2022 Best Value Public Health Schools for a Master’s in Alaska For Those Making $48-$75k

It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. Our mission at College Factual is to arm you with as much information as we can to help you make that decision. Our “Best Value Public Health Schools for a Master’s in Alaska For Those Making $48-$75k” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.

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 Alaska, there were 86 public health graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 7 public health graduates with average earnings and debt of $56,325 and $26,561 respectively.

Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent public health programs, but they also 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 public health program at the school. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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The 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 “Best Value Public Health Schools for a Master’s in Alaska For Those Making $48-$75k”.

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Best Value Public Health Schools for a Master’s in Alaska For Those Making $48-$75k

The colleges and universities below are the best for alaska master’s degree public health students whose families make $48-$75k.

Top 1 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Public Health (Income $48-$75k) in Alaska

#1

University of Alaska Anchorage

Anchorage, Alaska

#1 in overall quality

$24,496 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

Out of the 1 schools in the Best Value Public Health Schools for a Master’s in Alaska For Those Making $48-$75k that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Alaska Anchorage landed the #1 spot on the list. UAA is a fairly large school located in Anchorage, Alaska that handed out 7 masters’s public health degrees in 2019-2020.

UAA also took the #1 spot in our “Best Public Health Master’s Degree Schools in Alaska” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at UAA are $24,496, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Read full report on Public Health at University of Alaska Anchorage

• Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Public Health (Income $48-$75k) in the Far Western US Region
• Best Value Master’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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• Credit for the banner image above goes to Article 25 Flickr.

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