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2022 Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Public Health in Pennsylvania

5 Ranked Colleges
34 Degrees Awarded
$32,800 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees*
Best Value Public Health Schools for a Doctorate in Pennsylvania

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 a Doctorate in Pennsylvania” 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 Pennsylvania, there were 1,377 public health graduates with average earnings and debt of $47,556 and $44,816 respectively. At the doctor’s degree level specifically, there were 34 public health graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively.

For this year’s “Best Value Public Health Schools for a Doctorate in Pennsylvania” ranking, we looked at 5 colleges that offer 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.

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. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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Best Value Public Health Schools for a Doctorate in Pennsylvania

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

Top 6 Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Public Health in Pennsylvania

#1 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Pittsburgh - Pittsburgh Campus. The school came in at #1 for the Best Value Public Health Schools for a Doctorate in Pennsylvania. Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out doctorate’s public health degrees to 15 students in 2019-2020.

Pitt also made our “Best Public Health Doctor’s Degree Schools in Pennsylvania” list, coming in at #1. Average graduate tuition and fees at Pitt are $40,836, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

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#2

Pennsylvania State University - University Park

University Park, Pennsylvania
#4 in overall quality

Out of the 5 schools in the Best Value Public Health Schools for a Doctorate in Pennsylvania that were part of this year’s ranking, Pennsylvania State University - University Park landed the #2 spot on the list.

Penn State University Park also made our “Best Public Health Doctor’s Degree Schools in Pennsylvania” list, coming in at #4. Average graduate tuition and fees at Pennsylvania State University - University Park are $38,728, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Read more about Public Health at Penn State University Park

#2

Temple University

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
#5 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Temple University. The school came in at #2 for the Best Value Public Health Schools for a Doctorate in Pennsylvania. Located in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, this large public school awarded 1 diplomas to qualified doctorate’s public health students in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our pennsylvania doctor’s degree public health students list, Temple has also earned the #5 rank in our “Best Public Health Doctor’s Degree Schools in Pennsylvania” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at Temple University are $24,236, but some majors have different tuition rates.

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#3

Widener University

Chester, Pennsylvania
#5 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Widener University. The school came in at #3 for the Best Value Public Health Schools for a Doctorate in Pennsylvania. Chester, Pennsylvania is the setting for this medium-sized institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out doctorate’s public health degrees to 3 students in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our pennsylvania doctor’s degree public health students list, Widener has also earned the #5 rank in our “Best Public Health Doctor’s Degree Schools in Pennsylvania” ranking. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at Widener University are $24,810.

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#4

University of the Sciences

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
#3 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of the Sciences. The school came in at #4 for the Best Value Public Health Schools for a Doctorate in Pennsylvania. Philadelphia, Pennsylvania is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out doctorate’s public health degrees to 8 students in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at USciences, the school also landed the #3 spot in our “Best Public Health Doctor’s Degree Schools in Pennsylvania” ranking. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at USciences are $30,168.

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#5

Drexel University

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
#2 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Drexel University. The school came in at #5 for the Best Value Public Health Schools for a Doctorate in Pennsylvania. Drexel University is located in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania and, has a large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 7 doctorate’s public health degrees to qualified students.

Drexel also made our “Best Public Health Doctor’s Degree Schools in Pennsylvania” list, coming in at #2. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at Drexel University are $37,074.

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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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