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2023 Best Value Public Health Doctor's Degree Schools

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

107 Colleges
$22,311 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$76,078 Avg Salary

Finding the Best Public Health Doctor's Degree School for You

Public Health is the #16 most popular major in the country with 19,473 degrees and certificates awarded in 2020-2021.

It's not easy to decide which program to enroll in when you have so many options available. You're no longer limited to schools in your local area, either, since online programs are becoming more prevalent. Or you may find the programs at a trade school to be a better alternative for you.

Along with in-depth profiles of schools and the programs they offer, Grad Degree Search has created the Best Value Public Health Doctor's Degree Schools to help you in your search for the best school for you. Our analysis looked at 107 schools in the United States to see which doctor's degree programs offered the best value experiences for public health students with the aim of identifying those quality schools that are more affordable than some of their counterparts.

Our ranking of value is based on the quality of a program as defined in our per sticker price dollar. Specifically, our score for quality is discounted by the published tuition and fees charged by the given college. This gives the cost per unit of quality for each college. The more quality your dollar buys, the better the value.

In our regional and nationwide rankings, out-of-state tution and fees are used in our calculations. For statewide rankings, we use average in-state tuition and fees.

2023 Best Value Public Health Doctor’s Degree Schools in the United States

Check out the public health doctor's degree programs at these schools if you want to get the best value for your educational dollar.

Top 15% Best Public Health Doctor's Degree Schools

#2

Capella University

Minneapolis, MN

A rank of #2 on this year’s list means Capella University is a great value for public health students working on their doctor’s degree. Located in the city of Minneapolis, Capella University is a private for-profit school with a fairly large student population.

Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at Capella University are $14,784 per year.

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#3

Southern Adventist University

Collegedale, TN

Out of the 107 schools in the United States that were part of this year’s ranking, Southern Adventist University landed the # 3 spot on the list. Southern Adventist is a small private not-for-profit school located in the suburb of Collegedale.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at Southern Adventist are $11,880 a year.

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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Oklahoma - Health Sciences Center. It ranked #4 on our 2023 Best Value Public Health Doctor’s Degree Schools list. Located in the large city of Oklahoma City, UOHSC is a public college with a small student population.

Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at UOHSC are $22,154 per year.

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#5

Radford University

Radford, VA

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Radford University. The school came in at #5 on this year’s Best Value Public Health Doctor’s Degree Schools list. Radford is a medium-sized public school located in the small suburb of Radford.

Radford graduate students pay an average of $21,508 in tuition and fees each year.

In addition to its great value ranking, Radford is in the top 15% of all schools on our Best Public Health Doctor’s Degree Schools list.

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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend University of California - Los Angeles. The school came in at #5 on this year’s Best Value Public Health Doctor’s Degree Schools list. UCLA is a very large public school located in the city of Los Angeles.

Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at UCLA are $28,138 per year.

UCLA excels when it comes to quality. It’s ranked in the top 15% of all schools on our Best Public Health Doctor’s Degree Schools list.

Full Public Health at University of California - Los Angeles Report

#7

Samford University

Birmingham, AL

Samford University ranked #7 on this year’s Best Value Public Health Doctor’s Degree Schools list. Samford is a medium-sized private not-for-profit school located in the large suburb of Birmingham.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at Samford are $21,575 a year.

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With a ranking of #8, University of California - Berkeley did quite well on this year’s best value schools for public health students working on their doctor’s degree. UC Berkeley is a very large public school located in the medium-sized city of Berkeley.

UC Berkeley graduate students pay an average of $29,262 in tuition and fees each year.

As a testament to the quality of education it offers, UC Berkeley also is in the top 5% of our Best Public Health Doctor’s Degree Schools ranking.

Full Public Health at University of California - Berkeley Report

With a ranking of #8, University of Puerto Rico - Medical Sciences did quite well on this year’s best value schools for public health students working on their doctor’s degree. Located in the city of San Juan, UPR Medical Sciences is a public college with a small student population.

Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at UPR Medical Sciences are $10,613 per year.

Full Public Health at University of Puerto Rico - Medical Sciences Report

With a ranking of #10, Texas A&M University - College Station did quite well on this year’s best value schools for public health students working on their doctor’s degree. Located in the city of College Station, Texas A&M College Station is a public college with a fairly large student population.

Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at Texas A&M College Station are $24,106 per year.

In addition to its great value ranking, Texas A&M College Station is in the top 15% of all schools on our Best Public Health Doctor’s Degree Schools list.

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With a ranking of #10, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences did quite well on this year’s best value schools for public health students working on their doctor’s degree. Located in the city of Little Rock, UAMS is a public college with a small student population.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at UAMS are $17,652 a year.

Full Public Health at University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences Report

University of New Mexico - Main Campus came in at #12 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Public Health Doctor’s Degree Schools ranking. UNM is a fairly large public school located in the city of Albuquerque.

UNM graduate students pay an average of $20,487 in tuition and fees each year.

Read full report on Public Health at University of New Mexico - Main Campus

#13

San Diego State University

San Diego, CA

With a ranking of #13, San Diego State University did quite well on this year’s best value schools for public health students working on their doctor’s degree. Located in the city of San Diego, SDSU is a public school with a very large student population.

Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at SDSU are $19,074 per year.

Full Public Health at San Diego State University Report

#14

Thomas Jefferson University

Philadelphia, PA

With a ranking of #14, Thomas Jefferson University did quite well on this year’s best value schools for public health students working on their doctor’s degree. Located in the large city of Philadelphia, Thomas Jefferson University is a private not-for-profit school with a moderately-sized student population.

Thomas Jefferson University graduate students pay an average of $22,644 in tuition and fees each year.

In addition to its great value ranking, Thomas Jefferson University is in the top 10% of all schools on our Best Public Health Doctor’s Degree Schools list.

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University of Nevada - Las Vegas landed the #15 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best value doctor’s degree public health programs. UNLV is a very large public school located in the midsize city of Las Vegas.

Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at UNLV are $22,698 per year.

Full Public Health at University of Nevada - Las Vegas Report

With a ranking of #16, The University of Texas at Austin did quite well on this year’s best value schools for public health students working on their doctor’s degree. UT Austin is a fairly large public school located in the city of Austin.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at UT Austin are $22,944 a year.

UT Austin also claimed a spot on our Best Public Health Doctor’s Degree Schools list. It’s in the top 10% of all schools in this category.

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Honorable Mentions

These are some additional schools worth mentioning that are also great but just didn't quite make the cut to earn our top Best Value Public Health Doctor's Degree Schools award.

Rank College Location
17 Saint Louis University Saint Louis, MO
18 University of Wisconsin - Madison Madison, WI
19 Jackson State University Jackson, MS
20 Colorado State University - Fort Collins Fort Collins, CO
20 SUNY Downstate Health Sciences University Brooklyn, NY

Public Health by Region

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Region
Southeast
New England
Rocky Mountains
Plains States
Middle Atlantic
Far Western US
Southwest
Great Lakes

Public Health is one of 29 different types of programs to choose from.

Majors Similar to Public Health

Related Major Annual Graduates
Nursing 66,964
Medicine 28,629
Rehabilitation & Therapeutic Professions 24,774
Health & Medical Administrative Services 17,335
Pharmacy/Pharmaceutical Sciences 16,952

Notes and References

*These averages are for the top 25 schools only.

  • 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 the rest 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).
  • Credit for the banner image above goes to Article 25 Flickr.

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