2022 Best Value Public Health Schools for a Master’s in Minnesota For Those Making $75-$110k

It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. 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 Master’s in Minnesota For Those Making $75-$110k” 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 Minnesota, there were 1,080 public health graduates with average earnings and debt of $46,000 and $49,650 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 499 public health graduates with average earnings and debt of $55,396 and $40,953 respectively.

For this year’s “Best Value Public Health Schools for a Master’s in Minnesota For Those Making $75-$110k” ranking, we looked at 4 colleges that offer a degree in public health. This ranking identifies schools with high-quality public health programs that also have a lower cost than 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. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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Best Value Public Health Schools for a Master’s in Minnesota For Those Making $75-$110k

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Public Health Schools for a Master’s in Minnesota For Those Making $75-$110k.

Top 4 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Public Health (Income $75-$110k) in Minnesota

#1

University of Minnesota - Twin Cities

Minneapolis, Minnesota

#1 in overall quality

$28,845 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

$59,011 Average Early-Career Earnings

Out of the 4 schools in the Best Value Public Health Schools for a Master’s in Minnesota For Those Making $75-$110k that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Minnesota - Twin Cities landed the #1 spot on the list. This large school is located in Minneapolis, Minnesota, and it awarded 210 masters’s public health degrees in 2019-2020.

UMN Twin Cities did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best Public Health Master’s Degree Schools in Minnesota” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at University of Minnesota - Twin Cities are $28,845, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Read full report on Public Health at UMN Twin Cities

#2

Minnesota State University - Mankato

Mankato, Minnesota

#5 in overall quality

$8,788 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Minnesota State University - Mankato. It ranked #2 on our 2022 Best Value Public Health Schools for a Master’s in Minnesota For Those Making $75-$110k list. Located in Mankato, Minnesota, this fairly large public school handed out 12 degrees to qualified masters’s public health students in 2019-2020.

Minnesota State Mankato did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #5 on our “Best Public Health Master’s Degree Schools in Minnesota” list. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at Minnesota State Mankato are $8,788.

Full Minnesota State University - Mankato Public Health Report

#3

St Catherine University

Saint Paul, Minnesota

#2 in overall quality

$17,400 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend St Catherine University. The school came in at #3 for the Best Value Public Health Schools for a Master’s in Minnesota For Those Making $75-$110k. St. Kate’s is a small school located in Saint Paul, Minnesota that handed out 20 masters’s public health degrees in 2019-2020.

St. Kate’s also made our “Best Public Health Master’s Degree Schools in Minnesota” list, coming in at #2. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at St Catherine University are $17,400.

Full St Catherine University Public Health Report

#4

Capella University

Minneapolis, Minnesota

#4 in overall quality

$14,767 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

$49,599 Average Early-Career Earnings

Out of the 4 schools in the Best Value Public Health Schools for a Master’s in Minnesota For Those Making $75-$110k that were part of this year’s ranking, Capella University landed the #4 spot on the list. Capella University is a private for-profit institution located in Minneapolis, Minnesota. The school has a large population, and it awarded 77 masters’s degrees in 2019-2020.

Capella University did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #4 on our “Best Public Health Master’s Degree Schools in Minnesota” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at Capella University are $14,767, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Read more about Public Health at Capella University

• Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Public Health (Income $75-$110k) in the Plains States Region
• Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Public Health (Income $75-$110k)

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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