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2023 Best Value Health/Medical Prep Programs Associate Degree Schools in Arizona

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

1 College
$0 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$27,283 Avg Salary

Finding the Best Health/Medical Prep Programs Associate Degree School for You

Out of the majors we analyze each year, health/medical prep programs was ranked 6th in Arizona. In fact, 533 were awarded in the state in 2020-2021.

When it comes to higher education, there are a lot of options for healthcare students. You can choose a traditional brick and mortar school, or with the growth of online education, you can attend a school half-way across the country without even leaving your house. Also there are many trade schools that offer short-term programs that open up more career options.

To assist you in seeing some of the education options that are available to you, Healthcare Degree Search has created its Best Value Health/Medical Prep Programs Associate Degree Schools in Arizona ranking.

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.

Check out the medical prep associate degree programs at this school if you want to get the best value for your educational dollar.

Best Health/Medical Prep Programs Associate Degree School

#1

Eastern Arizona College

Thatcher, AZ

Our analysis found Eastern Arizona College to be the best value school for health/medical prep programs students who want to pursue a associate degree in Arizona. Located in the town of Thatcher, Eastern Arizona College is a public school with a small student population.

Eastern Arizona College undergraduate students pay an average of $2,160 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

In addition to its best value ranking, and one of the reasons why the school is on the list, Eastern Arizona College is ranked #5 for overall quality for medical prep in Arizona.

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Best Value Health/Medical Prep Programs Colleges in the Southwest Region

Explore all the Best Value Health/Medical Prep Programs Colleges in the Southwest Area or other specific states within that region.

State Degrees Awarded
Texas 405
Oklahoma 486
New Mexico 48

One of 30 majors within the healthcare area of study, health/medical prep programs has other similar majors worth exploring.

Medical Prep Concentrations

Major Annual Graduates
Other Health/Medical Preparatory Programs 4,010
Pre-Nursing Studies 2,489
Pre-Medicine/Pre-Medical Studies 2,010
Pre-Physical Therapy Studies 257
Pre-Pharmacy Studies 167
Pre-Occupational Therapy Studies 108
Pre-Dentistry Studies 85
Pre-Physician Assistant 76
Pre-Art Therapy 4
Pre-Optometry Studies 3
Pre-Chiropractic Studies 1

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 values are for the top school 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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