RALEIGH, N.C., Sept. 15, 2016 /PRNewswire/ — Nonprofit Colleges Online, a website dedicated to helping students find the best offerings in affordable online degree programs, has published 50 Best Master's of Public Health Degree Program Rankings 2017 (http://www.nonprofitcollegesonline.com/best-online-mph/).
The University of Missouri in Columbia, Missouri, came first in the ranking, offering students the overall best value in its Master's of Public Health degree program. The University of Missouri's two-year online Master's of Public Health program costs an estimated $19,125. The University of South Florida in Tampa, Florida, placed second in the ranking with an estimated tuition cost of $23,310, and the University of South Carolina in Columbia, South Carolina, placed third with an estimated tuition cost of $24,891.
All of the schools included in the ranking are nonprofit, accredited by CEPH (Council on Education for Public Health), and offer their degree program online or almost entirely online. Their affordability was based on current out-of-state tuition rates.
Other colleges and universities making the list include (alphabetically ordered):
A.T. Still University – Kirksville, Missouri
Augusta University – Augusta, Georgia
Benedictine University – Lisle, Illinois
California State University, Northridge – Northridge, California
Colorado School of Public Health – Aurora, Colorado
Des Moines University – Des Moines, Iowa
East Tennessee State University – Johnson City, Tennessee
Eastern Virginia Medical School – Norfolk, Virginia
Emory University – Atlanta, Georgia
Florida A&M University – Tallahassee, Florida
Florida International University – Miami, Florida
George Washington University – Washington, D.C.
Idaho State University – Pocatello, Idaho
John Hopkins University – Baltimore, Maryland
Kent State University – Kent, Ohio
Loma Linda University – Loma Linda, California
Loyola University Chicago – Chicago, Illinois
Medical College of Wisconsin – Milwaukee, Wisconsin
Mercer University – Macon, Georgia
New Mexico State University – Las Cruces, New Mexico
New York Medical College – Valhalla, New York
Northeastern University – Boston, Massachusetts
Northern Illinois University – DeKalb, Illinois
Nova Southern University – Fort Lauderdale, Florida
Tulane University – New Orleans, Louisiana
Oregon MPH Program – Portland, Oregon
San Jose State University – San Jose, California
University at Albany – SUNY – Albany, New York
University of Alabama at Birmingham – Birmingham, Alabama
University of Alaska Anchorage – Anchorage, Alaska
University of Arizona – Tucson, Arizona
University of California, Berkeley – Berkeley, California
University of Florida – Gainesville, Florida
University of Illinois at Chicago – Chicago, Illinois
University of Iowa – Iowa City, Iowa
University of Massachusetts Amherst – Amherst, Massachusetts
University of Minnesota – Minneapolis, Minnesota
University of Montana – Missoula, Montana
University of Nebraska Medical Center – Omaha, Nebraska
University of New England – Biddeford, Maine
University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill – Chapel Hill, North Carolina
University of North Dakota – Grand Forks, North Dakota
University of North Texas Health Science Center – Fort Worth, Texas
University of San Francisco – San Francisco, California
University of Southern California – Los Angeles, California
University of West Florida – Pensacola, Florida
West Virginia University – Morgantown, West Virginia
"A Master of Public Health has many practical applications," says Sam Mazany, editor at Nonprofit Colleges Online. "This degree teaches students to understand current public health dilemmas and policies, while also equipping them with the skills needed to assess, re-imagine, and deploy new strategies. Students go on to become health and safety engineers, epidemiologists, and hospital administrators. Some take positions in government agencies like the EPA or the Health Department. The field of public health is continually expanding, promising fantastic job security."
Nonprofit Colleges Online (http://www.nonprofitcollegesonline.com) is an online publication committed to promoting accredited institutions that put students before profits. The site helps students find affordable, distance education learning solutions by publishing rankings that make this information more readily available.
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