2023 Best Value Public Health Associate Degree Schools in Texas
Identifying Quality Schools at More Affordable Prices
Finding the Best Public Health Associate Degree School for You
Public Health is the #29 most popular major in Texas with 2,111 degrees and certificates awarded in 2020-2021.
With all the programs available today, it can be tough to choose which one is the best for you. 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 help you arm yourself with the information you need to make your decision, Course Advisor has developed this Best Value Public Health Associate Degree Schools in Texas ranking. This report analyzed 2 schools in Texas to see which ones offered the best value associate 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. More specifically, we discount our quality score by the published tuition and fees charged by a school. This gives the cost per unit of quality for each college. The value is determined by how much quality your dollar buys.
In our regional and nationwide rankings, out-of-state tution and fees are used in our calculations. Average in-state tuition and fees are used for our statewide rankings.
Best Texas Schools for Affordable Quality for an Associate in Public Health
Our 2023 rankings named Austin Community College District the best value school in Texas for public health students working on their associate degree. Austin Community College District is a fairly large public school located in the city of Austin.
Austin Community College District undergraduate students pay an average of $8,580 in in-state tuition and fees each year.
In addition to its great value ranking, Austin Community College District is in the top 15% of all schools on our Best Public Health Associate Degree Schools in Texas list.
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Out of the 2 schools in Texas that were part of this year’s ranking, Florida Career College - Houston Campus landed the # 2 spot on the list. Florida Career College - Houston Campus is a small private for-profit school located in the city of Houston.
While working on their Associate Degree, public health majors at Florida Career College - Houston Campus accumulate an average of around $19,916 in student debt.
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State | Degrees Awarded |
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Arizona | 1,067 |
Oklahoma | 312 |
New Mexico | 159 |
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Majors Related to Public Health
One of 30 majors within the area of study, public health has other similar majors worth exploring.
Majors Similar to Public Health
Related Major | Annual Graduates |
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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).
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