2022 Best Value International Public Health/International Health Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region For Those Making $30-$48k

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International Public Health/International Health is the 426th most popular major in the country with 1,540 degrees awarded in 2019-2020.

Across the Southeast region, there were 250 international public health/international health graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 78 international public health/international health graduates with average earnings and debt of $36,277 and $25,415 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value International Public Health/International Health Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region For Those Making $30-$48k” ranking analyzed 2 colleges that offered a degree in international public health/international health. Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent international public health/international health programs, but they also cost less that schools of similar quality.

To come up with these rankings, we looked at factors such as the cost to attend the school after aid is awarded and overall quality of the international public health/international health program at the school. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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Best Value International Public Health/International Health Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region For Those Making $30-$48k

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value International Public Health/International Health Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region For Those Making $30-$48k.

Top 2 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for International Public Health/International Health (Income $30-$48k) in the Southeast Region

#1

Duke University

Durham, North Carolina

#1 in overall quality

$-1,314 Average Net Price

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Duke University. The school came in at #1 for the Best Value International Public Health/International Health Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region For Those Making $30-$48k. Duke is a private not-for-profit institution located in Durham, North Carolina. The school has a fairly large population, and it awarded 47 bachelors’s degrees in 2019-2020.

Duke also made our “Best International Public Health/International Health Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” list, coming in at #1. The yearly cost to attend Duke is $-1,314 for Southeast Region Bachelor’s Degree International Public Health/International Health students whose families make $30-$48k. A negative average net price may seem strange, but it generally means that financial aid will more than cover the cost to attend the school.

The low student loan default rate of 0.9% is a good sign that students have an easier time paying off their loans than they might at other schools. For comparison, the national default rate is 10.1%. The impressive student-to-faculty ratio of 6 to 1 means that students may have more opportunities to work more closely with their professors than they would at other schools. With a freshman retention rate of 97%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its students.

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#2

Mercer University

Macon, Georgia

#2 in overall quality

$19,479 Average Net Price

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Mercer University. It ranked #2 on our 2022 Best Value International Public Health/International Health Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region For Those Making $30-$48k list. Mercer is a private not-for-profit institution located in Macon, Georgia. The school has a medium-sized population, and it awarded 31 bachelors’s degrees in 2019-2020.

Mercer also took the #2 spot in our “Best International Public Health/International Health Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” ranking. The yearly cost to attend Mercer University is $19,479 for Southeast Region Bachelor’s Degree International Public Health/International Health students whose families make $30-$48k.

The school has an impressive student loan default rate. It’s only 4.4%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%. Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 87%.

Read full report on International Public Health/International Health at Mercer

• Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for International Public Health/International Health (Income $30-$48k)

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.

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