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

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

18 Colleges
$33,986 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$76,078 Avg Salary

Finding the Best Public Health Doctor'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.

Along with in-depth profiles of schools and the programs they offer, Healthcare Degree Search has created the Best Value Public Health Doctor's Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region to help you in your search for the best school for you. Our analysis looked at 18 schools in the Middle Atlantic Region to see which doctor'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.

2023 Best Value Public Health Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region

The colleges and universities below are the best value schools for public health majors pursuing a doctor's degree.

Top 10 Best Public Health Doctor's Degree Schools

#1

Thomas Jefferson University

Philadelphia, PA

Our 2023 rankings named Thomas Jefferson University the best value school in the Middle Atlantic Region for public health students working on their doctor’s degree. Located in the large city of Philadelphia, Thomas Jefferson University is a private not-for-profit college with a moderately-sized student population.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at Thomas Jefferson University are $22,644 a year.

Thomas Jefferson University not only placed well in our value ranking, but it is also #3 on our Best Public Health Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region list.

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The excellent doctor’s degree programs at SUNY Downstate Health Sciences University helped the school earn the #2 place on this year’s ranking of the best value public health schools in the Middle Atlantic Region . SUNY Downstate is a small public school located in the city of Brooklyn.

Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at SUNY Downstate are $23,763 per year.

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#3

University of the Sciences

Philadelphia, PA

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend University of the Sciences. The school came in at #3 on this year’s Best Value Public Health Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region list. USciences is a small private not-for-profit school located in the large city of Philadelphia.

USciences graduate students pay an average of $30,168 in tuition and fees each year.

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#4

Widener University

Chester, PA

The excellent doctor’s degree programs at Widener University helped the school earn the #4 place on this year’s ranking of the best value public health schools in the Middle Atlantic Region . Located in the large suburb of Chester, Widener is a private not-for-profit college with a moderately-sized student population.

Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at Widener are $25,416 per year.

Read full report on Public Health at Widener University

Out of the 18 schools in the Middle Atlantic Region that were part of this year’s ranking, The Graduate Center, CUNY landed the # 5 spot on the list. The Graduate Center is a moderately-sized public school located in the city of New York.

The Graduate Center graduate students pay an average of $23,640 in tuition and fees each year.

Full Public Health at The Graduate Center, CUNY Report

#6

Temple University

Philadelphia, PA

Temple University ranked #6 on this year’s Best Value Public Health Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region list. Located in the city of Philadelphia, Temple is a public college with a very large student population.

Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at Temple are $24,812 per year.

Full Public Health at Temple University Report

#7

Morgan State University

Baltimore, MD

Morgan State University did quite well in this year’s ranking of the best places for public health students to get a doctor’s degree. It came in at #7 on the list. Located in the large city of Baltimore, Morgan State is a public school with a moderately-sized student population.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at Morgan State are $17,559 a year.

Read full report on Public Health at Morgan State University

Rutgers University - New Brunswick did quite well in this year’s ranking of the best places for public health students to get a doctor’s degree. It came in at #8 on the list. Located in the city of New Brunswick, Rutgers New Brunswick is a public college with a very large student population.

Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at Rutgers New Brunswick are $33,215 per year.

Full Public Health at Rutgers University - New Brunswick Report

University of Maryland - College Park landed the #9 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best value doctor’s degree public health programs. Located in the large suburb of College Park, UMCP is a public college with a very large student population.

Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at UMCP are $35,755 per year.

Read full report on Public Health at University of Maryland - College Park

#10

George Washington University

Washington, DC

With a ranking of #10, George Washington University did quite well on this year’s best value schools for public health students working on their doctor’s degree. Located in the city of Washington, GWU is a private not-for-profit school with a very large student population.

GWU graduate students pay an average of $32,904 in tuition and fees each year.

Read full report on Public Health at George Washington University

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 18 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.

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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