2022 Best Value Public Health Schools for a Master’s in Colorado For Those Making $0-$30k

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Public Health is the 27th most popular major in the country with 38,020 degrees awarded in 2019-2020. In 2017-2018, public health graduates who were awarded their degree in 2015-2017, earned an average of $41,740 and had an average of $35,895 in loans still to pay off.

Across Colorado, there were 346 public health graduates with average earnings and debt of $39,467 and $35,628 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 203 public health graduates with average earnings and debt of $52,789 and $41,587 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Public Health Schools for a Master’s in Colorado For Those Making $0-$30k” ranking analyzed 2 colleges that offered a degree in public health. Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent public health programs, but they also cost less that schools of similar quality.

Some of the factors we look at when determining these rankings are overall quality of the 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 Public Health Schools for a Master’s in Colorado For Those Making $0-$30k

The colleges and universities below are the best for colorado master’s degree public health students whose families make $0-$30k.

Top 2 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Public Health (Income $0-$30k) in Colorado

#1

University of Colorado Denver/Anschutz Medical Campus

Denver, Colorado

#1 in overall quality

$23,915 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

$50,439 Average Early-Career Earnings

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Colorado Denver/Anschutz Medical Campus. The school came in at #1 for the Best Value Public Health Schools for a Master’s in Colorado For Those Making $0-$30k. CU Anschutz is a large school located in Denver, Colorado that handed out 200 masters’s public health degrees in 2019-2020.

CU Anschutz also took the #1 spot in our “Best Public Health Master’s Degree Schools in Colorado” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at CU Anschutz are $23,915, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Read more about Public Health at CU Anschutz

#2

Colorado State University - Fort Collins

Fort Collins, Colorado

$28,055 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Colorado State University - Fort Collins. It ranked #2 on our 2022 Best Value Public Health Schools for a Master’s in Colorado For Those Making $0-$30k list. Colorado State University - Fort Collins is a public institution located in Fort Collins, Colorado. The school has a large population, and it awarded 3 masters’s degrees in 2019-2020.

Colorado State did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #0 on our “Best Public Health Master’s Degree Schools in Colorado” list. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at Colorado State University - Fort Collins are $28,055.

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• Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Public Health (Income $0-$30k) in the Rocky Mountains Region
• Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Public Health (Income $0-$30k)

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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