2022 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for General Public Health (Income $30-$48k) in District of Columbia

Students have lots of options to chooose from today when trying to decide which college to attend. College Factual has developed its “Best Value General Public Health Schools for a Master’s in District of Columbia For Those Making $30-$48k” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.

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

Across District of Columbia, there were 122 general public health graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 45 general public health graduates with average earnings and debt of $61,525 and $61,455 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value General Public Health Schools for a Master’s in District of Columbia For Those Making $30-$48k” ranking looked at 2 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in general public health. 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. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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Best Value General Public Health Schools for a Master’s in District of Columbia For Those Making $30-$48k

The colleges and universities below are the best for district of columbia master’s degree general public health students whose families make $30-$48k.

Top 2 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for General Public Health (Income $30-$48k) in District of Columbia

#1

George Washington University

Washington, District of Columbia

#1 in overall quality

$31,824 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend George Washington University. The school came in at #1 for the Best Value General Public Health Schools for a Master’s in District of Columbia For Those Making $30-$48k. GWU is a large private not-for-profit school situated in Washington, District of Columbia. It awarded 38 masters’s general public health degrees in 2019-2020.

GWU also took the #1 spot in our “Best General Public Health Master’s Degree Schools in District of Columbia” ranking. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at GWU are $31,824.

Full George Washington University General Public Health Report

#2

Howard University

Washington, District of Columbia

$34,224 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Howard University. The school came in at #2 for the Best Value General Public Health Schools for a Master’s in District of Columbia For Those Making $30-$48k. Howard is a fairly large school located in Washington, District of Columbia that handed out 7 masters’s general public health degrees in 2019-2020.

Howard also made our “Best General Public Health Master’s Degree Schools in District of Columbia” list, coming in at #0. Average graduate tuition and fees at Howard are $34,224, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Read full report on General Public Health at Howard

• Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for General Public Health (Income $30-$48k) in the Middle Atlantic Region
• Best Value Master’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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