2022 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Community Health and Preventive Medicine in the New England 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 Community Health and Preventive Medicine Schools for a Master’s in the New England Region” ranking is part of that endeavor.

In 2019-2020, 2,318 people earned their degree in community health and preventive medicine, making the major the 270th most popular in the United States.

Across the New England region, there were 132 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 43 community health and preventive medicine graduates with average earnings and debt of $58,606 and $42,101 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Community Health and Preventive Medicine Schools for a Master’s in the New England Region” ranking looked at 2 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in community health and preventive medicine. Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent community health and preventive medicine programs, but they also cost less that 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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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 Community Health and Preventive Medicine Schools for a Master’s in the New England Region” list to help you make the college decision.

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Best Value Community Health and Preventive Medicine Schools for a Master’s in the New England Region

The colleges and universities below are the best for new england region master’s degree community health and preventive medicine students.

Top 2 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Community Health and Preventive Medicine in the New England Region

#1

University of Massachusetts Amherst

Amherst, Massachusetts

#2 in overall quality

$32,341 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Massachusetts Amherst. The school came in at #1 for the Best Value Community Health and Preventive Medicine Schools for a Master’s in the New England Region. Located in Amherst, Massachusetts, this large public school awarded 15 degrees to qualified masters’s community health and preventive medicine students in 2019-2020.

UMass Amherst 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 New England Region” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at University of Massachusetts Amherst are $32,341, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Read more about Community Health and Preventive Medicine at University of Massachusetts Amherst

#2

Brown University

Providence, Rhode Island

#1 in overall quality

$60,363 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

Out of the 2 schools in the Best Value Community Health and Preventive Medicine Schools for a Master’s in the New England Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Brown University landed the #2 spot on the list. Located in Providence, Rhode Island, this medium-sized private not-for-profit school handed out 19 degrees to qualified masters’s community health and preventive medicine students in 2019-2020.

Brown also made our “Best Community Health and Preventive Medicine Master’s Degree Schools in the New England Region” list, coming in at #1. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at Brown University are $60,363.

Full Brown University Community Health and Preventive Medicine Report

• Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Community Health and Preventive Medicine

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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