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2023 Best Value Health/Medical Prep Programs Master's Degree Schools in the Southeast Region

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

5 Colleges
$20,132 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$17,643 Avg Salary

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

Out of all the majors we analyze each year, health/medical prep programs was ranked #14 in the country. In fact 9,210 degrees and certificates were handed out 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 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 Master's Degree Schools in the Southeast Region ranking. Our analysis looked at 5 schools in the Southeast Region to see which master'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.

Best Southeast Region Schools for Affordable Quality for a Master's in Health/Medical Prep Programs

#1

Furman University

Greenville, SC

Our analysis found Furman University to be the best value school for health/medical prep programs students who want to pursue a master’s degree in the Southeast Region . Furman is a small private not-for-profit school located in the suburb of Greenville.

Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at Furman are $7,513 per year.

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A rank of #2 on this year’s list means Eastern Virginia Medical School is a great value for health/medical prep programs students working on their master’s degree. Eastern Virginia Medical School is a small public school located in the medium-sized city of Norfolk.

Eastern Virginia Medical School graduate students pay an average of $26,451 in tuition and fees each year.

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#3

Hampton University

Hampton, VA

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Hampton University. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Best Value Health/Medical Prep Programs Master’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region list. Hampton is a small private not-for-profit school located in the midsize city of Hampton.

Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at Hampton are $13,134 per year.

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#4

Eastern Mennonite University

Harrisonburg, VA

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Eastern Mennonite University. The school came in at #4 on this year’s Best Value Health/Medical Prep Programs Master’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region list. Located in the small city of Harrisonburg, Eastern Mennonite 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 Eastern Mennonite are $15,270 a year.

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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Medical University of South Carolina. The school came in at #5 on this year’s Best Value Health/Medical Prep Programs Master’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region list. Located in the medium-sized city of Charleston, MUSC is a public school with a small student population.

MUSC graduate students pay an average of $25,673 in tuition and fees each year.

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Best Health/Medical Prep Programs Colleges by State

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State Degrees Awarded
Florida 84
North Carolina 133
Tennessee 54
Kentucky 5
Georgia 355
West Virginia 102
Virginia 171
Alabama 172
Louisiana 18
Mississippi 439
South Carolina 79
Arkansas 99

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 5 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).

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