2022 Best Value Maternal and Child Health Schools for a Doctorate

When pursuing a degree in today’s world, students have many different options to choose from. One of our goals at College Factual is to give you as much information as we can - such as our “Best Value Maternal and Child Health Schools for a Doctorate” ranking - to help you make that decision.

Maternal and Child Health is the 909th most popular major in the country with 148 degrees awarded in 2019-2020.

At the doctor’s degree level specifically, there were 11 maternal and child health graduates with average earnings and debt of $72,680 and $116,043 respectively.

For this year’s “Best Value Maternal and Child Health Schools for a Doctorate” ranking, we looked at 3 colleges that offer a degree in maternal and child health. The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great maternal and child health 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 maternal and child health program at the school. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.

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The maternal and child health 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 Maternal and Child Health Schools for a Doctorate”.

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Best Value Maternal and Child Health Schools for a Doctorate

The colleges and universities below are the best for doctor’s degree maternal and child health students.

Top 4 Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Maternal and Child Health

#1

University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

Chapel Hill, North Carolina

#2 in overall quality

$30,248 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Maternal and Child Health Schools for a Doctorate list. UNC Chapel Hill is a large school located in Chapel Hill, North Carolina that handed out 5 doctorate’s maternal and child health degrees in 2019-2020.

UNC Chapel Hill did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #2 on our “Best Maternal and Child Health Doctor’s Degree Schools” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill are $30,248, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Read full report on Maternal and Child Health at UNC Chapel Hill

#2

University of Maryland - College Park

College Park, Maryland

#3 in overall quality

$30,885 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

Out of the 3 schools in the Best Value Maternal and Child Health Schools for a Doctorate that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Maryland - College Park landed the #2 spot on the list. Located in College Park, Maryland, this large public school awarded 2 degrees to qualified doctorate’s maternal and child health students in 2019-2020.

UMCP not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #3 on our “Best Maternal and Child Health Doctor’s Degree Schools” list. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at University of Maryland - College Park are $30,885.

Full University of Maryland - College Park Maternal and Child Health Report

#3

Johns Hopkins University

Baltimore, Maryland

#1 in overall quality

$59,425 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

Out of the 3 schools in the Best Value Maternal and Child Health Schools for a Doctorate that were part of this year’s ranking, Johns Hopkins University landed the #3 spot on the list. Johns Hopkins University is located in Baltimore, Maryland and, has a large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 3 doctorate’s maternal and child health degrees to qualified students.

Johns Hopkins did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best Maternal and Child Health Doctor’s Degree Schools” list. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at Johns Hopkins University are $59,425.

Full Johns Hopkins Maternal and Child Health Report

#4

Boston University

Boston, Massachusetts

#4 in overall quality

$57,666 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Boston University. The school came in at #4 for the Best Value Maternal and Child Health Schools for a Doctorate. Boston University is located in Boston, Massachusetts and, has a large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 1 doctorate’s maternal and child health degrees to qualified students.

Boston U not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #4 on our “Best Maternal and Child Health Doctor’s Degree Schools” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at Boston University are $57,666, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Read more about Maternal and Child Health at Boston University

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 Article 25 Flickr.

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