2022 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for General Health & Wellness in the Southeast Region

With all of the options students have for higher education today, it can be tough to choose which direction to take. 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 Health and Wellness Schools for a Master’s in the Southeast Region” ranking is part of that endeavor.

General Health & Wellness is the 159th most popular major in the country with 5,006 degrees awarded in 2019-2020.

Across the Southeast region, there were 402 general health and wellness graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 51 general health and wellness graduates with average earnings and debt of $53,950 and $43,286 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Health and Wellness Schools for a Master’s in the Southeast Region” ranking looked at 3 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in general health and wellness. The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great general health and wellness programs and cost less that schools of similar quality.

To come up with these rankings, we looked at factors such as the cost to attend the school after aid is awarded and overall quality of the general health and wellness program at the school. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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Best Value Health and Wellness Schools for a Master’s in the Southeast Region

The colleges and universities below are the best for southeast region master’s degree health and wellness students.

Top 3 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for General Health & Wellness in the Southeast Region

#1

University of the Cumberlands

Williamsburg, Kentucky

#3 in overall quality

$4,582 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

Out of the 3 schools in the Best Value Health and Wellness Schools for a Master’s in the Southeast Region that were part of this year’s ranking, University of the Cumberlands landed the #1 spot on the list. University of the Cumberlands is a private not-for-profit institution located in Williamsburg, Kentucky. The school has a fairly large population, and it awarded 12 masters’s degrees in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at Cumberlands, the school also landed the #3 spot in our “Best General Health & Wellness Master’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at Cumberlands are $4,582, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Read full report on General Health & Wellness at University of the Cumberlands

#2

Georgia College & State University

Milledgeville, Georgia

#2 in overall quality

$20,868 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

Out of the 3 schools in the Best Value Health and Wellness Schools for a Master’s in the Southeast Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Georgia College & State University landed the #2 spot on the list. Georgia College & State University is a medium-sized public school situated in Milledgeville, Georgia. It awarded 22 masters’s health and wellness degrees in 2019-2020.

Georgia College did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #2 on our “Best General Health & Wellness Master’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” list. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at Georgia College are $20,868.

Read full report on General Health & Wellness at Georgia College

#3

Tulane University of Louisiana

New Orleans, Louisiana

#1 in overall quality

$61,176 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Tulane University of Louisiana. The school came in at #3 for the Best Value Health and Wellness Schools for a Master’s in the Southeast Region. Tulane is a fairly large school located in New Orleans, Louisiana that handed out 10 masters’s health and wellness degrees in 2019-2020.

Tulane not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #1 on our “Best General Health & Wellness Master’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” list. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at Tulane are $61,176.

Read full report on General Health & Wellness at Tulane

• Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for General Health & Wellness

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 Sandra M. Palumbo.

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