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

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

2 Colleges
$17,515 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$27,994 Avg Salary

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

In 2020-2021, health/medical prep programs students earned 486 degrees and certificates from an Oklahoma school, making the subject the 2nd in the state.

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 help you arm yourself with the information you need to make your decision, Healthcare Degree Search has developed this Best Value Health/Medical Prep Programs Bachelor's Degree Schools in Oklahoma ranking. Our analysis looked at 2 schools in Oklahoma 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. 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 Health/Medical Prep Programs Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Oklahoma

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

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

Our analysis found University of Central Oklahoma to be the best value school for health/medical prep programs students who want to pursue a bachelor’s degree in Oklahoma. UCO is a large public school located in the large suburb of Edmond.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state undergraduate at UCO are $8,030 a year.

In addition to its best value ranking, and one of the reasons why the school is on the list, UCO is ranked #1 for overall quality for medical prep in Oklahoma.

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Out of the 2 schools in Oklahoma that were part of this year’s ranking, Southern Nazarene University landed the # 2 spot on the list. Located in the large suburb of Bethany, SNU is a private not-for-profit school with a small student population.

In-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at SNU are $27,000 per year.

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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
Arizona 533
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 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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