2022 Best Value General Public Health Schools for a Doctorate in the Southwest Region For Those Making $48-$75k

When pursuing a degree in today’s world, students have many different options to choose from. 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 the Southwest Region For Those Making $48-$75k” 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 doctor’s degree level specifically, there were 17 general public health graduates with average earnings and debt of $71,970 and $95,025 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value General Public Health Schools for a Doctorate in the Southwest Region For Those Making $48-$75k” ranking looked at 3 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in general public health. This ranking identifies schools with high-quality general public health programs that also have a lower cost than schools of similar quality.

To come up with these rankings, we looked at factors such as the cost to attend the school after aid is awarded and overall quality of the general public health program at the school. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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Best Value General Public Health Schools for a Doctorate in the Southwest Region For Those Making $48-$75k

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value General Public Health Schools for a Doctorate in the Southwest Region For Those Making $48-$75k.

Top 3 Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for General Public Health (Income $48-$75k) in the Southwest Region

#1

Texas A&M University - College Station

College Station, Texas

#1 in overall quality

$22,743 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Texas A&M University - College Station. The school came in at #1 for the Best Value General Public Health Schools for a Doctorate in the Southwest Region For Those Making $48-$75k. College Station, Texas is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out doctorate’s general public health degrees to 6 students in 2019-2020.

Texas A&M College Station also took the #1 spot in our “Best General Public Health Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at Texas A&M University - College Station are $22,743, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Read more about General Public Health at Texas A&M University - College Station

#2

University of Arizona

Tucson, Arizona

#2 in overall quality

$33,399 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

Out of the 3 schools in the Best Value General Public Health Schools for a Doctorate in the Southwest Region For Those Making $48-$75k that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Arizona landed the #2 spot on the list. This large school is located in Tucson, Arizona, and it awarded 4 doctorate’s general public health degrees in 2019-2020.

University of Arizona also took the #2 spot in our “Best General Public Health Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at University of Arizona are $33,399, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Read full report on General Public Health at University of Arizona

#3

American InterContinental University - Online

Schaumburg, Illinois

#5 in overall quality

$12,846 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

Out of the 3 schools in the Best Value General Public Health Schools for a Doctorate in the Southwest Region For Those Making $48-$75k that were part of this year’s ranking, American InterContinental University - Online landed the #3 spot on the list. This fairly large school is located in Schaumburg, Illinois, and it awarded 1 doctorate’s general public health degrees in 2019-2020.

AIU Online also took the #5 spot in our “Best General Public Health Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at American InterContinental University - Online are $12,846.

Read full report on General Public Health at American InterContinental University - Online

• Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for General Public Health (Income $48-$75k)

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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