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2023 Best Value Public Health Doctor's Degree Schools in the Southwest Region

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

8 Colleges
$25,545 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.

Today's students have lots of options to pick from when considering higher education opportunities. Along with traditional schools that require in-person attendence, you can attend one of many reputable online schools. Some programs even offer a hybrid experience. Alternatively, you may choose a trade school that prepares you to enter the workforce with knowledge in a specific field.

To assist you in seeing some of the education options that are available to you, Grad Degree Search has created its Best Value Public Health Doctor's Degree Schools in the Southwest Region ranking. Our analysis looked at 8 schools in the Southwest 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.

When determining this ranking, we place a high emphasis on the school's quality as well as its sticker price. Even though a college may be affordable, it may not offer value. 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.

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

2023 Best Value Public Health Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region

The colleges and universities below are the best value schools for public health majors pursuing a doctor's degree.

Best Southwest Region Schools for Affordable Quality for a Doctorate in Public Health

Our 2023 rankings named University of Oklahoma - Health Sciences Center the best value school in the Southwest Region for public health students working on their doctor’s degree. Located in the city of Oklahoma City, UOHSC is a public school with a small student population.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at UOHSC are $22,154 a year.

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Out of the 8 schools in the Southwest Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Texas A&M University - College Station landed the # 2 spot on the list. Located in the medium-sized city of College Station, Texas A&M College Station is a public school 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.

Texas A&M College Station also made our Best Public Health Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region list, coming in at #5.

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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of New Mexico - Main Campus. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Best Value Public Health Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region list. UNM is a fairly large public school located in the city of Albuquerque.

Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at UNM are $20,487 per year.

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The excellent doctor’s degree programs at The University of Texas at Austin helped the school earn the #4 place on this year’s ranking of the best value public health schools in the Southwest Region . UT Austin is a very large public school located in the city of Austin.

UT Austin graduate students pay an average of $22,944 in tuition and fees each year.

UT Austin not only placed well in our value ranking, but it is also #4 on our Best Public Health Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region list.

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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston. The school came in at #5 on this year’s Best Value Public Health Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region list. UTHealth is a medium-sized public school located in the city of Houston.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at UTHealth are $34,558 a year.

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American InterContinental University - Online came in at #6 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Public Health Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region ranking. Located in the rural area of Schaumburg, AIU Online is a private for-profit college with a large student population.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at AIU Online are $12,904 a year.

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#7

University of Arizona

Tucson, AZ

University of Arizona landed the #7 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best value doctor’s degree public health programs. Located in the large city of Tucson, University of Arizona is a public school with a very large student population.

University of Arizona graduate students pay an average of $33,644 in tuition and fees each year.

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University of North Texas Health Science Center did quite well in this year’s ranking of the best places for public health students to get a doctor’s degree. It came in at #8 on the list. UNT Health Science Center is a small public school located in the city of Fort Worth.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at UNT Health Science Center are $30,961 a year.

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Best Public Health Colleges by State

Explore the best public health schools for a specific state in the Southwest region.

State Degrees Awarded
Texas 602
Arizona 457
Oklahoma 76
New Mexico 81

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

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 8 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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