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2023 Best Value Public Health Schools in West Virginia

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

5 Colleges
$13,441 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$51,451 Avg Salary

Finding the Best Public Health School for You

In 2020-2021, 352 degrees and certificates were awarded to public health students who went to a West Virginia college or university. This makes it the #21 most popular major in the state.

Today's students have lots of options to pick from when considering higher education opportunities. 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.

The Best Value Public Health Schools in West Virginia ranking is one of many tools that Course Advisor has developed to help you make your educational decision. Our analysis looked at 5 schools in West Virginia to see which 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.

When determining this ranking, we place a high emphasis on the school's quality as well as its sticker price. Even though a college may be affordable, it may not offer value. 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.

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

2023 Best Value Public Health Schools in West Virginia

The following schools top our list of the Best Value Public Health Colleges.

Best West Virginia Schools for Affordable Quality in Public Health

Our analysis found American Public University System to be the best value school for public health students who want to pursue a degree in West Virginia. Located in the town of Charles Town, American Military University is a private for-profit college with a very large student population.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state undergraduate at American Military University are $7,360 a year. Public Health majors at American Military University take out an average of $26,168 in student loans while working on their egree.

American Military University also made our Best Public Health Schools in West Virginia list, coming in at #1.

Full Public Health at American Public University System Report

#2

West Virginia University

Morgantown, WV

The excellent programs at West Virginia University helped the school earn the #2 place on this year’s ranking of the best public health schools in West Virginia. Located in the small city of Morgantown, WVU is a public school with a very large student population.

WVU undergraduate students pay an average of $9,144 in in-state tuition and fees each year. On average, public health graduates from WVU take out $25,000 in student loans while working on their degree. The average monthly payment of a loan this size is about $561, assuming that the borrower is on a 10-year repayment plan.

WVU also took the #5 spot in our Best Public Health Schools in West Virginia rankings.

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A rank of #3 on this year’s list means Fairmont State University is a great value for public health students. Fairmont State is a small public school located in the distant town of Fairmont.

In-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at Fairmont State are $7,892 per year.

Full Public Health at Fairmont State University Report

#4

Marshall University

Huntington, WV

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Marshall University. It ranked #4 on our 2023 Best Value Public Health Schools in West Virginia list. Marshall University is a large public school located in the small city of Huntington.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state undergraduate at Marshall University are $8,552 a year.

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$29,960 Average Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Davis & Elkins College. It ranked #5 on our 2023 Best Value Public Health Schools in West Virginia list. Located in the town of Elkins, D&E is a private not-for-profit college with a small student population.

D&E undergraduate students pay an average of $29,960 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

Full Public Health at Davis & Elkins College Report

Best Value Public Health Colleges in the Southeast Region

Explore all the Best Value Public Health Colleges 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
Tennessee 390
Kentucky 371
South Carolina 859
Louisiana 362
Arkansas 233
Alabama 700
Mississippi 219

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

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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