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CIP 51.2201 · CLASSIFICATION 2020

Public Health, General.

A program that generally prepares individuals to plan, manage, and evaluate public health care services; to function as public health professionals in public agencies, the private sector, and other settings; and to provide leadership in the field of public health. Includes instruction in epidemiology, biostatistics, public health principles, preventive medicine, health policy and regulations, health care services and related administrative functions, public health law enforcement, health economics and budgeting, public communications, and professional standards and ethics.

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These institutions reported at least one first-major completion in this field in the connected reporting years ending 2025, 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020. This shows historical award activity, not a complete list of available programs or an assurance that a course is accepting applications.

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Sources: NCES CIP 2020 classification and C2023_A.zip, C2024_A.zip, C2025_A.zip, C2020_A.zip, C2021_A.zip, C2022_A.zip, C2024_A.zip.

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Connected Public Health, General award observations

Each row describes one ending year and award level for CIP 51.2201. Institution counts overlap across levels and years. Award counts are historical first-major awards, not unique people, available places, programme quality or a graduation rate.

Year endingAward levelReporting institutionsPositive awards
2025Certificate 1–2 years425
2025Associate degree30633
2025Bachelor degree27511,082
2025Postbaccalaureate certificate81885
2025Master degree29510,586
2025Post-master certificate7105
2025Doctorate — research59572
2025Doctorate — professional practice993
2025Doctorate — other326
2025Certificate under 12 weeks222
2025Certificate 12 weeks to under 1 year21536
2024Certificate 1–2 years210
2024Associate degree30547
2024Bachelor degree24810,406
2024Postbaccalaureate certificate79834
2024Master degree28911,920
2024Post-master certificate7110
2024Doctorate — research59739
2024Doctorate — professional practice861
2024Doctorate — other115
2024Certificate under 12 weeks118
2024Certificate 12 weeks to under 1 year15167
2023Certificate 1–2 years27
2023Associate degree28411
2023Certificate 2–4 years12
2023Bachelor degree23410,917
2023Postbaccalaureate certificate75821
2023Master degree28612,282
2023Post-master certificate696
2023Doctorate — research56515
2023Doctorate — professional practice960
2023Doctorate — other19
2023Certificate under 12 weeks3101
2023Certificate 12 weeks to under 1 year1187
2022Certificate 1–2 years320
2022Associate degree28349
2022Bachelor degree21210,768
2022Postbaccalaureate certificate73845
2022Master degree26211,688
2022Post-master certificate473
2022Doctorate — research54527
2022Doctorate — professional practice978
2022Doctorate — other16
2022Certificate under 12 weeks212
2022Certificate 12 weeks to under 1 year633
2021Certificate 1–2 years23
2021Associate degree27272
2021Bachelor degree2109,882
2021Postbaccalaureate certificate65874
2021Master degree25310,838
2021Post-master certificate675
2021Doctorate — research57519
2021Doctorate — professional practice740
2021Doctorate — other110
2021Certificate under 12 weeks15
2021Certificate 12 weeks to under 1 year543
2020Certificate 1–2 years16
2020Associate degree25280
2020Bachelor degree1898,459
2020Postbaccalaureate certificate66740
2020Master degree24510,324
2020Post-master certificate694
2020Doctorate — research54530
2020Doctorate — professional practice627
2020Doctorate — other18
2020Certificate 12 weeks to under 1 year426

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Institutions with reported graduates

531 institutions

NY · Four-year

University at Albany ↗

Albany, NY · Public

Bachelor degree: 58 first-major awards · year ending 2025.

Master degree: 101 first-major awards · year ending 2025.

Post-master certificate: 24 first-major awards · year ending 2025.

Doctorate — professional practice: 5 first-major awards · year ending 2025.

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