2022 Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for General Public Health (Income $0-$30k) in Alabama

It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. Our mission at College Factual is to arm you with as much information as we can to help you make that decision. Our “Best Value General Public Health Schools for a Doctorate in Alabama For Those Making $0-$30k” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.

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

Across Alabama, there were 549 general public health graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the doctor’s degree level specifically, there were 3 general public health graduates with average earnings and debt of $81,644 and $113,063 respectively.

The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great general public health programs and 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. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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Since picking the right college can be one of the most important decisions of your life, we’ve developed the “Best Value General Public Health Schools for a Doctorate in Alabama For Those Making $0-$30k” ranking, along with many other major-related rankings, to help you make that decision.

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Best Value General Public Health Schools for a Doctorate in Alabama For Those Making $0-$30k

The colleges and universities below are the best for alabama doctor’s degree general public health students whose families make $0-$30k.

Top 1 Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for General Public Health (Income $0-$30k) in Alabama

#1

University of Alabama at Birmingham

Birmingham, Alabama

#1 in overall quality

$19,188 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

Out of the 1 schools in the Best Value General Public Health Schools for a Doctorate in Alabama For Those Making $0-$30k that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Alabama at Birmingham landed the #1 spot on the list. UAB is a large school located in Birmingham, Alabama that handed out 3 doctorate’s general public health degrees in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at UAB, the school also landed the #1 spot in our “Best General Public Health Doctor’s Degree Schools in Alabama” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at University of Alabama at Birmingham are $19,188, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Read more about General Public Health at UAB

• Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for General Public Health (Income $0-$30k) in the Southeast Region
• Best Value Doctor’s 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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