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2023 Best Value Health/Medical Prep Programs Schools in New Jersey

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

5 Colleges
$16,166 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$27,226 Avg Salary

Finding the Best Health/Medical Prep Programs School for You

In 2020-2021, health/medical prep programs students earned 303 degrees and certificates from a New Jersey school, making the subject the 10th in the state.

With all the healthcare programs available today, it can be tough to choose which one is the best 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.

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 Schools in New Jersey ranking. This report analyzed 5 schools in New Jersey to see which ones offered the best value programs for medical prep students. The goal was to highlight schools with more affordable prices than others offering similar quality experiences.

This ranking is not just a list of inexpensive schools. We also consider each school's quality, since we believe a low-quality school may not be a 'bargain' at any price. 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.

For nationwide and regional rankings, we use out-of-state tuition and fees in our calculations. For statewide rankings, we use average in-state tuition and fees.

2023 Best Value Health/Medical Prep Programs Schools in New Jersey

The following schools top our list of the Best Value Health/Medical Prep Programs Colleges.

Best New Jersey Schools for Affordable Quality in Health/Medical Prep Programs

$6,840 Average Tuition & Fees

Our analysis found Atlantic Cape Community College to be the best value school for health/medical prep programs students who want to pursue a degree in New Jersey. Located in the rural area of Mays Landing, Atlantic Cape Community College is a public college with a small student population.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state undergraduate at Atlantic Cape Community College are $6,840 a year. While working on their degree, medical prep majors at Atlantic Cape Community College accumulate an average of around $12,366 in student debt.

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#2

Essex County College

Newark, NJ
$8,966 Average Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Essex County College. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Best Value Health/Medical Prep Programs Schools in New Jersey list. Essex is a moderately-sized public school located in the large city of Newark.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state undergraduate at Essex are $8,966 a year. While working on their degree, medical prep majors at Essex accumulate an average of around $7,700 in student debt.

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#3

Salem Community College

Carneys Point, NJ
$6,540 Average Tuition & Fees

The excellent programs at Salem Community College helped the school earn the #3 place on this year’s ranking of the best health/medical prep programs schools in New Jersey. Salem County College is a fairly small public school located in the large suburb of Carneys Point.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state undergraduate at Salem County College are $6,540 a year.

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#4

Rowan University

Glassboro, NJ
$14,376 Average Tuition & Fees

The excellent programs at Rowan University helped the school earn the #4 place on this year’s ranking of the best health/medical prep programs schools in New Jersey. Located in the suburb of Glassboro, Rowan is a public school with a large student population.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state undergraduate at Rowan are $14,376 a year.

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$34,481 Average Tuition & Fees

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Georgian Court University. The school came in at #5 on this year’s Best Value Health/Medical Prep Programs Schools in New Jersey list. Georgian Court is a small private not-for-profit school located in the city of Lakewood.

In-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at Georgian Court are $34,481 per year.

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Best Value Health/Medical Prep Programs Colleges in the Middle Atlantic Region

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

State Degrees Awarded
New York 57
Pennsylvania 670
Maryland 127
District of Columbia 49

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

Majors Similar to Medical Prep

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).

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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