2022 Best Value Associate Degree Colleges for General Public Health in Maryland (With Aid)

With all of the options students have for higher education today, it can be tough to choose which direction to take. One of our goals at College Factual is to give you as much information as we can - such as our “Best Value General Public Health Schools for an Associate in Maryland For Those Getting Aid” ranking - to help you make that decision.

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

Across Maryland, there were 799 general public health graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the associate degree level specifically, there were 7 general public health graduates with average earnings and debt of $37,858 and $15,601 respectively.

For this year’s “Best Value General Public Health Schools for an Associate in Maryland For Those Getting Aid” ranking, we looked at 2 colleges that offer a degree 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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When choosing the right school for you, it’s important to arm yourself with all the facts you can. To that end, we’ve created a number of major-specific rankings, including this “Best Value General Public Health Schools for an Associate in Maryland For Those Getting Aid” list to help you make the college decision.

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Best Value General Public Health Schools for an Associate in Maryland For Those Getting Aid

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value General Public Health Schools for an Associate in Maryland For Those Getting Aid.

Top 2 Best Value Associate Degree Colleges for General Public Health in Maryland (With Aid)

#1

Cecil College

North East, Maryland

#2 in overall quality

$8,085 Average Net Price

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Cecil College. The school came in at #1 for the Best Value General Public Health Schools for an Associate in Maryland For Those Getting Aid. Located in North East, Maryland, this small public school awarded 3 degrees to qualified associates’s general public health students in 2019-2020.

Cecil College did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #2 on our “Best General Public Health Associate Degree Schools in Maryland” list. The estimated yearly cost for Cecil College is $8,085 for maryland associate degree general public health students with aid.

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#2

Anne Arundel Community College

Arnold, Maryland

#1 in overall quality

$14,506 Average Net Price

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Anne Arundel Community College. The school came in at #2 for the Best Value General Public Health Schools for an Associate in Maryland For Those Getting Aid. This fairly large school is located in Arnold, Maryland, and it awarded 4 associates’s general public health degrees in 2019-2020.

AACC also took the #1 spot in our “Best General Public Health Associate Degree Schools in Maryland” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for AACC is $14,506 for maryland associate degree general public health students with aid.

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• Best Value Associate Degree Colleges for General Public Health in the Middle Atlantic Region (With Aid)
• Best Value Associate Degree Colleges for General Public Health (With Aid)

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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