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2023 Best Value Public Health Doctor's Degree Schools in Texas

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

4 Colleges
$10,727 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$76,078 Avg Salary

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.

2023 Best Value Public Health Doctor’s Degree Schools in Texas

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

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 moderately-sized public school located in the city of Houston.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state graduate student at UTHealth are $10,409 a 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 school with a fairly 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 not only placed well in our value ranking, but it is also #4 on our Best Public Health Doctor’s Degree Schools in Texas list.

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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend The University of Texas at Austin. The school came in at #3 on this year’s Best Value Public Health Doctor’s Degree Schools in Texas list. UT Austin is a very large public school located in the large city of Austin.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state graduate student at UT Austin are $12,050 a year.

In addition to its best value ranking, and one of the reasons why the school is on the list, UT Austin is ranked #3 for overall quality for public health in Texas.

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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.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state graduate student at UNT Health Science Center are $11,039 a year.

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Best Value Public Health Colleges in the Southwest Region

Explore all the Best Value Public Health Schools in the Southwest Area or other specific states within that region.

State Degrees Awarded
Arizona 1,067
Oklahoma 312
New Mexico 159

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 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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