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2023 Best Value Public Health Master's Degree Schools in Connecticut

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

5 Colleges
$15,593 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$51,865 Avg Salary

Finding the Best Public Health Master's Degree School for You

In 2020-2021, public health students earned 366 degrees and certificates from a Connecticut school, making the subject the 6th in the state.

There are lots of options to pick from today when trying to decide which healthcare program is right for you. 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.

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 Connecticut ranking. Our analysis looked at 5 schools in Connecticut 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.

Our ranking of value is based on the quality of a program as defined in our per sticker price dollar. 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.

In our regional and nationwide rankings, out-of-state tution and fees are used in our calculations. For statewide rankings, we use average in-state tuition and fees.

2023 Best Value Public Health Master’s Degree Schools in Connecticut

The following schools top our list of the Best Value Public Health Master's Degree Colleges.

Best Connecticut Schools for Affordable Quality for a Master's in Public Health

#1

Goodwin College

East Hartford, CT

Our 2023 rankings named Goodwin College the best value school in Connecticut for public health students working on their master’s degree. Goodwin is a small private not-for-profit school located in the city of East Hartford.

Goodwin graduate students pay an average of $13,134 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

Read full report on Public Health at Goodwin College

The excellent master’s degree programs at Southern Connecticut State University helped the school earn the #2 place on this year’s ranking of the best value public health schools in Connecticut. Located in the city of New Haven, SCSU is a public college with a moderately-sized student population.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state graduate student at SCSU are $13,321 a year.

Read full report on Public Health at Southern Connecticut State University

#3

Yale University

New Haven, CT

The excellent master’s degree programs at Yale University helped the school earn the #3 place on this year’s ranking of the best value public health schools in Connecticut. Yale is a fairly large private not-for-profit school located in the city of New Haven.

Yale graduate students pay an average of $45,700 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

In addition to its best value ranking, and one of the reasons why the school is on the list, Yale is ranked #1 for overall quality for public health in Connecticut.

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A rank of #4 on this year’s list means University of Connecticut is a great value for public health students working on their master’s degree. UCONN is a fairly large public school located in the large suburb of Storrs.

UCONN graduate students pay an average of $20,325 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

UCONN also took the #5 spot in our Best Public Health Master’s Degree Schools in Connecticut rankings.

Full Public Health at University of Connecticut Report

#5

Sacred Heart University

Fairfield, CT

Out of the 5 schools in Connecticut that were part of this year’s ranking, Sacred Heart University landed the # 5 spot on the list. Sacred Heart is a moderately-sized private not-for-profit school located in the large suburb of Fairfield.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state graduate student at Sacred Heart are $34,509 a year.

Sacred Heart not only placed well in our value ranking, but it is also #4 on our Best Public Health Master’s Degree Schools in Connecticut list.

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Best Value Public Health Colleges in the New England Region

Explore all the Best Value Public Health Colleges in the New England Area or other specific states within that region.

State Degrees Awarded
Massachusetts 1,567
New Hampshire 553
Maine 171
Vermont 72
Rhode Island 172

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

Majors Similar 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 5 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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