2022 Best Value Associate Degree Colleges for Public Health in Minnesota

When pursuing a degree in today’s world, students have many different options to choose from. 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 Minnesota” 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 Minnesota, there were 1,080 public health graduates with average earnings and debt of $46,000 and $49,650 respectively. At the associate degree level specifically, there were 11 public health graduates with average earnings and debt of $35,738 and $20,226 respectively.

For this year’s “Best Value Public Health Schools for an Associate in Minnesota” 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. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.

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When choosing the right school for you, it’s important to arm yourself with all the facts you can. To that end, we’ve created a number of major-specific rankings, including this “Best Value Public Health Schools for an Associate in Minnesota” list to help you make the college decision.

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Best Value Public Health Schools for an Associate in Minnesota

The colleges and universities below are the best for minnesota associate degree public health students.

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

#1

Saint Paul College

Saint Paul, Minnesota

#1 in overall quality

$11,613 Average Net Price

Out of the 2 schools in the Best Value Public Health Schools for an Associate in Minnesota that were part of this year’s ranking, Saint Paul College landed the #1 spot on the list. Saint Paul College is a public institution located in Saint Paul, Minnesota. The school has a medium-sized population, and it awarded 10 associates’s degrees in 2019-2020.

Saint Paul College also took the #1 spot in our “Best Public Health Associate Degree Schools in Minnesota” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for Saint Paul College is $11,613 for Minnesota Associate Degree Public Health students.

Read full report on Public Health at Saint Paul College

#2

Anoka-Ramsey Community College

Coon Rapids, Minnesota

#2 in overall quality

$11,890 Average Net Price

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Anoka-Ramsey Community College. It ranked #2 on our 2022 Best Value Public Health Schools for an Associate in Minnesota list. Anoka-Ramsey Community College-Coon Rapids Campus is a medium-sized school located in Coon Rapids, Minnesota that handed out 1 associates’s public health degrees in 2019-2020.

Anoka-Ramsey Community College-Coon Rapids Campus also took the #2 spot in our “Best Public Health Associate Degree Schools in Minnesota” ranking. It costs about $11,890 for Minnesota Associate Degree Public Health students per year to attend Anoka-Ramsey Community 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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