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2023 Best Value Public Health Schools in the Southwest Region

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

28 Colleges
$23,491 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$40,564 Avg Salary

Finding the Best Public Health 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.

Along with in-depth profiles of schools and the programs they offer, Grad Degree Search has created the Best Value Public Health Schools in the Southwest Region to help you in your search for the best school for you. Our analysis looked at 28 schools in the Southwest Region to see which 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 Schools in the Southwest Region

The following schools top our list of the Best Value Public Health Colleges.

Top 10 Best Public Health Schools

$17,173 Average Tuition & Fees

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

Out-of-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at West Coast University - Dallas are $17,173 per year.

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A rank of #2 on this year’s list means Arizona State University - Skysong is a great value for public health students. ASU - Skysong is a fairly large public school located in the city of Scottsdale.

Out-of-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at ASU - Skysong are $13,092 per year.

ASU - Skysong excels when it comes to quality. It’s ranked in the top 20% of all schools on our Best Public Health Schools in the Southwest Region list.

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$22,230 Average Tuition & Fees

The excellent programs at Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center helped the school earn the #3 place on this year’s ranking of the best public health schools in the Southwest Region . TTUHSC is a moderately-sized public school located in the city of Lubbock.

Out-of-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at TTUHSC are $22,230 per year.

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#4

Texas Wesleyan University

Fort Worth, TX

A rank of #4 on this year’s list means Texas Wesleyan University is a great value for public health students. Located in the city of Fort Worth, Texas Wesleyan is a private not-for-profit school with a small student population.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state undergraduate student at Texas Wesleyan are $34,412 a year.

On top of its placing in our value ranking, Texas Wesleyan also did well on our Best Public Health Schools in the Southwest Region list. It’s in the top 10% of all schools reviewed in this analysis.

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#5

Grand Canyon University

Phoenix, AZ
$17,189 Average Tuition & Fees

A rank of #5 on this year’s list means Grand Canyon University is a great value for public health students. Located in the city of Phoenix, Grand Canyon University is a private for-profit college with a very large student population.

Grand Canyon University undergraduate students pay an average of $17,189 in tuition and fees each year.

Full Public Health at Grand Canyon University Report

$24,769 Average Tuition & Fees

With a ranking of #6, University of Oklahoma - Health Sciences Center did quite well on this year’s best value schools for public health students. Located in the large city of Oklahoma City, UOHSC is a public college with a small student population.

UOHSC undergraduate students pay an average of $24,769 in tuition and fees each year.

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#7

Lamar University

Beaumont, TX
$18,482 Average Tuition & Fees

Lamar University landed the #7 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best value public health programs. Lamar University is a large public school located in the city of Beaumont.

Out-of-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at Lamar University are $18,482 per year.

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With a ranking of #8, Texas A&M University - College Station did quite well on this year’s best value schools for public health students. Located in the midsize city of College Station, Texas A&M College Station is a public college with a very large student population.

Out-of-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at Texas A&M College Station are $38,855 per year.

Texas A&M College Station not only placed well in our value ranking, but it is also #5 on our Best Public Health Schools in the Southwest Region list.

Read full report on Public Health at Texas A&M University - College Station

$23,938 Average Tuition & Fees

With a ranking of #9, The University of Texas at Tyler did quite well on this year’s best value schools for public health students. UT Tyler is a moderately-sized public school located in the city of Tyler.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state undergraduate student at UT Tyler are $23,938 a year.

Full Public Health at The University of Texas at Tyler Report

$18,917 Average Tuition & Fees

University of Central Oklahoma did quite well in this year’s ranking of the best value schools for public health students. It came in at #10 on the list. UCO is a large public school located in the suburb of Edmond.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state undergraduate student at UCO are $18,917 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 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.

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