2022 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for General Public Health in Washington

It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. 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 a Master’s in Washington” 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 Washington, there were 369 general public health graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 99 general public health graduates with average earnings and debt of $62,184 and $46,709 respectively.

For this year’s “Best Value General Public Health Schools for a Master’s in Washington” ranking, we looked at 2 colleges that offer 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. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.

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Best Value General Public Health Schools for a Master’s in Washington

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value General Public Health Schools for a Master’s in Washington.

Top 2 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for General Public Health in Washington

#1

University of Washington - Seattle Campus

Seattle, Washington

#1 in overall quality

$30,294 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Washington - Seattle Campus. The school came in at #1 for the Best Value General Public Health Schools for a Master’s in Washington. UW Seattle is located in Seattle, Washington and, has a large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 75 masters’s general public health degrees to qualified students.

UW Seattle not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #1 on our “Best General Public Health Master’s Degree Schools in Washington” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at UW Seattle are $30,294, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Read full report on General Public Health at University of Washington - Seattle Campus

#2

Eastern Washington University

Cheney, Washington

#2 in overall quality

$28,921 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Eastern Washington University. It ranked #2 on our 2022 Best Value General Public Health Schools for a Master’s in Washington list. This fairly large school is located in Cheney, Washington, and it awarded 22 masters’s general public health degrees in 2019-2020.

EWU also took the #2 spot in our “Best General Public Health Master’s Degree Schools in Washington” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at Eastern Washington University are $28,921, but some majors have different tuition rates.

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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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