2022 Best Value Public Health Schools for a Doctorate in Maryland

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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 Maryland, there were 1,788 public health graduates with average earnings and debt of $53,367 and $41,090 respectively. At the doctor’s degree level specifically, there were 77 public health graduates with average earnings and debt of $76,340 and $104,765 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Public Health Schools for a Doctorate in Maryland” ranking analyzed 3 colleges that offered a degree 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. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.

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Best Value Public Health Schools for a Doctorate in Maryland

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Public Health Schools for a Doctorate in Maryland.

Top 3 Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Public Health in Maryland

#1

University of Maryland - College Park

College Park, Maryland

#2 in overall quality

$30,885 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

Out of the 3 schools in the Best Value Public Health Schools for a Doctorate in Maryland that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Maryland - College Park landed the #1 spot on the list. College Park, Maryland is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out doctorate’s public health degrees to 16 students in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at UMCP, the school also landed the #2 spot in our “Best Public Health Doctor’s Degree Schools in Maryland” ranking. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at University of Maryland - College Park are $30,885.

Read more about Public Health at UMCP

#2

Morgan State University

Baltimore, Maryland

#3 in overall quality

$17,339 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

$83,177 Average Early-Career Earnings

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Morgan State University. The school came in at #2 for the Best Value Public Health Schools for a Doctorate in Maryland. Morgan State University is a medium-sized school located in Baltimore, Maryland that handed out 12 doctorate’s public health degrees in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at Morgan State, the school also landed the #3 spot in our “Best Public Health Doctor’s Degree Schools in Maryland” ranking. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at Morgan State are $17,339.

Full Morgan State Public Health Report

#3

Johns Hopkins University

Baltimore, Maryland

#1 in overall quality

$59,425 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

$81,886 Average Early-Career Earnings

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Johns Hopkins University. The school came in at #3 for the Best Value Public Health Schools for a Doctorate in Maryland. Johns Hopkins is a large private not-for-profit school situated in Baltimore, Maryland. It awarded 49 doctorate’s public health degrees in 2019-2020.

Johns Hopkins did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best Public Health Doctor’s Degree Schools in Maryland” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at Johns Hopkins are $59,425, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Read full report on Public Health at Johns Hopkins University

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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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• Credit for the banner image above goes to Article 25 Flickr.

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