2022 Best Value Public Health Schools for a Doctorate in Missouri 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 Doctorate in Missouri 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 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 Getting Aid” ranking, we looked at 2 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.

When determining these rankings, we looked at things such as overall quality of the public health program at the school and the cost to attend the school once aid has been awarded. 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 Doctorate in Missouri For Those Getting Aid”.

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Best Value Public Health Schools for a Doctorate in Missouri For Those Getting Aid

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Public Health Schools for a Doctorate in Missouri For Those Getting Aid.

Top 2 Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Public Health in Missouri (With Aid)

#1

Washington University in St Louis

Saint Louis, Missouri

#1 in overall quality

$56,562 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Washington University in St Louis. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Public Health Schools for a Doctorate in Missouri For Those Getting Aid list. WUSTL is located in Saint Louis, Missouri and, has a fairly large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 3 doctorate’s public health degrees to qualified students.

WUSTL also took the #1 spot in our “Best Public Health Doctor’s Degree Schools in Missouri” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at Washington University in St Louis are $56,562, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Read full report on Public Health at Washington University in St Louis

#2

Saint Louis University

Saint Louis, Missouri

#1 in overall quality

$22,074 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

Out of the 2 schools in the Best Value Public Health Schools for a Doctorate in Missouri For Those Getting Aid that were part of this year’s ranking, Saint Louis University landed the #2 spot on the list. Saint Louis University is a fairly large school located in Saint Louis, Missouri that handed out 9 doctorate’s public health degrees in 2019-2020.

SLU did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best Public Health Doctor’s Degree Schools in Missouri” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at Saint Louis University are $22,074, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Read more about Public Health at Saint Louis University

• Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Public Health in the Plains States Region (With Aid)
• Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Public Health (With Aid)

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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