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2022 Best Value Public Health Education and Promotion Schools for a Master’s in the Southwest Region

7 Ranked Colleges
135 Degrees Awarded
$23,400 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees*
Best Value Public Health Education and Promotion Schools for a Master's in the Southwest Region

When it comes to choosing a college, students have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. One of our goals at College Factual is to give you as much information as we can - such as our “Best Value Public Health Education and Promotion Schools for a Master’s in the Southwest Region” ranking - to help you make that decision.

In 2019-2020, 4,494 people earned their degree in public health education and promotion, making the major the 163rd most popular in the United States.

Across the Southwest region, there were 550 public health education and promotion graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 135 public health education and promotion graduates with average earnings and debt of $53,078 and $37,227 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Public Health Education and Promotion Schools for a Master’s in the Southwest Region” ranking looked at 7 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in public health education and promotion. Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent public health education and promotion programs, but they also cost less that schools of similar quality.

Some of the factors we look at when determining these rankings are overall quality of the public health education and promotion program at the school and the cost of the school after aid is awarded among other things. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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Best Value Public Health Education and Promotion Schools for a Master’s in the Southwest Region

The colleges and universities below are the best for southwest region master’s degree public health education and promotion students.

Top 7 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Public Health Education and Promotion in the Southwest Region

#1 in overall quality

Out of the 7 schools in the Best Value Public Health Education and Promotion Schools for a Master’s in the Southwest Region that were part of this year’s ranking, The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston landed the #1 spot on the list. This medium-sized school is located in Houston, Texas, and it awarded 54 masters’s public health education and promotion degrees in 2019-2020.

UTHealth did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best Public Health Education and Promotion Master’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston are $32,904, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Read more about Public Health Education and Promotion at The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston

#2 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend The University of Texas at Austin. The school came in at #2 for the Best Value Public Health Education and Promotion Schools for a Master’s in the Southwest Region. The University of Texas at Austin is a public institution located in Austin, Texas. The school has a large population, and it awarded 7 masters’s degrees in 2019-2020.

UT Austin also took the #2 spot in our “Best Public Health Education and Promotion Master’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at UT Austin are $22,886, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Full UT Austin Public Health Education and Promotion Report

#3

Texas State University

San Marcos, Texas
#4 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Texas State University. The school came in at #3 for the Best Value Public Health Education and Promotion Schools for a Master’s in the Southwest Region. Texas State is a large public school situated in San Marcos, Texas. It awarded 12 masters’s public health education and promotion degrees in 2019-2020.

Texas State also took the #4 spot in our “Best Public Health Education and Promotion Master’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at Texas State are $17,040, but some majors have different tuition rates.

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#6 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Central Oklahoma. The school came in at #4 for the Best Value Public Health Education and Promotion Schools for a Master’s in the Southwest Region. Located in Edmond, Oklahoma, this fairly large public school awarded 5 diplomas to qualified masters’s public health education and promotion students in 2019-2020.

UCO also made our “Best Public Health Education and Promotion Master’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list, coming in at #6. Average graduate tuition and fees at UCO are $17,913, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Full University of Central Oklahoma Public Health Education and Promotion Report

#5 in overall quality

Out of the 7 schools in the Best Value Public Health Education and Promotion Schools for a Master’s in the Southwest Region that were part of this year’s ranking, New Mexico State University - Main Campus landed the #5 spot on the list. Located in Las Cruces, New Mexico, this fairly large public school awarded 18 diplomas to qualified masters’s public health education and promotion students in 2019-2020.

NMSU Main Campus not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #5 on our “Best Public Health Education and Promotion Master’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at New Mexico State University - Main Campus are $18,275, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

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#6

Lamar University

Beaumont, Texas
#7 in overall quality

Lamar University ranked #6 on this year’s Best Value Public Health Education and Promotion Schools for a Master’s in the Southwest Region list. Beaumont, Texas is the setting for this fairly large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out masters’s public health education and promotion degrees to 21 students in 2019-2020.

Lamar University also took the #7 spot in our “Best Public Health Education and Promotion Master’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at Lamar University are $15,699, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Read full report on Public Health Education and Promotion at Lamar University

#7

Baylor University

Waco, Texas
#3 in overall quality

Baylor University landed the #7 spot on the 2022 Best Value Public Health Education and Promotion Schools for a Master’s in the Southwest Region ranking. Located in Waco, Texas, this fairly large private not-for-profit school handed out 15 degrees to qualified masters’s public health education and promotion students in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at Baylor, the school also landed the #3 spot in our “Best Public Health Education and Promotion Master’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at Baylor are $36,936.

Full Baylor Public Health Education and Promotion Report

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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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