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2023 Best Value Public Health Bachelor's Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

71 Colleges
$19,874 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$33,398 Avg Salary

Finding the Best Public Health Bachelor's Degree School for You

With 40,596 degrees and certificates handed out in 2020-2021, public health is the #4 most popular major in the United States.

When it comes to higher education, there are a lot of options for healthcare students. You can choose a traditional brick and mortar school, or with the growth of online education, you can attend a school half-way across the country without even leaving your house. Also there are many trade schools that offer short-term programs that open up more career options.

To help you arm yourself with the information you need to make your decision, Healthcare Degree Search has developed this Best Value Public Health Bachelor's Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region ranking. Our analysis looked at 71 schools in the Middle Atlantic Region to see which bachelor's degree programs offered the best value experiences for public health students with the aim of identifying those quality schools that are more affordable than some of their counterparts.

When determining this ranking, we place a high emphasis on the school's quality as well as its sticker price. Even though a college may be affordable, it may not offer value. Specifically, our score for quality is discounted by the published tuition and fees charged by the given college. This gives the cost per unit of quality for each college. The more quality your dollar buys, the better the value.

Our calculations use out-of-state tuition and fees in our nationwide and regional rankings. For statewide rankings, we use average in-state tuition and fees.

Top 10 Best Public Health Bachelor's Degree Schools

Our 2023 rankings named The Graduate Center, CUNY the best value school in the Middle Atlantic Region for public health students working on their bachelor’s degree. The Graduate Center is a medium-sized public school located in the large city of New York.

The Graduate Center undergraduate students pay an average of $15,360 in tuition and fees each year.

The Graduate Center also made our Best Public Health Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region list, coming in at #2.

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The excellent bachelor’s degree programs at Slippery Rock University of Pennsylvania helped the school earn the #2 place on this year’s ranking of the best value public health schools in the Middle Atlantic Region . SRU is a moderately-sized public school located in the town of Slippery Rock.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state undergraduate student at SRU are $14,615 a year. The average amount in student loans that public health majors at SRU take out while working on their Bachelor's Degree is $25,937. This translates to an average monthly loan payment of $273, based on a 10-year repayment plan.

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#3

Excelsior College

Albany, NY

Out of the 71 schools in the Middle Atlantic Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Excelsior College landed the # 3 spot on the list. Excelsior College is a fairly large private not-for-profit school located in the city of Albany.

In addition to its great value ranking, Excelsior College is in the top 15% of all schools on our Best Public Health Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region list.

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#4

Monroe College

Bronx, NY

The excellent bachelor’s degree programs at Monroe College helped the school earn the #4 place on this year’s ranking of the best value public health schools in the Middle Atlantic Region . Monroe College is a moderately-sized private for-profit school located in the large city of Bronx.

Out-of-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at Monroe College are $16,686 per year. The average amount in student loans that public health majors at Monroe College take out while working on their Bachelor's Degree is $32,348. The average monthly payment of a loan this size is about $123, assuming that the borrower is on a 10-year repayment plan.

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Out of the 71 schools in the Middle Atlantic Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Mansfield University of Pennsylvania landed the # 5 spot on the list. Mansfield University is a small public school located in the distant town of Mansfield.

Out-of-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at Mansfield University are $13,248 per year.

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#6

Hunter College

New York, NY

Hunter College did quite well in this year’s ranking of the best places for public health students to get a bachelor’s degree. It came in at #6 on the list. Hunter is a very large public school located in the city of New York.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state undergraduate student at Hunter are $15,332 a year.

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#7

Kean University

Union, NJ

Kean University landed the #7 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best value bachelor’s degree public health programs. Kean is a large public school located in the large suburb of Union.

Out-of-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at Kean are $19,771 per year.

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#8

Salisbury University

Salisbury, MD

Salisbury University came in at #8 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Public Health Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region ranking. Salisbury is a medium-sized public school located in the small suburb of Salisbury.

Salisbury undergraduate students pay an average of $20,458 in tuition and fees each year.

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#9

Lehman College

Bronx, NY

Lehman College ranked #9 on this year’s Best Value Public Health Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region list. Lehman is a large public school located in the large city of Bronx.

Out-of-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at Lehman are $15,360 per year. While working on their Bachelor's Degree, public health majors at Lehman accumulate an average of around $21,757 in student debt.

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#9

York College

Jamaica, NY

York College came in at #9 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Public Health Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region ranking. Located in the large city of Jamaica, York is a public college with a moderately-sized student population.

York undergraduate students pay an average of $15,308 in tuition and fees each year. On average, public health graduates from York take out $17,956 in student loans while working on their Bachelor's Degree.

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Honorable Mentions

Here are some additional great value schools for Public Health students in the Middle Atlantic Region seeking value that almost earned our Best Value Public Health Bachelor's Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region award.

Rank College Location
11 University of the District of Columbia Washington, DC
12 Delaware State University Dover, DE
13 The College of New Jersey Ewing, NJ
14 SUNY Polytechnic Institute Utica, NY

Best Public Health Colleges by State

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State Degrees Awarded
New York 2,959
Pennsylvania 1,486
Maryland 1,786
New Jersey 942
District of Columbia 833
Delaware 204

Public Health is one of 30 different types of healthcare programs to choose from.

Public Health Focus Areas

Major Annual Graduates
General Public Health 22,778
Public Health Education and Promotion 4,563
Other Public Health 3,432
Health Services Administration 3,119
Community Health and Preventive Medicine 2,272
International Public Health/International Health 1,599
Environmental Health 1,344
Behavioral Aspects of Health 814
Health/Medical Physics 258
Occupational Health and Industrial Hygiene 211
Maternal and Child Health 163
Patient Safety and Healthcare Quality 43

Related Major Annual Graduates
Nursing 322,592
Health & Medical Administrative Services 89,359
Allied Health & Medical Assisting Services 84,492
Practical Nursing & Nursing Assistants 84,274
Allied Health Professions 82,308

Notes and References

*These averages are for the top 25 schools only.

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

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