2022 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Public Health (Income $48-$75k) in Iowa

When it comes to choosing a college, students have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. One of our goals at College Factual is to give you as much information as we can - such as our “Best Value Public Health Schools for a Master’s in Iowa For Those Making $48-$75k” ranking - to help you make that decision.

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 Iowa, there were 281 public health graduates with average earnings and debt of $44,843 and $48,087 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 141 public health graduates with average earnings and debt of $52,298 and $45,299 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Public Health Schools for a Master’s in Iowa For Those Making $48-$75k” ranking analyzed 3 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 Iowa For Those Making $48-$75k

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Public Health Schools for a Master’s in Iowa For Those Making $48-$75k.

Top 3 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Public Health (Income $48-$75k) in Iowa

#1

University of Iowa

Iowa City, Iowa

#1 in overall quality

$27,613 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

$69,338 Average Early-Career Earnings

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Iowa. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Public Health Schools for a Master’s in Iowa For Those Making $48-$75k list. Located in Iowa City, Iowa, this large public school awarded 87 diplomas to qualified masters’s public health students in 2019-2020.

Iowa did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best Public Health Master’s Degree Schools in Iowa” list. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at University of Iowa are $27,613.

Read full report on Public Health at University of Iowa

#2

University of Northern Iowa

Cedar Falls, Iowa

#2 in overall quality

$22,648 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Northern Iowa. The school came in at #2 for the Best Value Public Health Schools for a Master’s in Iowa For Those Making $48-$75k. UNI is a public institution located in Cedar Falls, Iowa. The school has a medium-sized population, and it awarded 7 masters’s degrees in 2019-2020.

UNI also made our “Best Public Health Master’s Degree Schools in Iowa” list, coming in at #2. Average graduate tuition and fees at UNI are $22,648, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Read full report on Public Health at University of Northern Iowa

#3

Mount Mercy University

Cedar Rapids, Iowa

$10,870 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

$63,005 Average Early-Career Earnings

Out of the 3 schools in the Best Value Public Health Schools for a Master’s in Iowa For Those Making $48-$75k that were part of this year’s ranking, Mount Mercy University landed the #3 spot on the list. Cedar Rapids, Iowa is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out masters’s public health degrees to 5 students in 2019-2020.

Mount Mercy not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #0 on our “Best Public Health Master’s Degree Schools in Iowa” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at Mount Mercy University are $10,870, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Read full report on Public Health at Mount Mercy

• Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Public Health (Income $48-$75k) in the Plains States Region
• Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Public Health (Income $48-$75k)

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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