2022 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Public Health in Oregon

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 Oregon” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.

In 2019-2020, 38,020 people earned their degree in public health, making the major the 27th most popular in the United States. 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 Oregon, there were 595 public health graduates with average earnings and debt of $39,833 and $31,481 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 161 public health graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Public Health Schools for a Master’s in Oregon” ranking analyzed 3 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.

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. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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

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

Top 3 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Public Health in Oregon

#1

Oregon State University

Corvallis, Oregon

#1 in overall quality

$28,121 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

$56,579 Average Early-Career Earnings

Out of the 3 schools in the Best Value Public Health Schools for a Master’s in Oregon that were part of this year’s ranking, Oregon State University landed the #1 spot on the list. This large school is located in Corvallis, Oregon, and it awarded 76 masters’s public health degrees in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at Oregon State, the school also landed the #1 spot in our “Best Public Health Master’s Degree Schools in Oregon” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at Oregon State are $28,121, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Read full report on Public Health at Oregon State

#2

Portland State University

Portland, Oregon

#3 in overall quality

$23,784 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

$53,108 Average Early-Career Earnings

Out of the 3 schools in the Best Value Public Health Schools for a Master’s in Oregon that were part of this year’s ranking, Portland State University landed the #2 spot on the list. Portland State University is a large public school situated in Portland, Oregon. It awarded 38 masters’s public health degrees in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at Portland State University, the school also landed the #3 spot in our “Best Public Health Master’s Degree Schools in Oregon” ranking. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at Portland State University are $23,784.

Full Portland State University Public Health Report

#3

Oregon Health & Science University

Portland, Oregon

#2 in overall quality

$27,692 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

$59,485 Average Early-Career Earnings

Out of the 3 schools in the Best Value Public Health Schools for a Master’s in Oregon that were part of this year’s ranking, Oregon Health & Science University landed the #3 spot on the list. Oregon Health & Science University is a public institution located in Portland, Oregon. The school has a small population, and it awarded 47 masters’s degrees in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at OHSU, the school also landed the #2 spot in our “Best Public Health Master’s Degree Schools in Oregon” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at OHSU are $27,692, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Full OHSU Public Health Report

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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.

Credits

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

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