I have to agree with @cy7878 because I have a niece who graduated with a Masters in Public Health at Fullerton, a California State University. Even with that MPH, she could not find a job and struggled.
She couldn’t find a job in California because she didn’t have an accompanying nursing degree nor any other degree.
She didn’t have any real “significant” internships, nor was she a second language speaker. She was low income and also was on loans.
She sent her résumé out to several states and finally was accepted in Tennessee.
She worked there for about three years and realized that she’d never be able to pay off her debt because the income was so low. She had had minimal clinical experiences with diabetes which is what everyone was desiring.
She returned to California after she found a job in a mountain community which she loved, but the pay just wasn’t enough to cover her bills and loans. Now she’s struggling because she’s working in Sacramento and misses being at home in Southern California. She’s trying to get back but she can’t afford the rents here. She owes a lot of money because she has loans and she has bills to pay.
I’m not saying that this is you, but I’m saying that the jobs in this field, are hard to come by, unless you already have an “in” with a facility and you don’t owe any money.
Listen to what everyone is saying on this thread: you cannot afford to go to those expensive schools if you have that large of a debt. You’re going into a field that does not pay well.
Work a little bit in what you can find and check out what you hope to center upon, if you decide to continue with your public health major. That means specialize in diabetes, smoke cessation, heart disease public education etc. Good luck!