2022 Best Value General Public Health Schools for an Associate in the Plains States Region For Those Getting Aid

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General Public Health is the 42nd most popular major in the country with 20,721 degrees awarded in 2019-2020.

Across the Plains States region, there were 1,446 general public health graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the associate degree level specifically, there were 16 general public health graduates with average earnings and debt of $34,069 and $19,434 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value General Public Health Schools for an Associate in the Plains States Region For Those Getting Aid” ranking analyzed 3 colleges that offered a degree in general public health. Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent general public health 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 general public health 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 General Public Health Schools for an Associate in the Plains States Region For Those Getting Aid

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value General Public Health Schools for an Associate in the Plains States Region For Those Getting Aid.

Top 3 Best Value Associate Degree Colleges for General Public Health in the Plains States Region (With Aid)

#1

Saint Paul College

Saint Paul, Minnesota

#1 in overall quality

$11,613 Average Net Price

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Saint Paul College. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value General Public Health Schools for an Associate in the Plains States Region For Those Getting Aid list. Located in Saint Paul, Minnesota, this medium-sized public school awarded 10 diplomas to qualified associates’s general public health students in 2019-2020.

Saint Paul College also made our “Best General Public Health Associate Degree Schools in the Plains States Region” list, coming in at #1. It costs about $11,613 for plains states region associate degree general public health students with aid per year to attend Saint Paul College.

Full Saint Paul College General Public Health Report

#2

Northeast Community College

Norfolk, Nebraska

#3 in overall quality

$8,749 Average Net Price

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Northeast Community College. The school came in at #2 for the Best Value General Public Health Schools for an Associate in the Plains States Region For Those Getting Aid. Northeast is a public institution located in Norfolk, Nebraska. The school has a medium-sized population, and it awarded 1 associates’s degrees in 2019-2020.

Northeast also made our “Best General Public Health Associate Degree Schools in the Plains States Region” list, coming in at #3. The estimated yearly cost for Northeast Community College is $8,749 for Plains States Region Associate Degree General Public Health students with aid.

Read full report on General Public Health at Northeast

#3

Butler Community College

El Dorado, Kansas

#2 in overall quality

$13,895 Average Net Price

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Butler Community College. The school came in at #3 for the Best Value General Public Health Schools for an Associate in the Plains States Region For Those Getting Aid. Butler CC is a public institution located in El Dorado, Kansas. The school has a medium-sized population, and it awarded 5 associates’s degrees in 2019-2020.

Butler CC did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #2 on our “Best General Public Health Associate Degree Schools in the Plains States Region” list. The yearly cost to attend Butler CC is $13,895 for Plains States Region Associate Degree General Public Health students with aid.

Read full report on General Public Health at Butler CC

• Best Value Associate Degree Colleges for General Public Health (With Aid)

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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