2022 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Public Health in New Jersey (With Aid)

It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. 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 New Jersey For Those Getting Aid” 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 New Jersey, there were 814 public health graduates with average earnings and debt of $40,300 and $28,891 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 199 public health graduates with average earnings and debt of $60,690 and $39,821 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Public Health Schools for a Master’s in New Jersey For Those Getting Aid” ranking looked at 4 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s 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.

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 public health program at the school. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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Best Value Public Health Schools for a Master’s in New Jersey For Those Getting Aid

The colleges and universities below are the best for new jersey master’s degree public health students with aid.

Top 4 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Public Health in New Jersey (With Aid)

#1

Rutgers University - New Brunswick

New Brunswick, New Jersey

#1 in overall quality

$32,132 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

$62,012 Average Early-Career Earnings

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Rutgers University - New Brunswick. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Public Health Schools for a Master’s in New Jersey For Those Getting Aid list. Located in New Brunswick, New Jersey, this large public school awarded 173 degrees to qualified masters’s public health students in 2019-2020.

Rutgers New Brunswick also took the #1 spot in our “Best Public Health Master’s Degree Schools in New Jersey” ranking. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at Rutgers New Brunswick are $32,132.

Read full report on Public Health at Rutgers New Brunswick

#2

Montclair State University

Montclair, New Jersey

#2 in overall quality

$18,972 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

$52,941 Average Early-Career Earnings

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Montclair State University. The school came in at #2 for the Best Value Public Health Schools for a Master’s in New Jersey For Those Getting Aid. Montclair State University is a public institution located in Montclair, New Jersey. The school has a large population, and it awarded 20 masters’s degrees in 2019-2020.

Montclair State also made our “Best Public Health Master’s Degree Schools in New Jersey” list, coming in at #2. Average graduate tuition and fees at Montclair State University are $18,972, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Read more about Public Health at Montclair State

#3

The College of New Jersey

Ewing, New Jersey

$15,883 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

Out of the 4 schools in the Best Value Public Health Schools for a Master’s in New Jersey For Those Getting Aid that were part of this year’s ranking, The College of New Jersey landed the #3 spot on the list. TCNJ is a public institution located in Ewing, New Jersey. The school has a medium-sized population, and it awarded 2 masters’s degrees in 2019-2020.

TCNJ did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #0 on our “Best Public Health Master’s Degree Schools in New Jersey” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at The College of New Jersey are $15,883, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Read full report on Public Health at TCNJ

#4

College of Saint Elizabeth

Morristown, New Jersey

#3 in overall quality

$18,734 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend College of Saint Elizabeth. The school came in at #4 for the Best Value Public Health Schools for a Master’s in New Jersey For Those Getting Aid. College of Saint Elizabeth is a small private not-for-profit school situated in Morristown, New Jersey. It awarded 4 masters’s public health degrees in 2019-2020.

CSE not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #3 on our “Best Public Health Master’s Degree Schools in New Jersey” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at CSE are $18,734, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Read more about Public Health at College of Saint Elizabeth

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• Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for 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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