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

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

3 Colleges
$5,137 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.

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 Undergraduate Certificate Schools in the Southeast Region to help you in your search for the best school for you. This report analyzed 3 schools in the Southeast 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.

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 Undergraduate Certificate Schools in the Southeast Region

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

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

#1

National Park College

Hot Springs, AR

Our analysis found National Park College to be the best value school for health/medical prep programs students who want to pursue a undergraduate certificate in the Southeast Region . Located in the 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. While working on their Undergraduate Certificate, medical prep majors at National Park College accumulate an average of around $21,280 in student debt.

On top of its placing in our value ranking, National Park College also did well on our Best Health/Medical Prep Programs Undergraduate Certificate Schools in the Southeast Region list. It’s in the top 5% of all schools reviewed in this analysis.

Full Health/Medical Prep Programs at National Park College Report

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Arkansas State University - Mountain Home. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Best Value Health/Medical Prep Programs Undergraduate Certificate Schools in the Southeast Region list. ASUMH is a small public school located in the rural area of Mountain Home.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state undergraduate student at ASUMH are $4,524 a year.

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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Arkansas State University - Beebe. The school came in at #3 on this year’s Best Value Health/Medical Prep Programs Undergraduate Certificate Schools in the Southeast Region list. 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.

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Best Health/Medical Prep Programs Colleges by State

Explore the best health/medical prep programs schools 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 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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