UCLA Fielding rises in national rankings to #8 in U.S. News & World Report’s 2025 Best Public Health Schools

The 2025 U.S. News & World Report list of Best Public Health Schools ranks the UCLA Fielding School of Public Health (UCLA Fielding) at number 8 (tied) in the country.

This year's rankings include 219 public health schools and programs accredited by the Council on Education for Public Health. In addition to school-and-program-level rankings, five specialties areas were assessed — UCLA Fielding is ranked in the top ten in every category.

To follow are UCLA Fielding’s 2025 U.S. News & World Report rankings, based on peer nominations:

• UCLA Fielding School of Public Health # 8 (tied)
  • Biostatistics # 9
  • Environmental Health Sciences # 9
  • Epidemiology # 8
  • Health Policy and Management # 7
  • Social and Behavioral Sciences # 7

“We are pleased that the 2025 U.S News & World Report rankings for the Best Public Health Schools acknowledge the excellence of the UCLA Fielding School of Public Health’s faculty, students, and staff. Although the methodology of the rankings is far from perfect, it is an honor to be recognized by our academic public health peers,” said UCLA Fielding School of Public Health dean and distinguished professor of biostatistics Dr. Ron Brookmeyer. “Our school provides students with cutting edge public health training from world-renowned faculty, and the opportunity to meaningfully engage in research and fieldwork in Los Angeles and around the globe. The success of UCLA Fielding is due to the commitment of our faculty, students, staff, alumni, partners, friends, and supporters.”

UCLA’s unified campus is an ideal environment for multidisciplinary collaboration — the schools of public health, medicine, law, nursing, management, public policy, dentistry, engineering and more are all co-located — and Los Angeles is a model setting to address public health challenges confronting our global community today. Home to a broad range of industries as well as 10 million residents who speak an estimated 224 languages, Los Angeles offers unparalleled opportunities for public health learning, teaching, research, and service.