by our College Data Analytics Team
It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. At College Factual, we’re committed to helping you make that decision by providing information such as that found in our “Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Public Health Major in Pennsylvania” ranking.
Public Health is the 26th most popular major in the country with 40,596 degrees awarded in 2020-2021. In 2019-2020, public health graduates who were awarded their degree in 2017-2019, earned an average of $43,158 and had an average of $27,396 in loans still to pay off.
Across Pennsylvania, there were 1,513 public health graduates with average earnings and debt of $43,147 and $26,160 respectively. At the associate degree level specifically, there were 30 public health graduates with average earnings and debt of $35,360 and $19,957 respectively.
For this year’s “Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Public Health Major in Pennsylvania” ranking, we looked at 6 colleges that offer a degree in public health. This a ranking of the schools where the largest percentage of students has enrolled in public health.
For more information, check out our ranking methodology.
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 “Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Public Health Major in Pennsylvania” list to help you make the college decision.
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The colleges and universities below are the best for pennsylvania associate degree public health students.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Harrisburg Area Community College. The school came in at #1 for the Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Public Health Major in Pennsylvania. This fairly large school is located in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, and it awarded 18 associates’s public health degrees in 2020-2021.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Montgomery County Community College. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Public Health Major in Pennsylvania list. Located in Blue Bell, Pennsylvania, this medium-sized public school awarded 9 diplomas to qualified associates’s public health students in 2020-2021.
Read full report on Public Health at Montgomery County Community College
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Mansfield University of Pennsylvania. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Public Health Major in Pennsylvania list. Mansfield, Pennsylvania is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The public school handed out associates’s public health degrees to 1 students in 2020-2021.
Full Mansfield University of Pennsylvania Public Health Report
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Northampton County Area Community College. The school came in at #4 for the Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Public Health Major in Pennsylvania. Northampton Community College is a medium-sized public school situated in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania. It awarded 2 associates’s public health degrees in 2020-2021.
Read full report on Public Health at Northampton County Area Community College
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Bucks County Community College. It ranked #5 on our 2023 Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Public Health Major in Pennsylvania list. Newtown, Pennsylvania is the setting for this medium-sized institution of higher learning. The public school handed out associates’s public health degrees to 0 students in 2020-2021.
Out of the 6 schools in the Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Public Health Major in Pennsylvania that were part of this year’s ranking, Harcum College landed the #5 spot on the list. Harcum College is located in Bryn Mawr, Pennsylvania and, has a small student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 0 associates’s public health degrees to qualified students.
The impressive undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio of 8 to 1 means that students may have more opportunities to work more closely with their professors than they would at other schools.
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