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

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

25 Colleges
$20,390 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$51,865 Avg Salary

Finding the Best Public Health Master'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 help you arm yourself with the information you need to make your decision, Grad Degree Search has developed this Best Value Public Health Master's Degree Schools in the Southwest Region ranking. Our analysis looked at 25 schools in the Southwest 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.

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 Master’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region

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

Top 10 Best Public Health Master's Degree Schools

Our 2023 rankings named West Coast University - Dallas the best value school in the Southwest Region for public health students working on their master’s degree. West Coast University - Dallas is a small private for-profit school located in the city of Dallas.

West Coast University - Dallas graduate students pay an average of $10,735 in tuition and fees each year.

Full Public Health at West Coast University - Dallas Report

Out of the 25 schools in the Southwest Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Arizona State University - Skysong landed the # 2 spot on the list. ASU - Skysong is a very large public school located in the medium-sized city of Scottsdale.

Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at ASU - Skysong are $9,982 per year.

Read full report on Public Health at Arizona State University - Skysong

A rank of #3 on this year’s list means Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center is a great value for public health students working on their master’s degree. TTUHSC is a medium-sized public school located in the city of Lubbock.

Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at TTUHSC are $19,056 per year.

Full Public Health at Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center Report

#4

Texas Wesleyan University

Fort Worth, TX

Out of the 25 schools in the Southwest Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Texas Wesleyan University landed the # 4 spot on the list. Located in the city of Fort Worth, Texas Wesleyan is a private not-for-profit school with a small student population.

Texas Wesleyan graduate students pay an average of $21,243 in tuition and fees each year.

Texas Wesleyan also claimed a spot on our Best Public Health Master’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region list. It’s in the top 10% of all schools in this category.

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#5

Grand Canyon University

Phoenix, AZ

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Grand Canyon University. It ranked #5 on our 2023 Best Value Public Health Master’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region list. Located in the city of Phoenix, Grand Canyon University is a private for-profit school with a fairly large student population.

Grand Canyon University graduate students pay an average of $11,538 in tuition and fees each year.

Read full report on Public Health at Grand Canyon University

#6

Lamar University

Beaumont, TX

Lamar University 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 #6 on the list. Lamar University is a large public school located in the medium-sized city of Beaumont.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at Lamar University are $15,755 a year.

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Texas A&M University - College Station came in at #7 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Public Health Master’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region ranking. Located in the city of College Station, Texas A&M College Station is a public college with a fairly large student population.

Texas A&M College Station graduate students pay an average of $24,106 in tuition and fees each year.

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

Full Public Health at Texas A&M University - College Station Report

The University of Texas at Tyler came in at #8 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Public Health Master’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region ranking. UT Tyler is a moderately-sized public school located in the city of Tyler.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at UT Tyler are $16,786 a year.

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University of Central Oklahoma landed the #9 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best value master’s degree public health programs. UCO is a large public school located in the suburb of Edmond.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at UCO are $18,116 a year.

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The University of Texas at Austin landed the #9 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best value master’s degree public health programs. UT Austin is a fairly 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 also made our Best Public Health Master’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region list, coming in at #2.

Full Public Health at The University of Texas at Austin Report

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 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.

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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