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

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

69 Colleges
$17,515 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$51,865 Avg Salary

Finding the Best Public Health Master'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.

To assist you in seeing some of the education options that are available to you, Healthcare Degree Search has created its Best Value Public Health Master's Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region ranking. Our analysis looked at 69 schools in the Middle Atlantic Region to see which master'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 Master’s Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region

Check out the public health master's degree programs at these schools if you want to get the best value for your educational dollar.

Top 10 Best Public Health Master's Degree Schools

#1

La Salle University

Philadelphia, PA

Our analysis found La Salle University to be the best value school for public health students who want to pursue a master’s degree in the Middle Atlantic Region . Located in the city of Philadelphia, La Salle is a private not-for-profit school with a small student population.

La Salle graduate students pay an average of $1,455 in tuition and fees each year.

Full Public Health at La Salle University Report

Out of the 69 schools in the Middle Atlantic Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Lake Erie College of Osteopathic Medicine landed the # 2 spot on the list. Located in the city of Erie, LECOM is a private not-for-profit school with a small student population.

LECOM graduate students pay an average of $14,511 in tuition and fees each year.

Full Public Health at Lake Erie College of Osteopathic Medicine Report

#3

Marywood University

Scranton, PA

Out of the 69 schools in the Middle Atlantic Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Marywood University landed the # 3 spot on the list. Marywood is a small private not-for-profit school located in the city of Scranton.

Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at Marywood are $11,438 per year.

In addition to its great value ranking, Marywood is in the top 15% of all schools on our Best Public Health Master’s Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region list.

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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Fairleigh Dickinson University - Metropolitan Campus. The school came in at #4 on this year’s Best Value Public Health Master’s Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region list. FDU is a moderately-sized private not-for-profit school located in the suburb of Teaneck.

FDU graduate students pay an average of $10,722 in tuition and fees each year.

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Out of the 69 schools in the Middle Atlantic Region that were part of this year’s ranking, The College of New Jersey landed the # 5 spot on the list. TCNJ is a medium-sized public school located in the suburb of Ewing.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at TCNJ are $15,031 a year.

In addition to its great value ranking, TCNJ is in the top 10% of all schools on our Best Public Health Master’s Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region list.

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#6

Wilmington University

New Castle, DE

Wilmington University landed the #6 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best value master’s degree public health programs. Located in the large suburb of New Castle, Wilmington University is a private not-for-profit college with a fairly large student population.

Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at Wilmington University are $9,060 per year.

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Trinity Washington University ranked #7 on this year’s Best Value Public Health Master’s Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region list. Trinity College is a small private not-for-profit school located in the large city of Washington.

Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at Trinity College are $14,850 per year.

On top of its placing in our value ranking, Trinity College also did well on our Best Public Health Master’s Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region list. It’s in the top 20% of all schools reviewed in this analysis.

Full Public Health at Trinity Washington University Report

#8

Montclair State University

Montclair, NJ

Montclair State University landed the #8 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best value master’s degree public health programs. Montclair State is a fairly large public school located in the large suburb of Montclair.

Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at Montclair State are $13,519 per year.

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With a ranking of #9, Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine did quite well on this year’s best value schools for public health students working on their master’s degree. Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine is a small private not-for-profit school located in the city of Philadelphia.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine are $26,748 a year.

Full Public Health at Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine Report

#10

Lock Haven University

Lock Haven, PA

Lock Haven University ranked #10 on this year’s Best Value Public Health Master’s Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region list. Located in the town of Lock Haven, LHU is a public school with a small student population.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at LHU are $17,379 a year.

Full Public Health at Lock Haven University Report

Honorable Mentions

These are some additional schools worth mentioning that are also great but just didn't quite make the cut to earn our top Best Value Public Health Master's Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region award.

Rank College Location
11 College of Saint Elizabeth Morristown, NJ
12 Slippery Rock University of Pennsylvania Slippery Rock, PA
13 University of Delaware Newark, DE

Best Public Health Colleges by State

Explore the best public health schools for a specific state in the Middle Atlantic region.

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 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).
  • Credit for the banner image above goes to Article 25 Flickr.

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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