2022 Best Value Associate Degree Colleges for Public Health in the Southeast Region
It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. 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 an Associate in the Southeast Region” 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 the Southeast region, there were 8,859 public health graduates with average earnings and debt of $36,888 and $33,500 respectively. At the associate degree level specifically, there were 229 public health graduates with average earnings and debt of $31,631 and $18,547 respectively.
This year’s “Best Value Public Health Schools for an Associate in the Southeast Region” ranking looked at 8 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.
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. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.
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Best Value Public Health Schools for an Associate in the Southeast Region
The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Public Health Schools for an Associate in the Southeast Region.
Top 8 Best Value Associate Degree Colleges for Public Health in the Southeast Region
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend American Public University System. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Public Health Schools for an Associate in the Southeast Region list. American Public University System is a large private for-profit school situated in Charles Town, West Virginia. It awarded 50 associates’s public health degrees in 2019-2020.
American Military University also made our “Best Public Health Associate Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” list, coming in at #1. It costs about $10,222 for southeast region associate degree public health students per year to attend American Military University.
With a freshman retention rate of 98%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its students.
Read full report on Public Health at American Military University
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Itawamba Community College. The school came in at #2 for the Best Value Public Health Schools for an Associate in the Southeast Region. ICC is a small public school situated in Fulton, Mississippi. It awarded 5 associates’s public health degrees in 2019-2020.
ICC also made our “Best Public Health Associate Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” list, coming in at #7. The yearly cost to attend ICC is $5,107 for Southeast Region Associate Degree Public Health students.
Out of the 8 schools in the Best Value Public Health Schools for an Associate in the Southeast Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Florida National University - Main Campus landed the #3 spot on the list. Located in Hialeah, Florida, this small private for-profit school awarded 46 diplomas to qualified associates’s public health students in 2019-2020.
Florida National University - Main Campus did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #3 on our “Best Public Health Associate Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” list. It costs about $20,586 for Southeast Region Associate Degree Public Health students per year to attend Florida National University - Main Campus.
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Out of the 8 schools in the Best Value Public Health Schools for an Associate in the Southeast Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Keiser University - Ft Lauderdale landed the #4 spot on the list. This large school is located in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, and it awarded 90 associates’s public health degrees in 2019-2020.
Keiser University - Ft Lauderdale did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #2 on our “Best Public Health Associate Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” list. The estimated yearly cost for Keiser University - Ft Lauderdale is $33,428 for Southeast Region Associate Degree Public Health students.
Out of the 8 schools in the Best Value Public Health Schools for an Associate in the Southeast Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Hillsborough Community College landed the #5 spot on the list. This fairly large school is located in Tampa, Florida, and it awarded 2 associates’s public health degrees in 2019-2020.
HCC also took the #6 spot in our “Best Public Health Associate Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” ranking. It costs about $3,238 for southeast region associate degree public health students per year to attend Hillsborough Community College.
Roane State Community College came in at #6 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Public Health Schools for an Associate in the Southeast Region ranking. Roane State Community College is a public institution located in Harriman, Tennessee. The school has a medium-sized population, and it awarded 12 associates’s degrees in 2019-2020.
Roane State Community College also took the #4 spot in our “Best Public Health Associate Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” ranking. The yearly cost to attend Roane State Community College is $4,104 for Southeast Region Associate Degree Public Health students.
Bryant & Stratton College - Virginia Beach came in at #7 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Public Health Schools for an Associate in the Southeast Region ranking. Bryant & Stratton College - Virginia Beach is located in Virginia Beach, Virginia and, has a small student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 13 associates’s public health degrees to qualified students.
Bryant & Stratton College - Virginia Beach also made our “Best Public Health Associate Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” list, coming in at #5. The yearly cost to attend Bryant & Stratton College - Virginia Beach is $14,839 for Southeast 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.
Read more about Public Health at Bryant & Stratton College - Virginia Beach
With a ranking of #8, Eastern Florida State College did quite well on the 2022 Best Value Public Health Schools for an Associate in the Southeast Region list. Cocoa, Florida is the setting for this fairly large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out associates’s public health degrees to 2 students in 2019-2020.
In addition to being on our southeast region associate degree public health students list, EFSC has also earned the #8 rank in our “Best Public Health Associate Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for Eastern Florida State College is $4,955 for Southeast Region Associate Degree Public Health students.
Read full report on Public Health at Eastern Florida State 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%.
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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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