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2023 Best Value Health/Medical Prep Programs Undergraduate Certificate Schools in Massachusetts

Identifying Quality Schools at More Affordable Prices

1 College
$14,408 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$22,060 Avg Salary

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

With 351 degrees and certificates handed out in 2020-2021, health/medical prep programs is the #12 most popular major in Massachusetts.

There are so many healthcare programs in today's world that it can tough to figure out which one is the right one 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 Undergraduate Certificate Schools in Massachusetts ranking.

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. More specifically, we discount our quality score by the published tuition and fees charged by a school. This gives the cost per unit of quality for each college. The value is determined by how much quality your dollar buys.

Our calculations use out-of-state tuition and fees in our nationwide and regional rankings. Average in-state tuition and fees are used for our statewide rankings.

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

Best Health/Medical Prep Programs Undergraduate Certificate School

Our 2023 rankings named University of Massachusetts - Dartmouth the best value school in Massachusetts for health/medical prep programs students working on their undergraduate certificate. Located in the midsize suburb of North Dartmouth, UMass Dartmouth is a public college with a moderately-sized student population.

In-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at UMass Dartmouth are $14,408 per year.

Read full report on Health/Medical Prep Programs at University of Massachusetts - Dartmouth

Best Value Health/Medical Prep Programs Colleges in the New England Region

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

State Degrees Awarded
Connecticut 7
New Hampshire 2
Maine 2
Vermont 16

Health/Medical Prep Programs is one of 30 different types of healthcare programs to choose from.

Medical Prep Focus Areas

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 values are for the top school 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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