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2023 Best Value Public Health Associate Degree Schools in New Jersey

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

4 Colleges
$8,497 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$30,540 Avg Salary

Finding the Best Public Health Associate Degree School for You

With 942 degrees and certificates handed out in 2020-2021, public health is the #20 most popular major in New Jersey.

It's not easy to decide which program to enroll in when you have so many options available. With more and more schools offering online options, you could even register for a great program on the other side of the country. On top of that, there are a considerable number of trade schools that offer fast-track entry to many fields.

To assist you in seeing some of the education options that are available to you, Course Advisor has created its Best Value Public Health Associate Degree Schools in New Jersey ranking. Our analysis looked at 4 schools in New Jersey to see which associate 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 Associate Degree Schools in New Jersey

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

Best New Jersey Schools for Affordable Quality for an Associate in Public Health

Our 2023 rankings named Middlesex County College the best value school in New Jersey for public health students working on their associate degree. Located in the suburb of Edison, Middlesex County College is a public school with a medium-sized student population.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state undergraduate at Middlesex County College are $7,992 a year.

Middlesex County College did well in our overall quality rankings, too. It placed #4 on our Best Public Health Associate Degree Schools in New Jersey list.

Full Public Health at Middlesex County College Report

#2

County College of Morris

Randolph, NJ

The excellent associate degree programs at County College of Morris helped the school earn the #2 place on this year’s ranking of the best value public health schools in New Jersey. County College of Morris is a medium-sized public school located in the suburb of Randolph.

County College of Morris undergraduate students pay an average of $9,840 in in-state tuition and fees each year. The average amount in student loans that public health majors at County College of Morris take out while working on their Associate Degree is $10,100.

Full Public Health at County College of Morris Report

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Passaic County Community College. The school came in at #3 on this year’s Best Value Public Health Associate Degree Schools in New Jersey list. Located in the large suburb of Paterson, PCCC is a public college with a moderately-sized student population.

PCCC undergraduate students pay an average of $7,350 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

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The excellent associate degree programs at Brookdale Community College helped the school earn the #4 place on this year’s ranking of the best value public health schools in New Jersey. Brookdale Community College is a medium-sized public school located in the rural area of Lincroft.

In-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at Brookdale Community College are $8,804 per year.

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Best Value Public Health Colleges in the Middle Atlantic Region

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

State Degrees Awarded
Pennsylvania 1,486
New York 2,959
Maryland 1,786
District of Columbia 833
Delaware 204

Public Health is one of 30 different types of programs to choose from.

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 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.

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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