2023 Best Value Public Health Master's Degree Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region
Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing
Finding the Best Public Health Master's Degree School for You
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The Best Value Public Health Master's Degree Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region ranking is one of many tools that Grad Degree Search has developed to help you make your educational decision. Our analysis looked at 12 schools in the Rocky Mountains Region to see which master'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.
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2023 Best Value Public Health Master’s Degree Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region
The following schools top our list of the Best Value Public Health Master's Degree Colleges.
Top 10 Best Public Health Master's Degree Schools
Our analysis found Brigham Young University - Provo to be the best value school for public health students who want to pursue a master’s degree in the Rocky Mountains Region . BYU is a very large private not-for-profit school located in the midsize city of Provo.
BYU graduate students pay an average of $7,700 in tuition and fees each year.
BYU not only placed well in our value ranking, but it is also #3 on our Best Public Health Master’s Degree Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region list.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Montana Technological University. The school came in at #2 on this year’s Best Value Public Health Master’s Degree Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region list. Located in the remote town of Butte, Montana Tech is a public school with a small student population.
The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at Montana Tech are $19,429 a year.
Montana Tech not only placed well in our value ranking, but it is also #2 on our Best Public Health Master’s Degree Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region list.
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A rank of #3 on this year’s list means Westminster College Utah is a great value for public health students working on their master’s degree. Westminster College Salt Lake is a small private not-for-profit school located in the midsize city of Salt Lake City.
The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at Westminster College Salt Lake are $16,689 a year.
Out of the 12 schools in the Rocky Mountains Region that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Wyoming landed the # 4 spot on the list. Located in the town of Laramie, UW is a public school with a large student population.
UW graduate students pay an average of $17,569 in tuition and fees each year.
A rank of #5 on this year’s list means Utah State University is a great value for public health students working on their master’s degree. USU is a very large public school located in the small city of Logan.
USU graduate students pay an average of $23,225 in tuition and fees each year.
Colorado State University - Fort Collins came in at #6 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Public Health Master’s Degree Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region ranking. Colorado State is a very large public school located in the medium-sized city of Fort Collins.
The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at Colorado State are $29,043 a year.
Colorado State did well in our overall quality rankings, too. It placed #5 on our Best Public Health Master’s Degree Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region list.
With a ranking of #7, Weber State University did quite well on this year’s best value schools for public health students working on their master’s degree. Located in the city of Ogden, WSU is a public school with a fairly large student population.
Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at WSU are $18,226 per year.
University of Colorado Denver/Anschutz Medical Campus came in at #8 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Public Health Master’s Degree Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region ranking. Located in the city of Denver, CU Anschutz is a public college with a fairly large student population.
The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at CU Anschutz are $24,342 a year.
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University of Utah ranked #9 on this year’s Best Value Public Health Master’s Degree Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region list. Located in the midsize city of Salt Lake City, U of U is a public college with a very large student population.
U of U graduate students pay an average of $25,705 in tuition and fees each year.
The University of Montana did quite well in this year’s ranking of the best places for public health students to get a master’s degree. It came in at #10 on the list. Located in the small city of Missoula, UM is a public school with a fairly large student population.
UM graduate students pay an average of $24,096 in tuition and fees each year.
Best Public Health Colleges by State
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| State | Degrees Awarded |
|---|---|
| Colorado | 197 |
| Utah | 178 |
| Idaho | 29 |
| Montana | 90 |
| Wyoming | 25 |
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Public Health Related Majors for Public Health
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 12 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).
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