The Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health has again been recognized as the top public health school in the nation by its peer schools and programs, as reported by U.S. News & World Report. The Bloomberg School has held the #1 spot since the rankings began in 1994.
This year’s U.S. News & World Report rankings include 219 public health schools and programs accredited by the Council on Education for Public Health. The U.S. News rankings survey is sent to leaders of the accredited schools and programs, and the ranking is based on a single question about the academic quality of each public health school or program.
“While this news comes to us at a time when our community is facing hardship and change, it is always an honor to be held in such high esteem by our outstanding public health peers. The recognition arriving at this moment serves as a reminder of the importance and value of what we do as a School and a field,” said Dean Ellen J. MacKenzie, PhD, ScM. “As we manage change and challenges, we remain deeply committed to our mission. Educating future public health leaders has never been more important.”
The Bloomberg School has been named by peers as leading the fields of:
- #1 Environmental Health Sciences
- #1 Epidemiology
- #1 Health Policy and Management
- #1 Social and Behavioral Sciences
- #1 Biostatistics
In addition, the Master of Health Administration program was rated #3, up four spots from the previous ranking. The program has been consistently ranked in the top 10 since 2015. The MHA program has been a CAHME-accredited program since 1992.
Established at Johns Hopkins University more than a century ago, the Bloomberg School is the nation’s oldest and largest school of public health. It currently instructs more than 3,100 students and employs more than 1,900 faculty members. With 28,000-plus alumni and work in more than 180 countries, the School has unique impact and reach.
Here are a few of the School’s highlights from the past year:
- The Bloomberg American Health Initiative continues to address the most pressing health challenges in the U.S., with 388 Bloomberg Fellows representing 318 collaborating organizations that include law enforcement agencies, libraries, community-based organizations, and local health departments.
- The School’s researchers remain on the cutting edge of tracking and addressing infectious diseases from malaria to bird flu to sleeping sickness.
- Working closely with residents of a Baltimore neighborhood, scientists from the School confirmed the presence of dangerous coal dust in a study that can be replicated in other heavily industrial areas.
- Researchers launched Hopkins Judicial Health Notes, a new tool that evaluates the health implications of critical court cases.
- The Cochlear Center for Hearing and Public Health at the School released an app that makes it free, fast, and easy to test one’s hearing in each ear as part of a public health campaign to raise awareness about the importance of monitoring, protecting, and optimizing hearing at all ages.
- Researchers demonstrated that small amounts of exercise lead to reductions in dementia risk, published an important study on ongoing issues of racial bias with pulse oximeters, and revealed that ultraprocessed foods account for more than half of calories consumed at home.
- A new Office of Continuing and Executive Education was launched at the School. It will include new non-degree/non-credit offerings to reach a diverse array of learners from all corners of the globe and all stages and walks of life.
- The School is playing a key role in Johns Hopkins University’s new Data Science and AI Institute, with the Department of Biostatistics leading the way on harnessing the power of AI while ensuring its responsible and principled use.
- The School remains dedicated to communicating about public health, serving as a trusted source through a wide array of channels including the website, magazine, Expert Insights and Global Health NOW newsletters, social media, videos, Public Health On Call podcast, and the media.
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For more information, contact Robin Scullin rsculli1@jhu.edu or Kris Henry khenry39@jhu.edu.