2022 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Community Health and Preventive Medicine (Income $48-$75k) in the Plains States Region

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 Community Health and Preventive Medicine Schools for a Master’s in the Plains States Region For Those Making $48-$75k” ranking is part of that endeavor.

Community Health and Preventive Medicine is the 270th most popular major in the country with 2,318 degrees awarded in 2019-2020.

Across the Plains States region, there were 120 community health and preventive medicine graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 37 community health and preventive medicine graduates with average earnings and debt of $53,438 and $39,783 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Community Health and Preventive Medicine Schools for a Master’s in the Plains States Region For Those Making $48-$75k” ranking analyzed 3 colleges that offered a degree in community health and preventive medicine. This ranking identifies schools with high-quality community health and preventive medicine programs that also have a lower cost than schools of similar quality.

When determining these rankings, we looked at things such as overall quality of the community health and preventive medicine program at the school and the cost to attend the school once aid has been awarded. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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Best Value Community Health and Preventive Medicine Schools for a Master’s in the Plains States Region For Those Making $48-$75k

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Community Health and Preventive Medicine Schools for a Master’s in the Plains States Region For Those Making $48-$75k.

Top 3 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Community Health and Preventive Medicine (Income $48-$75k) in the Plains States Region

#1

University of Northern Iowa

Cedar Falls, Iowa

$22,648 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Northern Iowa. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Community Health and Preventive Medicine Schools for a Master’s in the Plains States Region For Those Making $48-$75k list. Located in Cedar Falls, Iowa, this medium-sized public school handed out 7 degrees to qualified masters’s community health and preventive medicine students in 2019-2020.

UNI not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #0 on our “Best Community Health and Preventive Medicine Master’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at UNI are $22,648, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Read full report on Community Health and Preventive Medicine at University of Northern Iowa

#2

Minnesota State University - Mankato

Mankato, Minnesota

#2 in overall quality

$8,788 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

Out of the 3 schools in the Best Value Community Health and Preventive Medicine Schools for a Master’s in the Plains States Region For Those Making $48-$75k that were part of this year’s ranking, Minnesota State University - Mankato landed the #2 spot on the list. This fairly large school is located in Mankato, Minnesota, and it awarded 8 masters’s community health and preventive medicine degrees in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at Minnesota State Mankato, the school also landed the #2 spot in our “Best Community Health and Preventive Medicine Master’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 Minnesota State University - Mankato are $8,788.

Read more about Community Health and Preventive Medicine at Minnesota State University - Mankato

#3

University of South Dakota

Vermillion, South Dakota

#1 in overall quality

$12,637 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of South Dakota. The school came in at #3 for the Best Value Community Health and Preventive Medicine Schools for a Master’s in the Plains States Region For Those Making $48-$75k. University of South Dakota is located in Vermillion, South Dakota and, has a medium-sized student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 22 masters’s community health and preventive medicine degrees to qualified students.

USD not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #1 on our “Best Community Health and Preventive Medicine Master’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at USD are $12,637, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Read more about Community Health and Preventive Medicine at University of South Dakota

• Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Community Health and Preventive Medicine (Income $48-$75k)

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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