2023 Best Value Public Health Bachelor's Degree Schools in Maryland
Identifying Quality Schools at More Affordable Prices
Finding the Best Public Health Bachelor's Degree School for You
In 2020-2021, public health students earned 1,786 degrees and certificates from a Maryland school, making the subject the 2nd in the state.
There are so many healthcare programs in today's world that it can tough to figure out which one is the right one for you. 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.
The Best Value Public Health Bachelor's Degree Schools in Maryland ranking is one of many tools that Healthcare Degree Search has developed to help you make your educational decision. Our analysis looked at 4 schools in Maryland 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. More specifically, we discount our quality score by the published tuition and fees charged by a school. This gives the cost per unit of quality for each college. The value is determined by how much quality your dollar buys.
Our calculations use out-of-state tuition and fees in our nationwide and regional rankings. Average in-state tuition and fees are used for our statewide rankings.
Best Maryland Schools for Affordable Quality for a Bachelor's in Public Health
Our analysis found University of Maryland - College Park to be the best value school for public health students who want to pursue a bachelor’s degree in Maryland. UMCP is a fairly large public school located in the large suburb of College Park.
In-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at UMCP are $10,955 per year. Public Health majors at UMCP take out an average of $21,209 in student loans while working on their Bachelor's Degree. Assuming that a graduate chooses a 10-year repayment plan, the average monthly loan payment is $323.
In addition to its best value ranking, and one of the reasons why the school is on the list, UMCP is ranked #1 for overall quality for public health in Maryland.
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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Salisbury University. The school came in at #2 on this year’s Best Value Public Health Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Maryland list. Located in the small suburb of Salisbury, Salisbury is a public school with a moderately-sized student population.
The average tuition and fees for an in-state undergraduate at Salisbury are $10,188 a year.
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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Morgan State University. The school came in at #3 on this year’s Best Value Public Health Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Maryland list. Morgan State is a moderately-sized public school located in the large city of Baltimore.
The average tuition and fees for an in-state undergraduate at Morgan State are $8,008 a year.
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The excellent bachelor’s degree programs at Johns Hopkins University helped the school earn the #4 place on this year’s ranking of the best value public health schools in Maryland. Johns Hopkins is a fairly large private not-for-profit school located in the city of Baltimore.
The average tuition and fees for an in-state undergraduate at Johns Hopkins are $58,720 a year. When it comes time to repay the loan, graduates who are on a 10-year repayment plan pay an average monthly payment of $585.
Johns Hopkins did well in our overall quality rankings, too. It placed #3 on our Best Public Health Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Maryland list.
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State | Degrees Awarded |
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New York | 2,959 |
Pennsylvania | 1,486 |
New Jersey | 942 |
District of Columbia | 833 |
Delaware | 204 |
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Majors Related to Public Health
One of 30 majors within the healthcare area of study, public health has other similar majors worth exploring.
Public Health Concentrations
Major | Annual Graduates |
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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 |
Most Popular Majors Related to Public Health
Related Major | Annual Graduates |
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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 4 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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