2022 Best Value Colleges for General Public Health in Colorado (With Aid)

It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. College Factual has developed its “Best Value General Public Health Schools in Colorado For Those Getting Aid” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.

In 2019-2020, 20,721 people earned their degree in general public health, making the major the 42nd most popular in the United States.

Across Colorado, there were 322 general public health graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively.

For this year’s “Best Value General Public Health Schools in Colorado For Those Getting Aid” ranking, we looked at 2 colleges that offer a degree in general public health. This ranking identifies schools with high-quality general public health programs that also have a lower cost than 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 general public health program at the school. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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The general public 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 General Public Health Schools in Colorado For Those Getting Aid”.

In addition to our rankings, you can take two colleges and compare them based on the criteria that matters most to you in our unique tool, College Combat. Go ahead and give it a try, or bookmark the link so you can check it out later.

Best Value General Public Health Schools in Colorado For Those Getting Aid

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value General Public Health Schools in Colorado For Those Getting Aid.

Top 2 Best Value Colleges for General Public Health in Colorado (With Aid)

#1

University of Colorado Denver/Anschutz Medical Campus

Denver, Colorado

#1 in overall quality

$15,358 Average Net Price

$53,782 Average Early-Career Earnings

Out of the 2 schools in the Best Value General Public Health Schools in Colorado For Those Getting Aid that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Colorado Denver/Anschutz Medical Campus landed the #1 spot on the list. Denver, Colorado is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out ’s general public health degrees to 292 students in 2019-2020.

CU Anschutz did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best General Public Health Schools in Colorado” list. The yearly cost to attend CU Anschutz is $15,358 for Colorado General Public Health students with aid.

The student loan default rate at the school is 3.4%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.

Read full report on General Public Health at CU Anschutz

#2

Fort Lewis College

Durango, Colorado

#2 in overall quality

$16,274 Average Net Price

$27,450 Average Early-Career Earnings

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Fort Lewis College. It ranked #2 on our 2022 Best Value General Public Health Schools in Colorado For Those Getting Aid list. Located in Durango, Colorado, this small public school handed out 30 degrees to qualified ’s general public health students in 2019-2020.

FLC also made our “Best General Public Health Schools in Colorado” list, coming in at #2. The yearly cost to attend Fort Lewis College is $16,274 for Colorado General Public Health students with aid.

Full Fort Lewis College General Public Health 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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