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

Students have lots of options to chooose from today when trying to decide which college to attend. 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 General Public Health Schools for an Associate in the Southwest Region For Those Making $0-$30k” ranking is part of that endeavor.

General Public Health is the 42nd most popular major in the country with 20,721 degrees awarded in 2019-2020.

Across the Southwest region, there were 2,129 general public health graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the associate degree level specifically, there were 20 general public health graduates with average earnings and debt of $33,605 and $16,886 respectively.

This ranking identifies schools with high-quality general public health programs that also have a lower cost than schools of similar quality.

When determining these rankings, we looked at things such as overall quality of the general public health program at the school and the cost to attend the school once aid has been awarded. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.

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

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

Top 1 Best Value Associate Degree Colleges for General Public Health (Income $0-$30k) in the Southwest Region

#1

New Mexico State University - Dona Ana

Las Cruces, New Mexico

#1 in overall quality

$4,942 Average Net Price

Out of the 1 schools in the Best Value General Public Health Schools for an Associate in the Southwest Region For Those Making $0-$30k that were part of this year’s ranking, New Mexico State University - Dona Ana landed the #1 spot on the list. NMSU Dona Ana is a medium-sized public school situated in Las Cruces, New Mexico. It awarded 20 associates’s general public health degrees in 2019-2020.

NMSU Dona Ana did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best General Public Health Associate Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list. The yearly cost to attend NMSU Dona Ana is $4,942 for Southwest Region Associate Degree General Public Health students whose families make $0-$30k.

Full New Mexico State University - Dona Ana General Public Health Report

• Best Value Associate Degree Colleges for General Public Health (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.

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