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

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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 Plains States region, there were 377 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 120 public health education and promotion graduates with average earnings and debt of $53,438 and $39,783 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Public Health Education and Promotion Schools for a Master’s in the Plains States Region” ranking analyzed 4 colleges that offered a degree in public health education and promotion. The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great public health education and promotion 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 public health education and promotion program at the school. 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 Plains States Region

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Public Health Education and Promotion Schools for a Master’s in the Plains States Region.

Top 4 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Public Health Education and Promotion in the Plains States Region

#1

Walden University

Minneapolis, Minnesota

#2 in overall quality

$10,716 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Walden University. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Public Health Education and Promotion Schools for a Master’s in the Plains States Region list. Minneapolis, Minnesota is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The private for-profit school handed out masters’s public health education and promotion degrees to 74 students in 2019-2020.

Walden University not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #2 on our “Best Public Health Education and Promotion 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 Walden University are $10,716.

Read more about Public Health Education and Promotion at Walden University

#2

Minnesota State University - Mankato

Mankato, Minnesota

#3 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 Public Health Education and Promotion Schools for a Master’s in the Plains States Region. Mankato, Minnesota 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 4 students in 2019-2020.

Minnesota State Mankato also made our “Best Public Health Education and Promotion Master’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region” list, coming in at #3. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at Minnesota State Mankato are $8,788.

Read more about Public Health Education and Promotion at Minnesota State Mankato

#3

University of Minnesota - Twin Cities

Minneapolis, Minnesota

#1 in overall quality

$28,845 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

Out of the 4 schools in the Best Value Public Health Education and Promotion Schools for a Master’s in the Plains States Region that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Minnesota - Twin Cities landed the #3 spot on the list. Minneapolis, Minnesota is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out masters’s public health education and promotion degrees to 35 students in 2019-2020.

UMN Twin Cities 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 Plains States Region” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at University of Minnesota - Twin Cities are $28,845, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Full University of Minnesota - Twin Cities Public Health Education and Promotion Report

#4

Mount Mercy University

Cedar Rapids, Iowa

#4 in overall quality

$10,870 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Mount Mercy University. It ranked #4 on our 2022 Best Value Public Health Education and Promotion Schools for a Master’s in the Plains States Region list. Mount Mercy is a private not-for-profit institution located in Cedar Rapids, Iowa. The school has a small population, and it awarded 5 masters’s degrees in 2019-2020.

Mount Mercy also took the #4 spot in our “Best Public Health Education and Promotion Master’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region” ranking. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at Mount Mercy University are $10,870.

Full Mount Mercy University 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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