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

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

2 Colleges
$10,683 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 228 degrees and certificates from a Colorado school, making the subject the 7th in the state.

There are lots of options to pick from today when trying to decide which healthcare program is right for you. You're no longer limited to schools in your local area, either, since online programs are becoming more prevalent. Or you may find the programs at a trade school to be a better alternative for you.

Along with in-depth profiles of schools and the programs they offer, Healthcare Degree Search has created the Best Value Public Health Master's Degree Schools in Colorado to help you in your search for the best school for you. This report analyzed 2 schools in Colorado to see which ones offered the best value master's degree programs for public health students. The goal was to highlight schools with more affordable prices than others offering similar quality experiences.

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 Colorado

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

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

Our analysis found University of Colorado Denver/Anschutz Medical Campus to be the best value school for public health students who want to pursue a master’s degree in Colorado. Located in the city of Denver, CU Anschutz is a public college with a very large student population.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state graduate student at CU Anschutz are $8,052 a year.

CU Anschutz also took the #5 spot in our Best Public Health Master’s Degree Schools in Colorado rankings.

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Out of the 2 schools in Colorado that were part of this year’s ranking, Colorado State University - Fort Collins landed the # 2 spot on the list. Colorado State is a very large public school located in the medium-sized city of Fort Collins.

In-state tuition fees for graduate students at Colorado State are $13,313 per year.

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

Full Public Health at Colorado State University - Fort Collins Report

Best Value Public Health Colleges in the Rocky Mountains Region

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

State Degrees Awarded
Utah 561
Idaho 402
Montana 119
Wyoming 25

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 2 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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