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2022 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Public Health in Montana (With Aid)

2 Ranked Colleges
53 Degrees Awarded
$21,300 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees*
Best Value Public Health Schools for a Master's in Montana For Those Getting Aid

When it comes to choosing a college, students have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. College Factual has developed its “Best Value Public Health Schools for a Master’s in Montana For Those Getting Aid” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.

In 2019-2020, 38,020 people earned their degree in public health, making the major the 27th most popular in the United States. 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 Montana, there were 105 public health graduates with average earnings and debt of $73,450 and $29,338 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 53 public health graduates with average earnings and debt of $47,863 and $41,012 respectively.

For this year’s “Best Value Public Health Schools for a Master’s in Montana 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.

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. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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Since picking the right college can be one of the most important decisions of your life, we’ve developed the “Best Value Public Health Schools for a Master’s in Montana For Those Getting Aid” ranking, along with many other major-related rankings, to help you make that decision.

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Best Value Public Health Schools for a Master’s in Montana For Those Getting Aid

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

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

Out of the 2 schools in the Best Value Public Health Schools for a Master’s in Montana For Those Getting Aid that were part of this year’s ranking, Montana Technological University landed the #1 spot on the list. Montana Technological University is a small public school situated in Butte, Montana. It awarded 42 masters’s public health degrees in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at Montana Tech, the school also landed the #1 spot in our “Best Public Health Master’s Degree Schools in Montana” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at Montana Tech are $19,429, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Read more about Public Health at Montana Technological University

#2

The University of Montana

Missoula, Montana
#2 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend The University of Montana. It ranked #2 on our 2022 Best Value Public Health Schools for a Master’s in Montana For Those Getting Aid list. UM is located in Missoula, Montana and, has a medium-sized student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 11 masters’s public health degrees to qualified students.

UM not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #2 on our “Best Public Health Master’s Degree Schools in Montana” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at UM are $23,242, but some majors have different tuition rates.

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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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