2025 Best Epidemiology Doctor's Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region

Epidemiology is of the hottest doctor's degree programs in the United States, coming in as the #74 most popular major in the country. This makes choosing the right school a hard decision.

In 2025, College Factual analyzed 2 schools in order to identify the top ones for its Best Epidemiology Doctor's Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region ranking. Combined, these schools handed out 44 doctor's degrees in epidemiology to qualified students.

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Other Factors We Consider

In addition to the above, you should consider some of the following factors:

• Major Focus - How many resources a school devotes to epidemiology students as compared to other majors.
• Major Demand - The number of epidemiology students who choose to seek a doctor's degree at the school.
• Educational Resources - The amount of money and other resources allocated to students while they are pursuing their degree. These resources include such things as number of students per instructor and education expenditures per student.
• Accreditation - Whether a school is regionally accredited and/or accredited by a recognized epidemiology related body.

Our full ranking methodology documents in more detail how we consider these factors to identify the best colleges for epidemiology students working on their doctor's degree.

One Size Does Not Fit All

When choosing the right school for you, it's important to arm yourself with all the facts you can. To that end, we've created a number of major-specific rankings, including this Best Epidemiology Doctor's Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region list to help you make the college decision.

Best Schools for Doctorate Students to Study Epidemiology in the Great Lakes Region

The following list ranks the best colleges and universities for pursuing a doctor's degree in epidemiology.

Top Great Lakes Region Schools for a Doctorate in Epidemiology

1

University of Michigan - Ann Arbor
Ann Arbor, MI

Doctor's Degree Highest Degree Type

11 Annual Graduates

It is hard to beat University of Michigan - Ann Arbor if you want to pursue a doctor's degree in epidemiology. U-M is a very large public university located in the medium-sized city of Ann Arbor.More information about a doctorate in epidemiology from University of Michigan - Ann Arbor

2

Michigan State University
East Lansing, MI

Doctor's Degree Highest Degree Type

8 Annual Graduates

Michigan State University is a good decision for students interested in a doctor's degree in epidemiology. Located in the small city of East Lansing, Michigan State is a public university with a very large student population.More information about a doctorate in epidemiology from Michigan State University

Best Epidemiology Colleges by State

Explore the best epidemiology schools for a specific state in the Great Lakes Region .

State	Colleges	Degrees Awarded
Michigan	257	17
Ohio	253	6
Indiana	202	7
Wisconsin	163	4

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Rankings in Majors Related to Epidemiology

Epidemiology is one of 12 different types of Ecology, Evolution & Systematics Biology programs to choose from.

Majors Similar to Epidemiology

Related Major	Annual Graduates
Evolutionary Biology	38
Ecology	10
Evolutionary Biology	5
Environmental Biology	3

Notes and References

• The bars on the spread charts above show the distribution of the schools on this list +/- one standard deviation from the mean.
• The Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS) from the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES), a branch of the U.S. Department of Education (DOE) serves as the core of the rest of our data about colleges.
• Some other college data, including much of the graduate earnings data, comes from the U.S. Department of Education’s (College Scorecard).
• Credit for the banner image above goes to Ernst Haeckel. More about our data sources and methodologies.