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2023 Best Value Health/Medical Prep Programs Bachelor's Degree Schools in Massachusetts

Identifying Quality Schools at More Affordable Prices

2 Colleges
$47,813 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$27,994 Avg Salary

Finding the Best Health/Medical Prep Programs Bachelor's Degree School for You

With 351 degrees and certificates handed out in 2020-2021, health/medical prep programs is the #12 most popular major in Massachusetts.

There are so many healthcare programs in today's world that it can tough to figure out which one is the right one for you. 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.

Along with in-depth profiles of schools and the programs they offer, Healthcare Degree Search has created the Best Value Health/Medical Prep Programs Bachelor's Degree Schools in Massachusetts to help you in your search for the best school for you. Our analysis looked at 2 schools in Massachusetts to see which bachelor's degree programs offered the best value experiences for medical prep students with the aim of identifying those quality schools that are more affordable than some of their counterparts.

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. More specifically, we discount our quality score by the published tuition and fees charged by a school. This gives the cost per unit of quality for each college. The value is determined by how much quality your dollar buys.

Our calculations use out-of-state tuition and fees in our nationwide and regional rankings. Average in-state tuition and fees are used for our statewide rankings.

2023 Best Value Health/Medical Prep Programs Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Massachusetts

The colleges and universities below are the best value schools for medical prep majors pursuing a bachelor's degree.

Best Massachusetts Schools for Affordable Quality for a Bachelor's in Health/Medical Prep Programs

Our analysis found Massachusetts College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences to be the best value school for health/medical prep programs students who want to pursue a bachelor’s degree in Massachusetts. MCPHS University is a moderately-sized private not-for-profit school located in the city of Boston.

MCPHS University undergraduate students pay an average of $35,810 in in-state tuition and fees each year. After completing their Bachelor's Degree, medical prep graduates from MCPHS University carry an average student debtload of $24,118. This translates to an average monthly loan payment of $749, based on a 10-year repayment plan.

Full Health/Medical Prep Programs at Massachusetts College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences Report

#2

Boston University

Boston, MA

The excellent bachelor’s degree programs at Boston University helped the school earn the #2 place on this year’s ranking of the best value health/medical prep programs schools in Massachusetts. Located in the city of Boston, Boston U is a private not-for-profit college with a fairly large student population.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state undergraduate at Boston U are $59,816 a year.

Boston U also made our Best Health/Medical Prep Programs Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Massachusetts list, coming in at #3.

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Best Value Health/Medical Prep Programs Colleges in the New England Region

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

State Degrees Awarded
Connecticut 7
New Hampshire 2
Maine 2
Vermont 16

Health/Medical Prep Programs is one of 30 different types of healthcare programs to choose from.

Medical Prep Focus Areas

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 averages are for the top 2 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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