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2023 Best Value Allied Health Professions Master's Degree Schools in the Far Western US Region

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

29 Colleges
$28,480 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$95,097 Avg Salary

Finding the Best Allied Health Professions Master's Degree School for You

With 82,308 degrees and certificates handed out in 2020-2021, allied health professions is the #3 most popular major in the United States.

When it comes to higher education, there are a lot of options for healthcare students. As online education oppotunities continue to grow, you're not restricted to just schools in your local area anymore. Even some of the 'big name' schools are offering online courses. Also, there are a number of trade schools with offerings that you might find attractive.

Along with in-depth profiles of schools and the programs they offer, Healthcare Degree Search has created the Best Value Allied Health Professions Master's Degree Schools in the Far Western US Region to help you in your search for the best school for you. This report analyzed 29 schools in the Far Western US Region to see which ones offered the best value master's degree programs for allied health students. The goal was to highlight schools with more affordable prices than others offering similar quality experiences.

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 Allied Health Professions Master’s Degree Schools in the Far Western US Region

The following schools top our list of the Best Value Allied Health Professions Master's Degree Colleges.

Top 10 Best Allied Health Professions Master's Degree Schools

Our analysis found University of Western States to be the best value school for allied health professions students who want to pursue a master’s degree in the Far Western US Region . Western States Chiropractic College is a small private not-for-profit school located in the city of Portland.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at Western States Chiropractic College are $9,816 a year.

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#2

Heritage University

Toppenish, WA

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Heritage University. The school came in at #2 on this year’s Best Value Allied Health Professions Master’s Degree Schools in the Far Western US Region list. Located in the rural area of Toppenish, Heritage University is a private not-for-profit school with a fairly small student population.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at Heritage University are $9,872 a year.

On top of its placing in our value ranking, Heritage University also did well on our Best Allied Health Professions Master’s Degree Schools in the Far Western US Region list. It’s in the top 20% of all schools reviewed in this analysis.

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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Western University of Health Sciences. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Best Value Allied Health Professions Master’s Degree Schools in the Far Western US Region list. Located in the large suburb of Pomona, Western University of Health Sciences is a private not-for-profit college with a small student population.

Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at Western University of Health Sciences are $22,709 per year.

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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Dominican University of California. The school came in at #4 on this year’s Best Value Allied Health Professions Master’s Degree Schools in the Far Western US Region list. Located in the small city of San Rafael, DUofC is a private not-for-profit college with a small student population.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at DUofC are $16,569 a year.

DUofC also made our Best Allied Health Professions Master’s Degree Schools in the Far Western US Region list, coming in at #3.

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#5

Whitworth University

Spokane, WA

The excellent master’s degree programs at Whitworth University helped the school earn the #5 place on this year’s ranking of the best value allied health professions schools in the Far Western US Region . Located in the suburb of Spokane, Whitworth is a private not-for-profit college with a small student population.

Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at Whitworth are $12,456 per year.

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With a ranking of #6, California State University - Monterey Bay did quite well on this year’s best value schools for allied health professions students working on their master’s degree. Located in the medium-sized suburb of Seaside, CSUMB is a public college with a medium-sized student population.

Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at CSUMB are $18,156 per year.

As a testament to the quality of education it offers, CSUMB also is in the top 10% of our Best Allied Health Professions Master’s Degree Schools in the Far Western US Region ranking.

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Point Loma Nazarene University ranked #7 on this year’s Best Value Allied Health Professions Master’s Degree Schools in the Far Western US Region list. PLNU is a small private not-for-profit school located in the large city of San Diego.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at PLNU are $11,880 a year.

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Azusa Pacific University ranked #8 on this year’s Best Value Allied Health Professions Master’s Degree Schools in the Far Western US Region list. Azusa Pacific is a medium-sized private not-for-profit school located in the suburb of Azusa.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at Azusa Pacific are $16,696 a year.

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Touro University California came in at #9 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Allied Health Professions Master’s Degree Schools in the Far Western US Region ranking. TUC is a small private not-for-profit school located in the midsize city of Vallejo.

Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at TUC are $31,020 per year.

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Marshall B Ketchum University did quite well in this year’s ranking of the best places for allied health professions students to get a master’s degree. It came in at #10 on the list. MBKU is a small private not-for-profit school located in the large suburb of Fullerton.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at MBKU are $38,408 a year.

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Best Allied Health Professions Colleges by State

Explore the best allied health professions schools for a specific state in the Far Western US region.

State Degrees Awarded
Oregon 615
California 4,117
Washington 711
Nevada 313
Hawaii 49
Alaska 38

Allied Health Professions is one of 30 different types of healthcare programs to choose from.

Allied Health Concentrations

Major Annual Graduates
Emergency Medical Technology/Technician (EMT Paramedic) 26,641
Physician Assistant 11,351
Radiologic Technology 9,790
Surgical Technology 7,583
Respiratory Care Therapy 6,845
Diagnostic Medical Sonography/Sonographer and Ultrasound Technician 5,396
Medical Radiologic Technology/Science - Radiation Therapy 4,850
Athletic Training 3,767
Other Allied Health Diagnostic, Intervention, and Treatment Professions 1,911
Cardiovascular Technology/Technologist 1,405
Nuclear Medical Technology/Technologist 619
Electrocardiograph Technology/Technician 568
Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) Technology 525
Electroneurodiagnostic/Electroencephalographic Technology/Technologist 379
Polysomnography 302
Perfusion Technology/Perfusionist 138
Mammography Technician/Technology 69
Radiation Protection/Health Physics Technician 51
Cardiopulmonary Technology 40
Hearing Instrument Specialist 32
Gene/Genetic Therapy 31
Orthopedic Technology 15

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
Public Health 40,596

Notes and References

*These averages are for the top 25 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).

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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