2022 Best Value General Public Health Schools for an Associate in the Rocky Mountains Region

With all of the options students have for higher education today, it can be tough to choose which direction to take. One of our goals at College Factual is to give you as much information as we can - such as our “Best Value General Public Health Schools for an Associate in the Rocky Mountains Region” ranking - to help you make that 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 the Rocky Mountains region, there were 545 general public health graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the associate degree level specifically, there were 4 general public health graduates with average earnings and debt of $33,967 and $17,711 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value General Public Health Schools for an Associate in the Rocky Mountains Region” ranking looked at 2 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in general public health. The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great general public health programs and 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. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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Best Value General Public Health Schools for an Associate in the Rocky Mountains Region

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value General Public Health Schools for an Associate in the Rocky Mountains Region.

Top 2 Best Value Associate Degree Colleges for General Public Health in the Rocky Mountains Region

#1

College of Western Idaho

Nampa, Idaho

#1 in overall quality

$6,711 Average Net Price

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend College of Western Idaho. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value General Public Health Schools for an Associate in the Rocky Mountains Region list. This fairly large school is located in Nampa, Idaho, and it awarded 2 associates’s general public health degrees in 2019-2020.

CWI not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #1 on our “Best General Public Health Associate Degree Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region” list. The yearly cost to attend College of Western Idaho is $6,711 for rocky mountains region associate degree general public health students.

Read more about General Public Health at CWI

#2

Snow College

Ephraim, Utah

#2 in overall quality

$8,592 Average Net Price

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Snow College. The school came in at #2 for the Best Value General Public Health Schools for an Associate in the Rocky Mountains Region. This medium-sized school is located in Ephraim, Utah, and it awarded 2 associates’s general public health degrees in 2019-2020.

Snow College also took the #2 spot in our “Best General Public Health Associate Degree Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region” ranking. The yearly cost to attend Snow College is $8,592 for Rocky Mountains Region Associate Degree General Public Health students.

Read more about General Public Health at Snow College

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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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