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2022 Best Value Public Health Schools for an Associate in the Great Lakes Region

6 Ranked Colleges
29 Degrees Awarded
$8,400 Avg Net Price*
Best Value Public Health Schools for an Associate in the Great Lakes Region

When it comes to choosing a college, students have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. 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 an Associate in the Great Lakes Region” 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 the Great Lakes region, there were 4,716 public health graduates with average earnings and debt of $41,391 and $36,986 respectively. At the associate degree level specifically, there were 29 public health graduates with average earnings and debt of $32,508 and $17,812 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Public Health Schools for an Associate in the Great Lakes Region” ranking looked at 6 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in public health. The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great public health programs and cost less that 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. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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Best Value Public Health Schools for an Associate in the Great Lakes Region

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Public Health Schools for an Associate in the Great Lakes Region.

Top 6 Best Value Associate Degree Colleges for Public Health in the Great Lakes Region

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Bryant & Stratton College - Parma. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Public Health Schools for an Associate in the Great Lakes Region list. Bryant & Stratton College - Parma is a small private for-profit school situated in Parma, Ohio. It awarded 13 associates’s public health degrees in 2019-2020.

Bryant & Stratton College - Parma also took the #1 spot in our “Best Public Health Associate Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region” ranking. The yearly cost to attend Bryant & Stratton College - Parma is $15,429 for great lakes region associate degree public health students.

The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 100%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.

Full Bryant & Stratton College - Parma Public Health Report

#4 in overall quality

Out of the 6 schools in the Best Value Public Health Schools for an Associate in the Great Lakes Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Sinclair Community College landed the #2 spot on the list. Located in Dayton, Ohio, this fairly large public school awarded 4 diplomas to qualified associates’s public health students in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our great lakes region associate degree public health students list, Sinclair Community College has also earned the #4 rank in our “Best Public Health Associate Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for Sinclair Community College is $4,208 for Great Lakes Region Associate Degree Public Health students.

Full Sinclair Community College Public Health Report

#3

South Suburban College

South Holland, Illinois
#3 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend South Suburban College. It ranked #3 on our 2022 Best Value Public Health Schools for an Associate in the Great Lakes Region list. South Holland, Illinois is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The public school handed out associates’s public health degrees to 2 students in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at SSC, the school also landed the #3 spot in our “Best Public Health Associate Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for South Suburban College is $4,746 for great lakes region associate degree public health students.

Read full report on Public Health at South Suburban College

Out of the 6 schools in the Best Value Public Health Schools for an Associate in the Great Lakes Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Bryant & Stratton College - Wauwatosa landed the #4 spot on the list. Wauwatosa, Wisconsin is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The private for-profit school handed out associates’s public health degrees to 7 students in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at Bryant & Stratton College - Wauwatosa, the school also landed the #2 spot in our “Best Public Health Associate Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region” ranking. It costs about $13,983 for great lakes region associate degree public health students per year to attend Bryant & Stratton College - Wauwatosa.

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

#5

Ivy Tech Community College

Indianapolis, Indiana
#5 in overall quality

Out of the 6 schools in the Best Value Public Health Schools for an Associate in the Great Lakes Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Ivy Tech Community College landed the #5 spot on the list. This large school is located in Indianapolis, Indiana, and it awarded 2 associates’s public health degrees in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at Ivy Tech Community College, the school also landed the #5 spot in our “Best Public Health Associate Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for Ivy Tech Community College is $6,919 for Great Lakes Region Associate Degree Public Health students.

Read more about Public Health at Ivy Tech Community College

#6 in overall quality

Cuyahoga Community College District ranked #6 on this year’s Best Value Public Health Schools for an Associate in the Great Lakes Region list. This fairly large school is located in Cleveland, Ohio, and it awarded 1 associates’s public health degrees in 2019-2020.

Cuyahoga Community College District also took the #6 spot in our “Best Public Health Associate Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region” ranking. The yearly cost to attend Cuyahoga Community College District is $5,415 for great lakes region associate degree public health students.

Read full report on Public Health at Cuyahoga Community College District

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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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