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2023 Best Value Health/Medical Prep Programs Schools in the Southeast Region

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

68 Colleges
$11,880 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$31,182 Avg Salary

Finding the Best Health/Medical Prep Programs 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.

Along with in-depth profiles of schools and the programs they offer, Healthcare Degree Search has created the Best Value Health/Medical Prep Programs Schools in the Southeast Region to help you in your search for the best school for you. This report analyzed 68 schools in the Southeast Region 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.

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 Schools in the Southeast Region

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

Top 10 Best Health/Medical Prep Programs Schools

#1

Coahoma Community College

Clarksdale, MS
$3,003 Average Tuition & Fees

Our 2023 rankings named Coahoma Community College the best value school in the Southeast Region for health/medical prep programs students. Located in the rural area of Clarksdale, Coahoma Community College is a public school with a small student population.

Coahoma Community College undergraduate students pay an average of $3,003 in tuition and fees each year.

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#2

National Park College

Hot Springs, AR
$6,230 Average Tuition & Fees

The excellent programs at National Park College helped the school earn the #2 place on this year’s ranking of the best health/medical prep programs schools in the Southeast Region . Located in the small suburb of Hot Springs, National Park College is a public school with a small student population.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state undergraduate student at National Park College are $6,230 a year. The average amount in student loans that medical prep majors at National Park College take out is $20,004.

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$5,380 Average Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Copiah-Lincoln Community College. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Best Value Health/Medical Prep Programs Schools in the Southeast Region list. Located in the rural area of Wesson, Copiah-Lincoln Community College is a public school with a small student population.

Out-of-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at Copiah-Lincoln Community College are $5,380 per year.

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$6,210 Average Tuition & Fees

A rank of #4 on this year’s list means Holmes Community College is a great value for health/medical prep programs students. Holmes Community College is a small public school located in the rural area of Goodman.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state undergraduate student at Holmes Community College are $6,210 a year. Medical Prep majors at Holmes Community College take out an average of $10,446 in student loans while working on their egree.

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#5

Georgia Military College

Milledgeville, GA
$6,390 Average Tuition & Fees

A rank of #5 on this year’s list means Georgia Military College is a great value for health/medical prep programs students. Located in the distant town of Milledgeville, Georgia Military College is a public college with a medium-sized student population.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state undergraduate student at Georgia Military College are $6,390 a year. On average, medical prep graduates from Georgia Military College take out $12,375 in student loans while working on their degree.

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$6,740 Average Tuition & Fees

East Mississippi Community College came in at #6 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Health/Medical Prep Programs Schools in the Southeast Region ranking. EMCC is a small public school located in the rural area of Scooba.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state undergraduate student at EMCC are $6,740 a year. After completing their degree, medical prep graduates from EMCC carry an average student debtload of $9,813.

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#7

Trident Technical College

Charleston, SC

Trident Technical College came in at #7 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Health/Medical Prep Programs Schools in the Southeast Region ranking. Trident Technical College is a fairly large public school located in the medium-sized city of Charleston.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state undergraduate student at Trident Technical College are $8,690 a year. Medical Prep majors at Trident Technical College take out an average of $18,875 in student loans while working on their egree.

As a testament to the quality of education it offers, Trident Technical College also is in the top 5% of our Best Health/Medical Prep Programs Schools in the Southeast Region ranking.

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$4,524 Average Tuition & Fees

Arkansas State University - Mountain Home came in at #8 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Health/Medical Prep Programs Schools in the Southeast Region ranking. ASUMH is a small public school located in the rural area of Mountain Home.

Out-of-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at ASUMH are $4,524 per year.

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$5,360 Average Tuition & Fees

Itawamba Community College came in at #9 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Health/Medical Prep Programs Schools in the Southeast Region ranking. Located in the town of Fulton, ICC is a public school with a small student population.

ICC undergraduate students pay an average of $5,360 in tuition and fees each year.

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$4,656 Average Tuition & Fees

Arkansas State University - Beebe landed the #10 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best value health/medical prep programs programs. ASU-Beebe is a small public school located in the town of Beebe.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state undergraduate student at ASU-Beebe are $4,656 a year. On average, medical prep graduates from ASU-Beebe take out $7,834 in student loans while working on their degree.

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Honorable Mentions

These are some additional schools worth mentioning that are also great but just didn't quite make the cut to earn our top Best Value Health/Medical Prep Programs Schools in the Southeast Region award.

Rank College Location
11 Furman University Greenville, SC
12 College of the Albemarle Elizabeth City, NC
13 Mitchell Community College Statesville, NC

Best Health/Medical Prep Programs Colleges by State

Explore the best health/medical prep programs colleges for a specific state in the Southeast region.

State Degrees Awarded
Florida 84
North Carolina 133
Tennessee 54
Georgia 355
Kentucky 5
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 25 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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