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

Students have lots of options to chooose from today when trying to decide which college to attend. College Factual was founded, in part, to help students make the decision as to what would be the best school for them. Our “Best Value Public Health Schools for a Master’s in Washington” ranking is part of that endeavor.

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 Washington, there were 597 public health graduates with average earnings and debt of $44,733 and $33,426 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 202 public health graduates with average earnings and debt of $62,184 and $46,709 respectively.

For this year’s “Best Value Public Health Schools for a Master’s in Washington” ranking, we looked at 2 colleges that offer 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.

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. 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 Master’s in Washington” list to help you make the college decision.

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

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

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

#1

University of Washington - Seattle Campus

Seattle, Washington

#1 in overall quality

$30,294 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

$64,629 Average Early-Career Earnings

Out of the 2 schools in the Best Value Public Health Schools for a Master’s in Washington that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Washington - Seattle Campus landed the #1 spot on the list. UW Seattle is a public institution located in Seattle, Washington. The school has a large population, and it awarded 163 masters’s degrees in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our washington master’s degree public health students list, UW Seattle has also earned the #1 rank in our “Best Public Health Master’s Degree Schools in Washington” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at UW Seattle are $30,294, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Read more about Public Health at University of Washington - Seattle Campus

#2

Eastern Washington University

Cheney, Washington

#2 in overall quality

$28,921 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Eastern Washington University. The school came in at #2 for the Best Value Public Health Schools for a Master’s in Washington. This fairly large school is located in Cheney, Washington, and it awarded 22 masters’s public health degrees in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at EWU, the school also landed the #2 spot in our “Best Public Health Master’s Degree Schools in Washington” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at EWU are $28,921, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Read more about Public Health at Eastern Washington 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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