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

When it comes to choosing a college, students have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. College Factual was founded, in part, to help students make the decision as to what would be the best school for them. Our “Best Value General Public Health Schools for a Master’s in Connecticut” ranking is part of that endeavor.

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 Connecticut, there were 236 general public health graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 132 general public health graduates with average earnings and debt of $61,793 and $40,407 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value General Public Health Schools for a Master’s in Connecticut” ranking analyzed 3 colleges that offered 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. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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

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

Top 3 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for General Public Health in Connecticut

#1

University of Connecticut

Storrs, Connecticut

#2 in overall quality

$41,576 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Connecticut. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value General Public Health Schools for a Master’s in Connecticut list. Located in Storrs, Connecticut, this large public school handed out 31 diplomas to qualified masters’s general public health students in 2019-2020.

UCONN also took the #2 spot in our “Best General Public Health Master’s Degree Schools in Connecticut” ranking. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at University of Connecticut are $41,576.

Read full report on General Public Health at UCONN

#2

Southern Connecticut State University

New Haven, Connecticut

#3 in overall quality

$26,658 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Southern Connecticut State University. The school came in at #2 for the Best Value General Public Health Schools for a Master’s in Connecticut. New Haven, Connecticut is the setting for this medium-sized institution of higher learning. The public school handed out masters’s general public health degrees to 16 students in 2019-2020.

SCSU also made our “Best General Public Health Master’s Degree Schools in Connecticut” list, coming in at #3. Average graduate tuition and fees at SCSU are $26,658, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Full Southern Connecticut State University General Public Health Report

#3

Yale University

New Haven, Connecticut

#1 in overall quality

$44,500 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Yale University. The school came in at #3 for the Best Value General Public Health Schools for a Master’s in Connecticut. Yale is a private not-for-profit institution located in New Haven, Connecticut. The school has a fairly large population, and it awarded 85 masters’s degrees in 2019-2020.

Yale also made our “Best General Public Health Master’s Degree Schools in Connecticut” list, coming in at #1. Average graduate tuition and fees at Yale University are $44,500, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Full Yale University 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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