2022 Best Value Public Health Schools for a Doctorate in Missouri For Those Making $48-$75k

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 Public Health Schools for a Doctorate in Missouri For Those Making $48-$75k” ranking is part of that endeavor.

Public Health is the 27th most popular major in the country with 38,020 degrees awarded in 2019-2020. In 2017-2018, public health graduates who were awarded their degree in 2015-2017, earned an average of $41,740 and had an average of $35,895 in loans still to pay off.

Across Missouri, there were 692 public health graduates with average earnings and debt of $42,160 and $39,886 respectively. At the doctor’s degree level specifically, there were 12 public health graduates with average earnings and debt of $73,755 and $111,628 respectively.

For this year’s “Best Value Public Health Schools for a Doctorate in Missouri For Those Making $48-$75k” ranking, we looked at 2 colleges that offer a degree in public health. The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great 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 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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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 Public Health Schools for a Doctorate in Missouri For Those Making $48-$75k” list to help you make the college decision.

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Best Value Public Health Schools for a Doctorate in Missouri For Those Making $48-$75k

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Public Health Schools for a Doctorate in Missouri For Those Making $48-$75k.

Top 2 Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Public Health (Income $48-$75k) in Missouri

#1

Washington University in St Louis

Saint Louis, Missouri

#1 in overall quality

$56,562 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

Out of the 2 schools in the Best Value Public Health Schools for a Doctorate in Missouri For Those Making $48-$75k that were part of this year’s ranking, Washington University in St Louis landed the #1 spot on the list. WUSTL is a fairly large private not-for-profit school situated in Saint Louis, Missouri. It awarded 3 doctorate’s public health degrees in 2019-2020.

WUSTL also made our “Best Public Health Doctor’s Degree Schools in Missouri” list, coming in at #1. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at Washington University in St Louis are $56,562.

Read more about Public Health at WUSTL

#2

Saint Louis University

Saint Louis, Missouri

#1 in overall quality

$22,074 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Saint Louis University. It ranked #2 on our 2022 Best Value Public Health Schools for a Doctorate in Missouri For Those Making $48-$75k list. Located in Saint Louis, Missouri, this fairly large private not-for-profit school awarded 9 diplomas to qualified doctorate’s public health students in 2019-2020.

SLU also made our “Best Public Health Doctor’s Degree Schools in Missouri” list, coming in at #1. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at Saint Louis University are $22,074.

Read more about Public Health at SLU

• Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Public Health (Income $48-$75k) in the Plains States Region
• Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Public Health (Income $48-$75k)

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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