2022 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for General Health & Wellness (Income $0-$30k) in the Southeast Region

It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. College Factual was founded, in part, to help students make the decision as to what would be the best school for them. Our “Best Value Health and Wellness Schools for a Master’s in the Southeast Region For Those Making $0-$30k” ranking is part of that endeavor.

General Health & Wellness is the 159th most popular major in the country with 5,006 degrees awarded in 2019-2020.

Across the Southeast region, there were 402 general health and wellness graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 51 general health and wellness graduates with average earnings and debt of $53,950 and $43,286 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Health and Wellness Schools for a Master’s in the Southeast Region For Those Making $0-$30k” ranking looked at 4 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in general health and wellness. This ranking identifies schools with high-quality general health and wellness programs that also have a lower cost than schools of similar quality.

Some of the factors we look at when determining these rankings are overall quality of the general health and wellness program at the school and the cost of the school after aid is awarded among other things. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.

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Best Value Health and Wellness Schools for a Master’s in the Southeast Region For Those Making $0-$30k

The colleges and universities below are the best for southeast region master’s degree health and wellness students whose families make $0-$30k.

Top 4 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for General Health & Wellness (Income $0-$30k) in the Southeast Region

#1

University of the Cumberlands

Williamsburg, Kentucky

#3 in overall quality

$4,582 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of the Cumberlands. The school came in at #1 for the Best Value Health and Wellness Schools for a Master’s in the Southeast Region For Those Making $0-$30k. Cumberlands is a private not-for-profit institution located in Williamsburg, Kentucky. The school has a fairly large population, and it awarded 12 masters’s degrees in 2019-2020.

Cumberlands also made our “Best General Health & Wellness Master’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” list, coming in at #3. Average graduate tuition and fees at University of the Cumberlands are $4,582, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Read more about General Health & Wellness at University of the Cumberlands

#2

Tulane University of Louisiana

New Orleans, Louisiana

#1 in overall quality

$61,176 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Tulane University of Louisiana. The school came in at #2 for the Best Value Health and Wellness Schools for a Master’s in the Southeast Region For Those Making $0-$30k. Tulane is a fairly large school located in New Orleans, Louisiana that handed out 10 masters’s health and wellness degrees in 2019-2020.

Tulane also took the #1 spot in our “Best General Health & Wellness Master’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at Tulane are $61,176, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Read more about General Health & Wellness at Tulane

#3

University of Alabama at Birmingham

Birmingham, Alabama

$19,188 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Alabama at Birmingham. The school came in at #3 for the Best Value Health and Wellness Schools for a Master’s in the Southeast Region For Those Making $0-$30k. University of Alabama at Birmingham is a large school located in Birmingham, Alabama that handed out 7 masters’s health and wellness degrees in 2019-2020.

UAB did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #0 on our “Best General Health & Wellness Master’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at University of Alabama at Birmingham are $19,188, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Full University of Alabama at Birmingham General Health & Wellness Report

#4

Georgia College & State University

Milledgeville, Georgia

#2 in overall quality

$20,868 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Georgia College & State University. It ranked #4 on our 2022 Best Value Health and Wellness Schools for a Master’s in the Southeast Region For Those Making $0-$30k list. This medium-sized school is located in Milledgeville, Georgia, and it awarded 22 masters’s health and wellness degrees in 2019-2020.

Georgia College did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #2 on our “Best General Health & Wellness Master’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at Georgia College & State University are $20,868, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Full Georgia College & State University General Health & Wellness Report

• Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for General Health & Wellness (Income $0-$30k)

Notes and References

References

• 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 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).
• Information about the national average student loan default rate is from the U.S. Department of Education and refers to data about the 2016 borrower cohort tracking period for which the cohort default rate (CDR) was 10.1%.

Read more about our data sources and methodologies

Footnotes

• *Average salary, average net price, and average tuition and fees are for the top schools only.
• Some schools otherwise deserving of recognition may have been removed from this ranking in the event that new data identified post-publication warranted it, or at the request of the school.

Credits

• Credit for the banner image above goes to Sandra M. Palumbo.

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