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

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 a Doctorate in Nebraska” 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 Nebraska, there were 160 public health graduates with average earnings and debt of $45,057 and $39,036 respectively. At the doctor’s degree level specifically, there were 1 public health graduates with average earnings and debt of $74,738 and $121,521 respectively.

The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great public health programs and 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. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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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 a Doctorate in Nebraska” list to help you make the college decision.

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Best Value Public Health Schools for a Doctorate in Nebraska

The colleges and universities below are the best for nebraska doctor’s degree public health students.

Top 1 Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Public Health in Nebraska

#1

University of Nebraska Medical Center

Omaha, Nebraska

#1 in overall quality

$26,961 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

Out of the 1 schools in the Best Value Public Health Schools for a Doctorate in Nebraska that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Nebraska Medical Center landed the #1 spot on the list. This small school is located in Omaha, Nebraska, and it awarded 1 doctorate’s public health degrees in 2019-2020.

UNMC also took the #1 spot in our “Best Public Health Doctor’s Degree Schools in Nebraska” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at University of Nebraska Medical Center are $26,961, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Read full report on Public Health at UNMC

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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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