Online Epidemiology Programs Ranked by Cost of Tuition

By Staff

Only 3 online epidemiology schools exist in the country. An average yearly tuition of $19,883 is charged by these colleges. Over the past few years, the average tuition has increased by 19.3%. In 2007, the average tuition at these online schools was $16,669 each year.

The most expensive school offering online epidemiology programs charges students approximately $38,600 in tuition yearly. However, the cheapest school charges students an annual tuition cost of $9,402.

  • Master of Science in Community Health Sciences – Maternal and Child Health Epidemiology
  • Master of Public Health – Applied Epidemiology
  • Master of Public Health in Community Health Sciences – Maternal and Child Health Epidemiology
  • PhD in Community Health Sciences – Maternal and Child Health Epidemiology
  • Master of Public Health – Epidemiology
  • Master of Public Health – Epidemiology/Biostatistics
  • Master of Public Health in Epidemiology

In 2011, of all epidemiology graduates from online colleges and universities in the country, an estimated 38% earned credentials from these most inexpensive programs at UCB. Therefore, of the 107,521 graduates from around the nation, 41,241 are from the least costly schools. From 2006 to 2011, the percentage of epidemiology graduates from the most inexpensive programs at UCB has decreased. However, the number of graduates has increased by 1,957 graduates per year.

In 2011, 47,336 students received their certificates from these affordable online programs at University of Michigan. This represents 44% of the country’s epidemiology graduates. In 2006, which was only 5 years earlier, only 43,260 students graduated from U-M. Therefore, from these affordable online programs at U-M, the number of students graduating has increased by 9%.

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