2022 Best Value General Public Health Schools for an Associate in Maryland

When it comes to choosing a college, students have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. College Factual has developed its “Best Value General Public Health Schools for an Associate in Maryland” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.

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

Across Maryland, there were 799 general public health graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the associate degree level specifically, there were 7 general public health graduates with average earnings and debt of $37,858 and $15,601 respectively.

For this year’s “Best Value General Public Health Schools for an Associate in Maryland” 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.

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. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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When choosing the right school for you, it’s important to arm yourself with all the facts you can. To that end, we’ve created a number of major-specific rankings, including this “Best Value General Public Health Schools for an Associate in Maryland” list to help you make the college decision.

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Best Value General Public Health Schools for an Associate in Maryland

The colleges and universities below are the best for maryland associate degree general public health students.

Top 2 Best Value Associate Degree Colleges for General Public Health in Maryland

#1

Cecil College

North East, Maryland

#2 in overall quality

$8,085 Average Net Price

Out of the 2 schools in the Best Value General Public Health Schools for an Associate in Maryland that were part of this year’s ranking, Cecil College landed the #1 spot on the list. Cecil College is a small school located in North East, Maryland that handed out 3 associates’s general public health degrees in 2019-2020.

Cecil College did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #2 on our “Best General Public Health Associate Degree Schools in Maryland” list. The estimated yearly cost for Cecil College is $8,085 for maryland associate degree general public health students.

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#2

Anne Arundel Community College

Arnold, Maryland

#1 in overall quality

$14,506 Average Net Price

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Anne Arundel Community College. It ranked #2 on our 2022 Best Value General Public Health Schools for an Associate in Maryland list. Anne Arundel Community College is located in Arnold, Maryland and, has a fairly large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 4 associates’s general public health degrees to qualified students.

AACC also made our “Best General Public Health Associate Degree Schools in Maryland” list, coming in at #1. The yearly cost to attend AACC is $14,506 for Maryland Associate Degree General Public Health students.

Read full report on General Public Health at AACC

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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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