2022 Best Value Community Health and Preventive Medicine Schools for a Master’s in the Plains States Region For Those Making $75-$110k

It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. Our mission at College Factual is to arm you with as much information as we can to help you make that decision. Our “Best Value Community Health and Preventive Medicine Schools for a Master’s in the Plains States Region For Those Making $75-$110k” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.

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 $75-$110k” 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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The community health and preventive medicine school you choose to invest your time and money in matters. To help you make the decision that is right for you, we’ve developed a number of major-specific rankings, including this list of “Best Value Community Health and Preventive Medicine Schools for a Master’s in the Plains States Region For Those Making $75-$110k”.

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Best Value Community Health and Preventive Medicine Schools for a Master’s in the Plains States Region For Those Making $75-$110k

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 $75-$110k.

Top 3 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Community Health and Preventive Medicine (Income $75-$110k) 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 $75-$110k list. This medium-sized school is located in Cedar Falls, Iowa, and it awarded 7 masters’s community health and preventive medicine degrees in 2019-2020.

UNI did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #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 University of Northern Iowa are $22,648, but some majors have different tuition rates.

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#2

Minnesota State University - Mankato

Mankato, Minnesota

#2 in overall quality

$8,788 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Minnesota State University - Mankato. The school came in at #2 for the Best Value Community Health and Preventive Medicine Schools for a Master’s in the Plains States Region For Those Making $75-$110k. Minnesota State University - Mankato is a public institution located in Mankato, Minnesota. The school has a fairly large population, and it awarded 8 masters’s degrees in 2019-2020.

Minnesota State Mankato did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #2 on our “Best Community Health and Preventive Medicine Master’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at Minnesota State University - Mankato are $8,788, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Read full report on Community Health and Preventive Medicine at Minnesota State Mankato

#3

University of South Dakota

Vermillion, South Dakota

#1 in overall quality

$12,637 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 $75-$110k that were part of this year’s ranking, University of South Dakota landed the #3 spot on the list. University of South Dakota is a public institution located in Vermillion, South Dakota. The school has a medium-sized population, and it awarded 22 masters’s degrees in 2019-2020.

USD did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best Community Health and Preventive Medicine Master’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region” list. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at University of South Dakota are $12,637.

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 $75-$110k)

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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