2023 Most Focused Associate Degree Colleges for General Public Health in the Southeast Region
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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 “Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on General Public Health Major in the Southeast Region” ranking is part of that endeavor.
In 2021-2022, 24,667 people earned their degree in general public health, making the major the 39th most popular in the United States.
Across the Southeast region, there were 5,901 general public health graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the associate degree level specifically, there were 44 general public health graduates with average earnings and debt of $35,020 and $16,931 respectively.
This year’s “Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on General Public Health Major in the Southeast Region” ranking analyzed 3 colleges that offered a degree in general public health. This a ranking of the schools where the largest percentage of students has enrolled in general public health.
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Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on General Public Health Major in the Southeast Region
The following schools top our list of the Best “Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on General Public Health Major in the Southeast Region”.
Top 3 Most Focused Associate Degree Colleges for General Public Health in the Southeast Region
Out of the 3 schools in the Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on General Public Health Major in the Southeast Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Point University landed the #1 spot on the list. Point is a private not-for-profit institution located in West Point, Georgia. The school has a small population, and it awarded 1 associates’s degrees in 2021-2022.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 4.1%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
Full Point University General Public Health Report
Out of the 3 schools in the Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on General Public Health Major in the Southeast Region that were part of this year’s ranking, American Public University System landed the #2 spot on the list. American Military University is located in Charles Town, West Virginia and, has a large student population. In 2021-2022, this school awarded 44 associates’s general public health degrees to qualified students.
The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 91%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 2.4%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
Full American Public University System General Public Health Report
Out of the 3 schools in the Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on General Public Health Major in the Southeast Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Johnson University landed the #3 spot on the list. This small school is located in Knoxville, Tennessee, and it awarded 2 associates’s general public health degrees in 2021-2022.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 1.5%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%. The impressive undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio of 10 to 1 means that students may have more opportunities to work more closely with their professors than they would at other schools.
Full Johnson University General Public Health Report
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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
- *Avg Salary and Avg 4-Year Grad Rate 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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