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2023 Best Value Public Health Doctor's Degree Schools in the Far Western US Region

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

18 Colleges
$31,494 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 can choose a traditional brick and mortar school, or with the growth of online education, you can attend a school half-way across the country without even leaving your house. Also there are many trade schools that offer short-term programs that open up more career options.

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 in the Far Western US Region to help you in your search for the best school for you. Our analysis looked at 18 schools in the Far Western US Region 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 Far Western US Region

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 10 Best Public Health Doctor's Degree Schools

Our 2023 rankings named University of California - Los Angeles the best value school in the Far Western US Region for public health students working on their doctor’s degree. UCLA is a very large public school located in the large city of Los Angeles.

UCLA graduate students pay an average of $28,138 in tuition and fees each year.

On top of its placing in our value ranking, UCLA also did well on our Best Public Health Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Far Western US Region list. It’s in the top 20% of all schools reviewed in this analysis.

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A rank of #2 on this year’s list means University of California - Berkeley is a great value for public health students working on their doctor’s degree. UC Berkeley is a very large public school located in the city of Berkeley.

Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at UC Berkeley are $29,262 per year.

In addition to its best value ranking, and one of the reasons why the school is on the list, UC Berkeley is ranked #3 for overall quality for public health in the Far Western US Region .

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#3

San Diego State University

San Diego, CA

Out of the 18 schools in the Far Western US Region that were part of this year’s ranking, San Diego State University landed the # 3 spot on the list. Located in the city of San Diego, SDSU is a public college with a fairly large student population.

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

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The excellent doctor’s degree programs at University of Nevada - Las Vegas helped the school earn the #4 place on this year’s ranking of the best value public health schools in the Far Western US Region . UNLV is a fairly large public school located in the midsize city of Las Vegas.

UNLV graduate students pay an average of $22,698 in tuition and fees each year.

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#5

Loma Linda University

Loma Linda, CA

The excellent doctor’s degree programs at Loma Linda University helped the school earn the #5 place on this year’s ranking of the best value public health schools in the Far Western US Region . Loma Linda University is a small private not-for-profit school located in the large suburb of Loma Linda.

Loma Linda University graduate students pay an average of $31,058 in tuition and fees each year.

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University of Nevada - Reno came in at #6 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Public Health Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Far Western US Region ranking. Located in the city of Reno, UNR is a public college with a fairly large student population.

Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at UNR are $22,380 per year.

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#7

Stanford University

Stanford, CA

With a ranking of #7, Stanford 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 suburb of Stanford, Stanford is a private not-for-profit school with a fairly large student population.

Stanford graduate students pay an average of $55,011 in tuition and fees each year.

Stanford not only placed well in our value ranking, but it is also #1 on our Best Public Health Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Far Western US Region list.

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University of Washington - Seattle Campus came in at #8 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Public Health Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Far Western US Region ranking. Located in the large city of Seattle, UW Seattle is a public college with a fairly large student population.

UW Seattle graduate students pay an average of $30,912 in tuition and fees each year.

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Oregon Health & Science University ranked #9 on this year’s Best Value Public Health Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Far Western US Region list. OHSU is a small public school located in the city of Portland.

Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at OHSU are $28,460 per year.

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University of California - Davis ranked #10 on this year’s Best Value Public Health Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Far Western US Region list. UC Davis is a fairly large public school located in the small suburb of Davis.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at UC Davis are $28,710 a year.

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Best Public Health Colleges by State

Explore the best public health colleges for a specific state in the Far Western US region.

State Degrees Awarded
California 1,867
Washington 197
Oregon 233
Nevada 114
Hawaii 30
Alaska 41

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 18 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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