2022 Best Value Community Health and Preventive Medicine Schools for a Master’s in the Plains States Region

With all of the options students have for higher education today, it can be tough to choose which direction to take. College Factual has developed its “Best Value Community Health and Preventive Medicine Schools for a Master’s in the Plains States Region” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.

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 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.

For this year’s “Best Value Community Health and Preventive Medicine Schools for a Master’s in the Plains States Region” ranking, we looked at 2 colleges that offer 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.

Some of the factors we look at when determining these rankings are overall quality of the community health and preventive medicine 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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Since picking the right college can be one of the most important decisions of your life, we’ve developed the “Best Value Community Health and Preventive Medicine Schools for a Master’s in the Plains States Region” ranking, along with many other major-related rankings, to help you make that decision.

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

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.

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

#1

University of South Dakota

Vermillion, South Dakota

#1 in overall quality

$12,637 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 Plains States Region that were part of this year’s ranking, University of South Dakota landed the #1 spot on the list. This medium-sized school is located in Vermillion, South Dakota, and it awarded 22 masters’s community health and preventive medicine degrees in 2019-2020.

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 you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Read full report on Community Health and Preventive Medicine at USD

#2

Minnesota State University - Mankato

Mankato, Minnesota

#2 in overall quality

$8,788 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 Plains States Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Minnesota State University - Mankato landed the #2 spot on the list. 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 also took the #2 spot in our “Best Community Health and Preventive Medicine Master’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at Minnesota State Mankato are $8,788, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

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

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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.

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