2022 Best Value Associate Degree Colleges for Public Health in Utah

Students have lots of options to chooose from today when trying to decide which college to attend. College Factual has developed its “Best Value Public Health Schools for an Associate in Utah” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.

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 Utah, there were 796 public health graduates with average earnings and debt of $37,575 and $26,723 respectively. At the associate degree level specifically, there were 9 public health graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Public Health Schools for an Associate in Utah” ranking looked at 2 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in public health. Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent public health programs, but they also cost less that 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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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 an Associate in Utah” list, to help you choose the best school for you.

We’ve created a tool called College Combat that lets you create your own customized comparisons based on the factors that matter the most to you. If you’re torn between two schools, you can use it to help you see how they stack up against one another. Bookmark it so you can compare any new schools that might interest you.

Best Value Public Health Schools for an Associate in Utah

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

Top 2 Best Value Associate Degree Colleges for Public Health in Utah

#1

Utah Valley University

Orem, Utah

#1 in overall quality

$9,159 Average Net Price

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Utah Valley University. The school came in at #1 for the Best Value Public Health Schools for an Associate in Utah. Orem, Utah is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out associates’s public health degrees to 7 students in 2019-2020.

UVU did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best Public Health Associate Degree Schools in Utah” list. It costs about $9,159 for Utah Associate Degree Public Health students per year to attend Utah Valley University.

Read more about Public Health at UVU

#2

Snow College

Ephraim, Utah

#2 in overall quality

$8,592 Average Net Price

Out of the 2 schools in the Best Value Public Health Schools for an Associate in Utah that were part of this year’s ranking, Snow College landed the #2 spot on the list. Ephraim, Utah is the setting for this medium-sized institution of higher learning. The public school handed out associates’s public health degrees to 2 students in 2019-2020.

Snow College also made our “Best Public Health Associate Degree Schools in Utah” list, coming in at #2. It costs about $8,592 for utah associate degree public health students per year to attend Snow College.

Read full report on Public Health at Snow College

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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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