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2022 Best Value Public Health Schools for a Bachelor’s in Wisconsin For Those Getting Aid

5 Ranked Colleges
80 Degrees Awarded
$16,700 Avg Net Price*
Best Value Public Health Schools for a Bachelor's in Wisconsin For Those Getting Aid

When it comes to choosing a college, students have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. 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 Bachelor’s in Wisconsin For Those Getting Aid” 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 Wisconsin, there were 547 public health graduates with average earnings and debt of $37,357 and $32,526 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 80 public health graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Public Health Schools for a Bachelor’s in Wisconsin For Those Getting Aid” ranking looked at 5 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in public health. This ranking identifies schools with high-quality 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 public health program at the school. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.

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Since the program you select can have a significant impact on your future, we’ve developed a number of rankings, including this “Best Value Public Health Schools for a Bachelor’s in Wisconsin For Those Getting Aid” list, to help you choose the best school for you.

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Best Value Public Health Schools for a Bachelor’s in Wisconsin For Those Getting Aid

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Public Health Schools for a Bachelor’s in Wisconsin For Those Getting Aid.

Top 5 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Public Health in Wisconsin (With Aid)

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Wisconsin - La Crosse. The school came in at #1 for the Best Value Public Health Schools for a Bachelor’s in Wisconsin For Those Getting Aid. University of Wisconsin - La Crosse is a fairly large school located in La Crosse, Wisconsin that handed out 56 bachelors’s public health degrees in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at UW - La Crosse, the school also landed the #1 spot in our “Best Public Health Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Wisconsin” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for UW - La Crosse is $14,580 for Wisconsin Bachelor’s Degree Public Health students with aid.

The student loan default rate at the school is 1.6%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%. Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 86%.

Full UW - La Crosse Public Health Report

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Wisconsin - Eau Claire. The school came in at #2 for the Best Value Public Health Schools for a Bachelor’s in Wisconsin For Those Getting Aid. Located in Eau Claire, Wisconsin, this fairly large public school handed out 10 diplomas to qualified bachelors’s public health students in 2019-2020.

UW - Eau Claire also made our “Best Public Health Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Wisconsin” list, coming in at #2. The yearly cost to attend University of Wisconsin - Eau Claire is $16,020 for Wisconsin Bachelor’s Degree Public Health students with aid.

Full UW - Eau Claire Public Health Report

#4 in overall quality

Out of the 5 schools in the Best Value Public Health Schools for a Bachelor’s in Wisconsin For Those Getting Aid that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Wisconsin - Oshkosh landed the #3 spot on the list. This fairly large school is located in Oshkosh, Wisconsin, and it awarded 5 bachelors’s public health degrees in 2019-2020.

UW Oshkosh also took the #4 spot in our “Best Public Health Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Wisconsin” ranking. It costs about $15,463 for Wisconsin Bachelor’s Degree Public Health students with aid per year to attend University of Wisconsin - Oshkosh.

Full University of Wisconsin - Oshkosh Public Health Report

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Bryant & Stratton College - Wauwatosa. The school came in at #4 for the Best Value Public Health Schools for a Bachelor’s in Wisconsin For Those Getting Aid. Located in Wauwatosa, Wisconsin, this small private for-profit school handed out 5 diplomas to qualified bachelors’s public health students in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at Bryant & Stratton College - Wauwatosa, the school also landed the #5 spot in our “Best Public Health Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Wisconsin” ranking. The yearly cost to attend Bryant & Stratton College - Wauwatosa is $13,983 for Wisconsin Bachelor’s Degree Public Health students with aid.

Read full report on Public Health at Bryant & Stratton College - Wauwatosa

#5

Carroll University

Waukesha, Wisconsin

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Carroll University. The school came in at #5 for the Best Value Public Health Schools for a Bachelor’s in Wisconsin For Those Getting Aid. Carroll University is located in Waukesha, Wisconsin and, has a small student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 4 bachelors’s public health degrees to qualified students.

Carroll U also took the #3 spot in our “Best Public Health Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Wisconsin” ranking. It costs about $23,355 for Wisconsin Bachelor’s Degree Public Health students with aid per year to attend Carroll University.

The low student loan default rate of 3.2% is a good sign that students have an easier time paying off their loans than they might at other schools. For comparison, the national default rate is 10.1%.

Read full report on Public Health at Carroll University

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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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