2023 Best Value Public Health Doctor's Degree Schools in Pennsylvania
Identifying Quality Schools at More Affordable Prices
Finding the Best Public Health Doctor's Degree School for You
In 2020-2021, public health students earned 1,486 degrees and certificates from a Pennsylvania school, making the subject the 7th in the state.
Today's healthcare students have lots of options to pick from when considering higher education opportunities. Along with traditional schools that require in-person attendence, you can attend one of many reputable online schools. Some programs even offer a hybrid experience. Alternatively, you may choose a trade school that prepares you to enter the workforce with knowledge in a specific field.
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 Pennsylvania to help you in your search for the best school for you. Our analysis looked at 6 schools in Pennsylvania 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.
Our ranking of value is based on the quality of a program as defined in our per sticker price dollar. 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.
In our regional and nationwide rankings, out-of-state tution and fees are used in our calculations. Average in-state tuition and fees are used for our statewide rankings.
Best Pennsylvania Schools for Affordable Quality for a Doctorate in Public Health
Our 2023 rankings named Temple University the best value school in Pennsylvania for public health students working on their doctor’s degree. Temple is a very large public school located in the large city of Philadelphia.
The average tuition and fees for an in-state graduate student at Temple are $18,278 a year.
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The excellent doctor’s degree programs at Thomas Jefferson University helped the school earn the #2 place on this year’s ranking of the best value public health schools in Pennsylvania. Thomas Jefferson University is a moderately-sized private not-for-profit school located in the city of Philadelphia.
The average tuition and fees for an in-state graduate student at Thomas Jefferson University are $22,644 a year.
Thomas Jefferson University also made our Best Public Health Doctor’s Degree Schools in Pennsylvania list, coming in at #3.
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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 Pennsylvania list. Located in the large city of Philadelphia, USciences is a private not-for-profit college with a small student population.
In-state tuition fees for graduate students at USciences are $30,168 per year.
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A rank of #4 on this year’s list means Widener University is a great value for public health students working on their doctor’s degree. Widener is a moderately-sized private not-for-profit school located in the suburb of Chester.
In-state tuition fees for graduate students at Widener are $25,416 per year.
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The excellent doctor’s degree programs at University of Pittsburgh - Pittsburgh Campus helped the school earn the #5 place on this year’s ranking of the best value public health schools in Pennsylvania. Located in the city of Pittsburgh, Pitt is a public college with a very large student population.
In-state tuition fees for graduate students at Pitt are $25,248 per year.
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Drexel University came in at #6 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Public Health Doctor’s Degree Schools in Pennsylvania ranking. Drexel is a fairly large private not-for-profit school located in the large city of Philadelphia.
In-state tuition fees for graduate students at Drexel are $37,074 per year.
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State | Degrees Awarded |
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New York | 2,959 |
Maryland | 1,786 |
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 |
Majors Similar 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 6 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.