2022 Best Value General Public Health Schools for a Doctorate in Illinois For Those Making $30-$48k

When it comes to choosing a college, students have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. 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 a Doctorate in Illinois For Those Making $30-$48k” 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 Illinois, there were 824 general public health graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the doctor’s degree level specifically, there were 35 general public health graduates with average earnings and debt of $75,900 and $148,219 respectively.

This ranking identifies schools with high-quality general public health programs that also have a lower cost than 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 Illinois For Those Making $30-$48k” 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 Illinois For Those Making $30-$48k

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value General Public Health Schools for a Doctorate in Illinois For Those Making $30-$48k.

Top 1 Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for General Public Health (Income $30-$48k) in Illinois

#1

University of Illinois at Chicago

Chicago, Illinois

#1 in overall quality

$27,036 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

Out of the 1 schools in the Best Value General Public Health Schools for a Doctorate in Illinois For Those Making $30-$48k that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Illinois at Chicago landed the #1 spot on the list. Located in Chicago, Illinois, this large public school handed out 34 degrees to qualified doctorate’s general public health students in 2019-2020.

UIC not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #1 on our “Best General Public Health Doctor’s Degree Schools in Illinois” list. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at University of Illinois at Chicago are $27,036.

Full University of Illinois at Chicago General Public Health Report

• Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for General Public Health (Income $30-$48k) in the Great Lakes Region
• Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for General Public 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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