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2023 Best Value Public Health Doctor's Degree Schools in Tennessee

Identifying Quality Schools at More Affordable Prices

4 Colleges
$25,426 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$76,078 Avg Salary

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

Public Health is the #43 most popular major in Tennessee with 390 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'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, Course Advisor has created the Best Value Public Health Doctor's Degree Schools in Tennessee to help you in your search for the best school for you. Our analysis looked at 4 schools in Tennessee to see which doctor'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. 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.

2023 Best Value Public Health Doctor’s Degree Schools in Tennessee

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

Best Tennessee Schools for Affordable Quality for a Doctorate in Public Health

Our 2023 rankings named The University of Tennessee - Knoxville the best value school in Tennessee for public health students working on their doctor’s degree. Located in the medium-sized city of Knoxville, UT Knoxville is a public college with a very large student population.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state graduate student at UT Knoxville are $13,380 a year.

UT Knoxville not only placed well in our value ranking, but it is also #5 on our Best Public Health Doctor’s Degree Schools in Tennessee list.

Read full report on Public Health at The University of Tennessee - Knoxville

A rank of #2 on this year’s list means East Tennessee State University is a great value for public health students working on their doctor’s degree. ETSU is a large public school located in the small city of Johnson City.

ETSU graduate students pay an average of $10,736 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

Full Public Health at East Tennessee State University Report

#2

Southern Adventist University

Collegedale, TN

Out of the 4 schools in Tennessee that were part of this year’s ranking, Southern Adventist University landed the # 2 spot on the list. Located in the large suburb of Collegedale, Southern Adventist is a private not-for-profit college with a small student population.

In-state tuition fees for graduate students at Southern Adventist are $11,880 per year.

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#4

Vanderbilt University

Nashville, TN

A rank of #4 on this year’s list means Vanderbilt University is a great value for public health students working on their doctor’s degree. Located in the city of Nashville, Vanderbilt is a private not-for-profit college with a fairly large student population.

Vanderbilt graduate students pay an average of $52,162 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

Vanderbilt also made our Best Public Health Doctor’s Degree Schools in Tennessee list, coming in at #1.

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Best Value Public Health Colleges in the Southeast Region

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

State Degrees Awarded
Georgia 1,455
Virginia 1,071
North Carolina 1,477
Florida 2,030
Kentucky 371
South Carolina 859
Louisiana 362
Arkansas 233
Alabama 700
Mississippi 219
West Virginia 352

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
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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