2022 Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Epidemiology in the Plains States Region (With Aid)

It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. One of our goals at College Factual is to give you as much information as we can - such as our “Best Value Epidemiology Schools for a Doctorate in the Plains States Region For Those Getting Aid” ranking - to help you make that decision.

Epidemiology is the 298th most popular major in the country with 2,180 degrees awarded in 2019-2020.

Across the Plains States region, there were 92 epidemiology graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the doctor’s degree level specifically, there were 14 epidemiology graduates with average earnings and debt of $72,701 and $106,703 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Epidemiology Schools for a Doctorate in the Plains States Region For Those Getting Aid” ranking analyzed 2 colleges that offered a degree in epidemiology. The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great epidemiology programs and cost less that schools of similar quality.

When determining these rankings, we looked at things such as overall quality of the epidemiology program at the school and the cost to attend the school once aid has been awarded. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.

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When choosing the right school for you, it’s important to arm yourself with all the facts you can. To that end, we’ve created a number of major-specific rankings, including this “Best Value Epidemiology Schools for a Doctorate in the Plains States Region For Those Getting Aid” list to help you make the college decision.

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Best Value Epidemiology Schools for a Doctorate in the Plains States Region For Those Getting Aid

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Epidemiology Schools for a Doctorate in the Plains States Region For Those Getting Aid.

Top 2 Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Epidemiology in the Plains States Region (With Aid)

#1

University of Minnesota - Twin Cities

Minneapolis, Minnesota

#1 in overall quality

$28,845 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

Out of the 2 schools in the Best Value Epidemiology Schools for a Doctorate in the Plains States Region For Those Getting Aid that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Minnesota - Twin Cities landed the #1 spot on the list. UMN Twin Cities is located in Minneapolis, Minnesota and, has a large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 7 doctorate’s epidemiology degrees to qualified students.

UMN Twin Cities also took the #1 spot in our “Best Epidemiology Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at University of Minnesota - Twin Cities are $28,845, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Read full report on Epidemiology at UMN Twin Cities

#2

University of Iowa

Iowa City, Iowa

#2 in overall quality

$27,613 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Iowa. It ranked #2 on our 2022 Best Value Epidemiology Schools for a Doctorate in the Plains States Region For Those Getting Aid list. Located in Iowa City, Iowa, this large public school handed out 6 diplomas to qualified doctorate’s epidemiology students in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at Iowa, the school also landed the #2 spot in our “Best Epidemiology Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region” ranking. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at Iowa are $27,613.

Full University of Iowa Epidemiology Report

• Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Epidemiology (With Aid)

Notes and References

References

• 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 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).
• Information about the national average student loan default rate is from the U.S. Department of Education and refers to data about the 2016 borrower cohort tracking period for which the cohort default rate (CDR) was 10.1%.

Read more about our data sources and methodologies

Footnotes

• *Average salary, average net price, and average tuition and fees are for the top schools only.
• Some schools otherwise deserving of recognition may have been removed from this ranking in the event that new data identified post-publication warranted it, or at the request of the school.

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