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2023 Best Value Public Health Schools in Washington

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

5 Colleges
$13,749 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$41,095 Avg Salary

Finding the Best Public Health School for You

In 2020-2021, 197 degrees and certificates were awarded to public health students who went to a Washington college or university. This makes it the #20 most popular major in the state.

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 Schools in Washington to help you in your search for the best school for you. This report analyzed 5 schools in Washington to see which ones offered the best value programs for public health students. The goal was to highlight schools with more affordable prices than others offering similar quality experiences.

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 Schools in Washington

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

Best Washington Schools for Affordable Quality in Public Health

$7,922 Average Tuition & Fees

Our 2023 rankings named Eastern Washington University the best value school in Washington for public health students. Located in the town of Cheney, EWU is a public college with a large student population.

In-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at EWU are $7,922 per year.

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$12,417 Average Tuition & Fees

Out of the 5 schools in Washington that were part of this year’s ranking, Washington State University landed the # 2 spot on the list. Wazzu is a very large public school located in the town of Pullman.

Wazzu undergraduate students pay an average of $12,417 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

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$12,076 Average Tuition & Fees

Out of the 5 schools in Washington that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Washington - Seattle Campus landed the # 3 spot on the list. Located in the large city of Seattle, UW Seattle is a public school with a very large student population.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state undergraduate at UW Seattle are $12,076 a year.

In addition to its best value ranking, and one of the reasons why the school is on the list, UW Seattle is ranked #4 for overall quality for public health in Washington.

Full Public Health at University of Washington - Seattle Campus Report

$8,685 Average Tuition & Fees

A rank of #4 on this year’s list means Central Washington University is a great value for public health students. Located in the town of Ellensburg, CWU is a public college with a fairly large student population.

In-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at CWU are $8,685 per year.

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#5

Bastyr University

Kenmore, WA
$27,645 Average Tuition & Fees

A rank of #5 on this year’s list means Bastyr University is a great value for public health students. Bastyr University is a fairly small private not-for-profit school located in the suburb of Kenmore.

Bastyr University undergraduate students pay an average of $27,645 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

Full Public Health at Bastyr University Report

Best Value Public Health Colleges in the Far Western US Region

Explore all the Best Value Public Health Schools in the Far Western US Area or other specific states within that region.

State Degrees Awarded
California 1,867
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 5 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.

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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