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2023 Best Value Health/Medical Prep Programs Basic Certificate Schools in Ohio

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

2 Colleges
$4,171 Avg Tuition & Fees*

Finding the Best Health/Medical Prep Programs Basic Certificate School for You

Health/Medical Prep Programs is the #12 most popular major in Ohio with 492 degrees and certificates awarded in 2020-2021.

When it comes to higher education, there are a lot of options for healthcare students. Along with traditional schools that require in-person attendence, you can attend one of many reputable online schools. Some programs even offer a hybrid experience. Alternatively, you may choose a trade school that prepares you to enter the workforce with knowledge in a specific field.

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 Basic Certificate Schools in Ohio ranking. Our analysis looked at 2 schools in Ohio to see which basic certificate 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.

Best Ohio Schools for Affordable Quality for an Award Taking Less Than 1 Year in Health/Medical Prep Programs

#1

Clark State Community College

Springfield, OH

Our 2023 rankings named Clark State Community College the best value school in Ohio for health/medical prep programs students working on their basic certificate. Located in the small city of Springfield, Clark State Community College is a public college with a moderately-sized student population.

Clark State Community College undergraduate students pay an average of $4,032 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

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#2

Stark State College

North Canton, OH

The excellent basic certificate programs at Stark State College helped the school earn the #2 place on this year’s ranking of the best value health/medical prep programs schools in Ohio. Stark State College is a fairly large public school located in the suburb of North Canton.

Stark State College undergraduate students pay an average of $4,310 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

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Best Value Health/Medical Prep Programs Colleges in the Great Lakes Region

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

State Degrees Awarded
Illinois 364
Michigan 144
Indiana 177
Wisconsin 3

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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