2023 Best Value Health/Medical Prep Programs Undergraduate Certificate Schools in the Southeast Region
Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing
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.
Best Southeast Region Schools for Affordable Quality for an Award Taking 1 to 4 Years in Health/Medical Prep Programs
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 small suburb of Hot Springs, National Park College is a public college with a small student population.
Out-of-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at National Park College are $6,230 per year. While working on their Undergraduate Certificate, medical prep majors at National Park College accumulate an average of around $21,280 in student debt.
As a testament to the quality of education it offers, National Park College also is in the top 5% of our Best Health/Medical Prep Programs Undergraduate Certificate Schools in the Southeast Region ranking.
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Out of the 3 schools in the Southeast Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Arkansas State University - Mountain Home landed the # 2 spot on the list. ASUMH is a small public school located in the rural area of Mountain Home.
ASUMH undergraduate students pay an average of $4,524 in tuition and fees each year.
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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Arkansas State University - Beebe. It ranked #3 on our 2023 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.
Out-of-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at ASU-Beebe are $4,656 per year.
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Request InformationBest 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 |
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Florida | 84 |
North Carolina | 133 |
Tennessee | 54 |
Kentucky | 5 |
Georgia | 355 |
West Virginia | 102 |
Virginia | 171 |
Alabama | 172 |
Louisiana | 18 |
Mississippi | 439 |
South Carolina | 79 |
Arkansas | 99 |
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Health/Medical Prep Programs Related Majors for Medical Prep
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 |
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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 |
Most Popular Related Majors
Related Major | Annual Graduates |
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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.