2023 Best Value Public Health Doctor's Degree Schools in the Southeast Region
Identifying Quality Schools at More Affordable Prices
Finding the Best Public Health Doctor's Degree School for You
In 2020-2021, 40,596 public health students received a degree or certificate, making the major the #4 most popular in the country.
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.
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 Southeast Region to help you in your search for the best school for you. Our analysis looked at 30 schools in the Southeast 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. 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.
Top 10 Best Public Health Doctor's Degree Schools
Our 2023 rankings named Southern Adventist University the best value school in the Southeast Region for public health students working on their doctor’s degree. Located in the large suburb of Collegedale, Southern Adventist is a private not-for-profit school with a small student population.
Southern Adventist graduate students pay an average of $11,880 in tuition and fees each year.
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A rank of #2 on this year’s list means Radford University is a great value for public health students working on their doctor’s degree. Located in the suburb of Radford, Radford is a public school with a medium-sized student population.
The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at Radford are $21,508 a year.
As a testament to the quality of education it offers, Radford also is in the top 10% of our Best Public Health Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region ranking.
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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Samford University. The school came in at #3 on this year’s Best Value Public Health Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region list. Located in the suburb of Birmingham, Samford is a private not-for-profit school with a medium-sized student population.
Samford graduate students pay an average of $21,575 in tuition and fees each year.
In addition to its great value ranking, Samford is in the top 15% of all schools on our Best Public Health Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region list.
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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences. The school came in at #4 on this year’s Best Value Public Health Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region list. UAMS is a small public school located in the city of Little Rock.
UAMS graduate students pay an average of $17,652 in tuition and fees each year.
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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Jackson State University. The school came in at #5 on this year’s Best Value Public Health Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region list. Jackson State is a medium-sized public school located in the city of Jackson.
The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at Jackson State are $9,445 a year.
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Clemson University came in at #6 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Public Health Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region ranking. Located in the large suburb of Clemson, Clemson is a public college with a very large student population.
Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at Clemson are $23,246 per year.
As a testament to the quality of education it offers, Clemson also is in the top 20% of our Best Public Health Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region ranking.
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With a ranking of #7, University of Alabama at Birmingham did quite well on this year’s best value schools for public health students working on their doctor’s degree. UAB is a fairly large public school located in the medium-sized city of Birmingham.
Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at UAB are $19,188 per year.
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With a ranking of #8, Virginia Commonwealth University did quite well on this year’s best value schools for public health students working on their doctor’s degree. VCU is a very large public school located in the city of Richmond.
Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at VCU are $29,546 per year.
VCU also claimed a spot on our Best Public Health Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region list. It’s in the top 15% of all schools in this category.
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With a ranking of #9, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill did quite well on this year’s best value schools for public health students working on their doctor’s degree. Located in the small city of Chapel Hill, UNC Chapel Hill is a public school with a very large student population.
UNC Chapel Hill graduate students pay an average of $30,858 in tuition and fees each year.
As a testament to the quality of education it offers, UNC Chapel Hill also is in the top 15% of our Best Public Health Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region ranking.
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University of Georgia came in at #10 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Public Health Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region ranking. UGA is a fairly large public school located in the city of Athens.
Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at UGA are $27,464 per year.
As a testament to the quality of education it offers, UGA also is in the top 5% of our Best Public Health Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region ranking.
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Request InformationBest Public Health Colleges by State
Explore the best public health colleges for a specific state in the Southeast region.
| State | Degrees Awarded |
|---|---|
| Florida | 2,030 |
| North Carolina | 1,477 |
| Tennessee | 390 |
| Kentucky | 371 |
| Georgia | 1,455 |
| West Virginia | 352 |
| Virginia | 1,071 |
| Alabama | 700 |
| Louisiana | 362 |
| Mississippi | 219 |
| South Carolina | 859 |
| Arkansas | 233 |
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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 |
|---|---|
| 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 |
|---|---|
| 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).
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