2022 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for International Public Health/International Health (Income $75-$110k) in the Southeast Region

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In 2019-2020, 1,540 people earned their degree in international public health/international health, making the major the 426th most popular in the United States.

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.

For this year’s “Best Value International Public Health/International Health Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region For Those Making $75-$110k” ranking, we looked at 2 colleges that offer a degree in international public health/international health. The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great international public health/international health programs and 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. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.

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Best Value International Public Health/International Health Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region For Those Making $75-$110k

The colleges and universities below are the best for southeast region bachelor’s degree international public health/international health students whose families make $75-$110k.

Top 2 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for International Public Health/International Health (Income $75-$110k) in the Southeast Region

#1

Duke University

Durham, North Carolina

#1 in overall quality

$18,375 Average Net Price

Out of the 2 schools in the Best Value International Public Health/International Health Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region For Those Making $75-$110k that were part of this year’s ranking, Duke University landed the #1 spot on the list. This fairly large school is located in Durham, North Carolina, and it awarded 47 bachelors’s international public health/international health degrees in 2019-2020.

Duke not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #1 on our “Best International Public Health/International Health Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” list. The yearly cost to attend Duke is $18,375 for Southeast Region Bachelor’s Degree International Public Health/International Health students whose families make $75-$110k.

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. Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 97%. The student loan default rate at the school is 0.9%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.

Full Duke University International Public Health/International Health Report

#2

Mercer University

Macon, Georgia

#2 in overall quality

$23,301 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 $75-$110k list. Macon, Georgia is the setting for this medium-sized institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out bachelors’s international public health/international health degrees to 31 students 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. It costs about $23,301 for Southeast Region Bachelor’s Degree International Public Health/International Health students whose families make $75-$110k per year to attend Mercer University.

Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 87%. The low student loan default rate of 4.4% 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%.

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

• Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for International Public Health/International Health (Income $75-$110k)

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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