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2023 Best Value Health/Medical Prep Programs Undergraduate Certificate Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

3 Colleges
$41,382 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$22,060 Avg Salary

Finding the Best Health/Medical Prep Programs Undergraduate Certificate 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.

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 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 Undergraduate Certificate Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region ranking. This report analyzed 3 schools in the Middle Atlantic Region to see which ones offered the best value undergraduate certificate 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 Undergraduate Certificate Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region

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

Best Middle Atlantic Region Schools for Affordable Quality for an Award Taking 1 to 4 Years in Health/Medical Prep Programs

Our 2023 rankings named Lake Erie College of Osteopathic Medicine the best value school in the Middle Atlantic Region for health/medical prep programs students working on their undergraduate certificate. Located in the small city of Erie, LECOM is a private not-for-profit school with a small student population.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state undergraduate student at LECOM are $14,640 a year.

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Out of the 3 schools in the Middle Atlantic Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Bloomsburg University of Pennsylvania landed the # 2 spot on the list. Located in the small city of Bloomsburg, Bloomsburg is a public college with a moderately-sized student population.

Bloomsburg undergraduate students pay an average of $22,806 in tuition and fees each year.

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#3

Georgetown University

Washington, DC

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Georgetown University. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Best Value Health/Medical Prep Programs Undergraduate Certificate Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region list. Located in the large city of Washington, Georgetown is a private not-for-profit college with a fairly large student population.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state undergraduate student at Georgetown are $59,957 a year.

Georgetown also made our Best Health/Medical Prep Programs Undergraduate Certificate Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region list, coming in at #2.

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Best Health/Medical Prep Programs Colleges by State

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

State Degrees Awarded
New York 57
Pennsylvania 670
Maryland 127
New Jersey 303
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 3 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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