2022 Best Value General Public Health Schools for an Associate in Maryland For Those Making $0-$30k

With all of the options students have for higher education today, it can be tough to choose which direction to take. One of our goals at College Factual is to give you as much information as we can - such as our “Best Value General Public Health Schools for an Associate in Maryland For Those Making $0-$30k” ranking - to help you make that decision.

In 2019-2020, 20,721 people earned their degree in general public health, making the major the 42nd most popular in the United States.

Across Maryland, there were 799 general public health graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the associate degree level specifically, there were 7 general public health graduates with average earnings and debt of $37,858 and $15,601 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value General Public Health Schools for an Associate in Maryland For Those Making $0-$30k” ranking looked at 2 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in general public health. Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent general public health programs, but they also cost less that schools of similar quality.

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

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Best Value General Public Health Schools for an Associate in Maryland For Those Making $0-$30k

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value General Public Health Schools for an Associate in Maryland For Those Making $0-$30k.

Top 2 Best Value Associate Degree Colleges for General Public Health (Income $0-$30k) in Maryland

#1

Cecil College

North East, Maryland

#2 in overall quality

$6,229 Average Net Price

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Cecil College. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value General Public Health Schools for an Associate in Maryland For Those Making $0-$30k list. North East, Maryland is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The public school handed out associates’s general public health degrees to 3 students in 2019-2020.

Cecil College did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #2 on our “Best General Public Health Associate Degree Schools in Maryland” list. The yearly cost to attend Cecil College is $6,229 for Maryland Associate Degree General Public Health students whose families make $0-$30k.

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#2

Anne Arundel Community College

Arnold, Maryland

#1 in overall quality

$12,471 Average Net Price

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Anne Arundel Community College. It ranked #2 on our 2022 Best Value General Public Health Schools for an Associate in Maryland For Those Making $0-$30k list. Located in Arnold, Maryland, this fairly large public school awarded 4 diplomas to qualified associates’s general public health students in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at AACC, the school also landed the #1 spot in our “Best General Public Health Associate Degree Schools in Maryland” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for AACC is $12,471 for Maryland Associate Degree General Public Health students whose families make $0-$30k.

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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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