2022 Best Value Public Health Schools for a Master’s in Minnesota For Those Making $30-$48k

When it comes to choosing a college, students have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. 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 Public Health Schools for a Master’s in Minnesota For Those Making $30-$48k” ranking is part of that endeavor.

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 Minnesota, there were 1,080 public health graduates with average earnings and debt of $46,000 and $49,650 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 499 public health graduates with average earnings and debt of $55,396 and $40,953 respectively.

For this year’s “Best Value Public Health Schools for a Master’s in Minnesota For Those Making $30-$48k” ranking, we looked at 3 colleges that offer 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.

When determining these rankings, we looked at things such as overall quality of the public health program at the school and the cost to attend the school once aid has been awarded. 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 Public Health Schools for a Master’s in Minnesota For Those Making $30-$48k” list to help you make the college decision.

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Best Value Public Health Schools for a Master’s in Minnesota For Those Making $30-$48k

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Public Health Schools for a Master’s in Minnesota For Those Making $30-$48k.

Top 3 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Public Health (Income $30-$48k) in Minnesota

#1

University of Minnesota - Twin Cities

Minneapolis, Minnesota

#1 in overall quality

$28,845 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

$59,011 Average Early-Career Earnings

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Minnesota - Twin Cities. The school came in at #1 for the Best Value Public Health Schools for a Master’s in Minnesota For Those Making $30-$48k. Located in Minneapolis, Minnesota, this large public school handed out 210 degrees to qualified masters’s public health students in 2019-2020.

UMN Twin Cities did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best Public Health Master’s Degree Schools in Minnesota” list. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at UMN Twin Cities are $28,845.

Full University of Minnesota - Twin Cities Public Health Report

#2

Minnesota State University - Mankato

Mankato, Minnesota

#5 in overall quality

$8,788 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

Out of the 3 schools in the Best Value Public Health Schools for a Master’s in Minnesota For Those Making $30-$48k that were part of this year’s ranking, Minnesota State University - Mankato landed the #2 spot on the list. Minnesota State Mankato is a fairly large school located in Mankato, Minnesota that handed out 12 masters’s public health degrees in 2019-2020.

Minnesota State Mankato not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #5 on our “Best Public Health Master’s Degree Schools in Minnesota” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at Minnesota State Mankato are $8,788, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Read full report on Public Health at Minnesota State Mankato

#3

St Catherine University

Saint Paul, Minnesota

#2 in overall quality

$17,400 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend St Catherine University. It ranked #3 on our 2022 Best Value Public Health Schools for a Master’s in Minnesota For Those Making $30-$48k list. Saint Paul, Minnesota is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out masters’s public health degrees to 20 students in 2019-2020.

St. Kate’s not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #2 on our “Best Public Health Master’s Degree Schools in Minnesota” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at St. Kate’s are $17,400, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Full St. Kate’s Public Health Report

• Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Public Health (Income $30-$48k) in the Plains States Region
• Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Public Health (Income $30-$48k)

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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