2023 Best Value Public Health Doctor's Degree Schools in Texas
Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing
Finding the Best Public Health Doctor's Degree School for You
In 2020-2021, public health students earned 2,111 degrees and certificates from a Texas school, making the subject the 5th in the state.
When it comes to higher education, there are a lot of options for healthcare students. 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.
The Best Value Public Health Doctor's Degree Schools in Texas ranking is one of many tools that Healthcare Degree Search has developed to help you make your educational decision. This report analyzed 4 schools in Texas to see which ones offered the best value doctor's degree programs for public health students. The goal was to highlight schools with more affordable prices than others offering similar quality experiences.
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.
Best Texas Schools for Affordable Quality for a Doctorate in Public Health
Our 2023 rankings named The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston the best value school in Texas for public health students working on their doctor’s degree. UTHealth is a medium-sized public school located in the city of Houston.
UTHealth graduate students pay an average of $10,409 in in-state tuition and fees each year.
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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Texas A&M University - College Station. The school came in at #2 on this year’s Best Value Public Health Doctor’s Degree Schools in Texas list. Located in the medium-sized city of College Station, Texas A&M College Station is a public college with a very large student population.
The average tuition and fees for an in-state graduate student at Texas A&M College Station are $10,733 a year.
Texas A&M College Station also took the #4 spot in our Best Public Health Doctor’s Degree Schools in Texas rankings.
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Out of the 4 schools in Texas that were part of this year’s ranking, The University of Texas at Austin landed the # 3 spot on the list. UT Austin is a fairly large public school located in the city of Austin.
UT Austin graduate students pay an average of $12,050 in in-state tuition and fees each year.
UT Austin did well in our overall quality rankings, too. It placed #3 on our Best Public Health Doctor’s Degree Schools in Texas list.
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The excellent doctor’s degree programs at University of North Texas Health Science Center helped the school earn the #4 place on this year’s ranking of the best value public health schools in Texas. UNT Health Science Center is a small public school located in the city of Fort Worth.
UNT Health Science Center graduate students pay an average of $11,039 in in-state tuition and fees each year.
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State | Degrees Awarded |
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Arizona | 1,067 |
Oklahoma | 312 |
New Mexico | 159 |
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Public Health Related Majors for Public Health
Public Health is one of 30 different types of healthcare programs to choose from.
Public Health Focus Areas
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).
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