2022 Best Value Associate Degree Colleges for General Public Health in the Southwest 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 Southwest Region” ranking - to help you make that decision.

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

Across the Southwest region, there were 2,129 general public health graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the associate degree level specifically, there were 20 general public health graduates with average earnings and debt of $33,605 and $16,886 respectively.

The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great general public health 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 general public health program at the school. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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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 the Southwest Region” list to help you make the college decision.

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

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

Top 1 Best Value Associate Degree Colleges for General Public Health in the Southwest Region

#1

New Mexico State University - Dona Ana

Las Cruces, New Mexico

#1 in overall quality

$5,539 Average Net Price

Out of the 1 schools in the Best Value General Public Health Schools for an Associate in the Southwest Region that were part of this year’s ranking, New Mexico State University - Dona Ana landed the #1 spot on the list. NMSU Dona Ana is a medium-sized public school situated in Las Cruces, New Mexico. It awarded 20 associates’s general public health degrees in 2019-2020.

NMSU Dona Ana not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #1 on our “Best General Public Health Associate Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list. It costs about $5,539 for southwest region associate degree general public health students per year to attend NMSU Dona Ana.

Read more about General Public Health at New Mexico State University - Dona Ana

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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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