sciences	84 months
#84	University of Massachusetts--Amherst	Doctor of Philosophy in Biostatistics	48 months
#84	University of Massachusetts--Amherst	Doctor of Philosophy in Community Health Education
#84	University of Massachusetts--Amherst	Doctor of Philosophy in Environmental Health Sciences	72 months
#84	University of Massachusetts--Amherst	Doctor of Philosophy in Epidemiology	24 months
#84	University of Massachusetts--Amherst	Doctor of Philosophy in Health Policy and Management
#85	Boston University	Doctor of Philosophy in Biostatistics	60 months
#85	Boston University	Doctor of Philosophy in Environmental Health
#85	Boston University	Doctor of Philosophy in Epidemiology	84 months
#85	Boston University	Doctor of Philosophy in Health Services Research
#85	Boston University	Doctor of Public Health	60 months
#85	Boston University	Doctor of Public Health (DrPH) in Health Law, Policy & Management	60 months
#85	Boston University	Doctor of Science in Dentistry in Dental Public Health	36 months
#93	Texas A&M University--College Station	Doctor of Philosophy in Health Education
#93	Texas A&M University--College Station	Doctor of Philosophy in Health Services Research
#93	Texas A&M University--College Station	Doctor of Public Health
#95	Ohio State University--Columbus	Doctor of Philosophy in Environmental Health Sciences
#95	Ohio State University--Columbus	Doctor of Philosophy in Epidemiology
#95	Ohio State University--Columbus	Doctor of Philosophy in Food Animal Health Research
#95	Ohio State University--Columbus	Doctor of Philosophy in Health Behavior and Health Promotion
#95	Ohio State University--Columbus	Doctor of Philosophy in Health Services Management and Policy
#95	Ohio State University--Columbus	Doctor of Philosophy-Public Health	96 months
#95	Ohio State University--Columbus	Interdisciplinary Doctor of Philosophy in Biostatistics
#96	University of Florida	Doctor of Philosophy in Biostatistics
#96	University of Florida	Doctor of Philosophy in Epidemiology
#96	University of Florida	Doctor of Philosophy in Health Education & Behavior
#96	University of Florida	Doctor of Philosophy in Health Outcomes & Policy
#96	University of Florida	Doctor of Philosophy in Health Services Research
#96	University of Florida	Doctor of Philosophy in One Health
#96	University of Florida	Doctor of Philosophy in Public Health (Social and Behavioral Science)
#96	University of Florida	PhD in environmental health science
#96	University of Florida	PhD in Public Health (Health Services Research Concentration)
#99	University of Georgia	Doctor of Philosophy in Environmental Health
#99	University of Georgia	Doctor of Philosophy in Epidemiology	60 months
#99	University of Georgia	Doctor of Philosophy in Health Promotion	48 months
#99	University of Georgia	Doctor of Philosophy in Pharmaceutical Health Services, Outcomes and Policy
#99	University of Georgia	Doctor of Public Health	48 months
#99	University of Georgia	PhD in Epidemiology & Biostatistics
#126	Indiana University--Bloomington	Doctor of Philosophy in Biostatistics	120 months
#126	Indiana University--Bloomington	Doctor of Philosophy in Environmental Health
#126	Indiana University--Bloomington	Doctor of Philosophy in Epidemiology
#126	Indiana University--Bloomington	Doctor of Philosophy in Health Behavior
#126	Indiana University--Bloomington	Doctor of Philosophy in Human Performance
#126	Indiana University--Bloomington	Doctor of Philosophy in Leisure Behavior
#183	University of Illinois--Chicago	PhD in Biostatistics	72 months
#191	University of Connecticut	Doctor of Philosophy in Health Promotion Sciences	48 months
#191	University of Connecticut	PhD in Public Health
#201–250	Case Western Reserve University	Doctor of Philosophy in Epidemiology & Biostatistics
#201–250	Northeastern University	Doctor of Philosophy in Environment and Health
#201–250	Northeastern University	Doctor of Philosophy in Personal Health Informatics	60 months
#201–250	Northeastern University	Doctor of Philosophy in Population Health
#201–250	Northeastern University	Jurum Doctor (JD) and Master of Science in Public Health	40 months
#251–300	Stony Brook University--SUNY	PhD in Population Health and Clinical Outcomes Research	24 months
#251–300	University of Miami	PhD in Biostatistics
#251–300	University of Miami	PhD in Epidemiology
#301–400	George Washington University	Doctor of Philosophy in Epidemiology
#301–400	George Washington University	Doctor of Philosophy in Translational Health Sciences	36 months
#301–400	George Washington University	Doctor of Philosophy Social and Behavioral Sciences in Public Health
#301–400	George Washington University	PhD in Global Public Health Sciences	36 months
#301–400	Tulane University	Doctor of Philosophy in Biostatistics
#301–400	Tulane University	Doctor of Philosophy in Epidemiology	84 months
#301–400	Tulane University	Doctor of Philosophy in Global Environmental Health Sciences	84 months
#301–400	Tulane University	Doctor of Philosophy in Global Health Management and Policy
#301–400	Tulane University	Doctor of Public Health in Global Community Health and Behavioral Sciences	60 months
#301–400	University at Buffalo--SUNY	Doctor of Philosophy in Biostatistics	60 months
#301–400	University at Buffalo--SUNY	Doctor of Philosophy in Community Health and Health Behavior
#301–400	University at Buffalo--SUNY	Doctor of Philosophy in Epidemiology
#301–400	University of Kansas	PhD in Biostatistics
#301–400	University of Iowa	Doctor of Philosophy in Agricultural Safety and Health
#301–400	University of Iowa	Doctor of Philosophy in Biostatistics	60 months
#301–400	University of Iowa	Doctor of Philosophy in Community and Behavioral Health
#301–400	University of Iowa	Doctor of Philosophy in Epidemiology
#301–400	University of Iowa	Doctor of Philosophy in Health Services and Policy
#301–400	University of Iowa	Doctor of Philosophy in Occupational and Environmental Health	60 months
#301–400	University of Iowa	PhD in Health Services Research	60 months
#401–500	Florida State University	Doctor of Philosophy in biostatistics	60 months
#401–500	University of Delaware	PhD in Health Behavior Science and Promotion
	Baylor University	Doctor of Philosophy in Health Services Research	48 months
	Clemson University	Doctor of Philosophy in Applied Health Research and Evaluation	96 months
	Drexel University	Doctor of Health Science
	Drexel University	Doctor of Philosophy in Epidemiology	24 months
	Drexel University	Doctor of Philosophy in Health Services Research and Policy	36 months
	Drexel University	Doctor of Public Health in Community Health and Prevention
	Drexel University	Doctor of Public Health in Health Management and Policy
	Saint Louis University	Doctor of Philosophy in Health Care Ethics
	Saint Louis University	Doctor of Philosophy in Public Health
	Southern Methodist University	PhD Degree in Biostatistics	36 months
	Texas Christian University	Doctor of Philosophy in Health Sciences	36 months
	The University of Alabama at Birmingham	PhD: Biostatistics
	University of California--San Francisco	Doctoral Program in Epidemiology & Translational Science	60 months
	University of Cincinnati	Doctor of Philosophy in Biostatistics	108 months
	University of Oklahoma	Doctor of Philosophy in Health Promotion
	University of Oklahoma	Doctor of Philosophy in Human Health and Biology
	University of Oklahoma	Doctor of Philosophy in Occupational and Environmental Health
	University of Oklahoma	PhD in Biostatistics	48 months
	University of South Carolina	PhD in Biostatistics
	University of South Carolina	PhD in Environmental Health Sciences	96 months
	University of Texas Health Science Center	Doctor of Philosophy in Epidemiology
	University of Texas Health Science Center	PhD in Biostatistics	60 months
	University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center	PhD in Biostatistics
	Virginia Commonwealth University	PhD in Biostatistics

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