by our College Data Analytics Team
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 “Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on General Public Health Major in the Southeast Region” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.
General Public Health is the 39th most popular major in the country with 22,778 degrees awarded in 2020-2021.
Across the Southeast region, there were 5,066 general public health graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the associate degree level specifically, there were 65 general public health graduates with average earnings and debt of $34,328 and $20,384 respectively.
For this year’s “Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on General Public Health Major in the Southeast Region” ranking, we looked at 3 colleges that offer a degree in general public health. That schools that top this list have a program in general public health in which the largest percentage of students at the school are enrolled.
See our ranking methodology to learn more.
The general public health school you choose to invest your time and money in matters. To help you make the decision that is right for you, we’ve developed a number of major-specific rankings, including this list of “Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on General Public Health Major in the Southeast Region”.
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The colleges and universities below are the best for southeast region associate degree general public health students.
Out of the 3 schools in the Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on General Public Health Major in the Southeast Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Point University landed the #1 spot on the list. Point is located in West Point, Georgia and, has a small student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 4 associates’s general public health degrees to qualified students.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend American Public University System. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on General Public Health Major in the Southeast Region list. American Public University System is a large school located in Charles Town, West Virginia that handed out 60 associates’s general public health degrees in 2020-2021.
With a freshman retention rate of 98%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students.
Read full report on General Public Health at American Public University System
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Johnson University. The school came in at #3 for the Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on General Public Health Major in the Southeast Region. Knoxville, Tennessee is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out associates’s general public health degrees to 1 students in 2020-2021.
The undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio of 8 to 1 is a sign that students will have more opportunities to engage with their professors one-on-one. The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 3.5%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
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