2022 Best Value Associate Degree Colleges for General Public Health (Income Over $110k) in the Southwest Region

It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. College Factual was founded, in part, to help students make the decision as to what would be the best school for them. Our “Best Vallue General Public Health Schools for an Associate in the Southwest Region For Those Making Over $110k” ranking is part of that endeavor.

In 2019-2020, 20,721 people earned their degree in general public health, making the major the 42nd most popular in the United States.

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.

The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great general public health programs and cost less that 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. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.

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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 Vallue General Public Health Schools for an Associate in the Southwest Region For Those Making Over $110k” ranking, along with many other major-related rankings, to help you make that decision.

To further help you make the college decision, we’ve developed a unique tool called College Combat that allows you to compare schools based on the factors that matter the most to you. If you’re torn between two schools, you can use it to help you see how they stack up against one another. Bookmark it so you can compare any new schools that might interest you.

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Best Vallue General Public Health Schools for an Associate in the Southwest Region For Those Making Over $110k

The colleges and universities below are the best for southwest region associate degree general public health students whose families make more than $110k.

Top 1 Best Value Associate Degree Colleges for General Public Health (Income Over $110k) in the Southwest Region

#1

New Mexico State University - Dona Ana

Las Cruces, New Mexico

#1 in overall quality

$5,539 Average Net Price

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend New Mexico State University - Dona Ana. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Vallue General Public Health Schools for an Associate in the Southwest Region For Those Making Over $110k list. Las Cruces, New Mexico is the setting for this medium-sized institution of higher learning. The public school handed out associates’s general public health degrees to 20 students 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 New Mexico State University - Dona Ana is $5,539 for southwest region associate degree general public health students whose families make more than $110k.

Read more about General Public Health at New Mexico State University - Dona Ana

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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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