2022 Best Value Epidemiology Schools for a Master’s in Pennsylvania

When it comes to choosing a college, students have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. College Factual was founded, in part, to help students make the decision as to what would be the best school for them. Our “Best Value Epidemiology Schools for a Master’s in Pennsylvania” ranking is part of that endeavor.

In 2019-2020, 2,180 people earned their degree in epidemiology, making the major the 298th most popular in the United States.

Across Pennsylvania, there were 137 epidemiology graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 109 epidemiology graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively.

For this year’s “Best Value Epidemiology Schools for a Master’s in Pennsylvania” ranking, we looked at 4 colleges that offer a degree in epidemiology. This ranking identifies schools with high-quality epidemiology programs that also have a lower cost than schools of similar quality.

Some of the factors we look at when determining these rankings are overall quality of the epidemiology program at the school and the cost of the school after aid is awarded among other things. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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Best Value Epidemiology Schools for a Master’s in Pennsylvania

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Epidemiology Schools for a Master’s in Pennsylvania.

Top 4 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Epidemiology in Pennsylvania

#1

Temple University

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

#4 in overall quality

$24,236 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Temple University. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Epidemiology Schools for a Master’s in Pennsylvania list. Temple University is a large school located in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania that handed out 24 masters’s epidemiology degrees in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at Temple, the school also landed the #4 spot in our “Best Epidemiology Master’s Degree Schools in Pennsylvania” ranking. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at Temple University are $24,236.

Full Temple University Epidemiology Report

#2

University of Pittsburgh - Pittsburgh Campus

Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

#2 in overall quality

$40,836 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Pittsburgh - Pittsburgh Campus. It ranked #2 on our 2022 Best Value Epidemiology Schools for a Master’s in Pennsylvania list. This large school is located in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, and it awarded 22 masters’s epidemiology degrees in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our pennsylvania master’s degree epidemiology students list, Pitt has also earned the #2 rank in our “Best Epidemiology Master’s Degree Schools in Pennsylvania” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at University of Pittsburgh - Pittsburgh Campus are $40,836, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Read more about Epidemiology at Pitt

#3

University of Pennsylvania

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

#1 in overall quality

$41,760 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

Out of the 4 schools in the Best Value Epidemiology Schools for a Master’s in Pennsylvania that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Pennsylvania landed the #3 spot on the list. University of Pennsylvania is a large school located in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania that handed out 28 masters’s epidemiology degrees in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at UPenn, the school also landed the #1 spot in our “Best Epidemiology Master’s Degree Schools in Pennsylvania” ranking. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at UPenn are $41,760.

Full University of Pennsylvania Epidemiology Report

#4

Drexel University

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

#3 in overall quality

$37,074 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Drexel University. The school came in at #4 for the Best Value Epidemiology Schools for a Master’s in Pennsylvania. Located in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, this large private not-for-profit school handed out 35 degrees to qualified masters’s epidemiology students in 2019-2020.

Drexel also made our “Best Epidemiology Master’s Degree Schools in Pennsylvania” list, coming in at #3. Average graduate tuition and fees at Drexel University are $37,074, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Read full report on Epidemiology at Drexel University

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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.

Credits

• Credit for the banner image above goes to Ernst Haeckel.

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