2022 Best Value Public Health Schools for a Master’s in Nevada

When it comes to choosing a college, students have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. 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 Master’s in Nevada” 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 Nevada, there were 98 public health graduates with average earnings and debt of $48,800 and $35,888 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 73 public health graduates with average earnings and debt of $60,581 and $45,224 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Public Health Schools for a Master’s in Nevada” ranking analyzed 2 colleges that offered a degree in public health. 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. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.

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Best Value Public Health Schools for a Master’s in Nevada

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Public Health Schools for a Master’s in Nevada.

Top 2 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Public Health in Nevada

#1

University of Nevada - Las Vegas

Las Vegas, Nevada

#1 in overall quality

$21,962 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

$58,673 Average Early-Career Earnings

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Nevada - Las Vegas. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Public Health Schools for a Master’s in Nevada list. This large school is located in Las Vegas, Nevada, and it awarded 19 masters’s public health degrees in 2019-2020.

UNLV not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #1 on our “Best Public Health Master’s Degree Schools in Nevada” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at UNLV are $21,962, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Read full report on Public Health at University of Nevada - Las Vegas

#2

University of Nevada - Reno

Reno, Nevada

#2 in overall quality

$21,971 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

$52,941 Average Early-Career Earnings

Out of the 2 schools in the Best Value Public Health Schools for a Master’s in Nevada that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Nevada - Reno landed the #2 spot on the list. This large school is located in Reno, Nevada, and it awarded 54 masters’s public health degrees in 2019-2020.

UNR did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #2 on our “Best Public Health Master’s Degree Schools in Nevada” list. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at University of Nevada - Reno are $21,971.

Read full report on Public Health at UNR

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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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