2023 Best Value Health Sciences & Services Associate Degree Schools in West Virginia
Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing
Finding the Best Health Sciences & Services Associate Degree School for You
In 2020-2021, 100 degrees and certificates were awarded to health sciences and services students who went to a West Virginia college or university. This makes it the #13 most popular major in the state.
There are lots of options to pick from today when trying to decide which healthcare program is right 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.
Along with in-depth profiles of schools and the programs they offer, Healthcare Degree Search has created the Best Value Health Sciences & Services Associate Degree Schools in West Virginia to help you in your search for the best school for you. This report analyzed 2 schools in West Virginia to see which ones offered the best value associate degree programs for health science students. The goal was to highlight schools with more affordable prices than others offering similar quality experiences.
Our ranking of value is based on the quality of a program as defined in our per sticker price dollar. 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.
In our regional and nationwide rankings, out-of-state tution and fees are used in our calculations. For statewide rankings, we use average in-state tuition and fees.
Best West Virginia Schools for Affordable Quality for an Associate in Health Sciences & Services
Our 2023 rankings named Blue Ridge Community and Technical College the best value school in West Virginia for health sciences and services students working on their associate degree. Located in the rural area of Martinsburg, Blue Ridge Community and Technical College is a public school with a small student population.
In-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at Blue Ridge Community and Technical College are $4,128 per year.
Blue Ridge Community and Technical College not only placed well in our value ranking, but it is also #5 on our Best Health Sciences & Services Associate Degree Schools in West Virginia list.
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The excellent associate degree programs at BridgeValley Community & Technical College helped the school earn the #2 place on this year’s ranking of the best value health sciences and services schools in West Virginia. BridgeValley Community & Technical College is a small public school located in the midsize suburb of South Charleston.
BridgeValley Community & Technical College undergraduate students pay an average of $5,284 in in-state tuition and fees each year.
BridgeValley Community & Technical College did well in our overall quality rankings, too. It placed #4 on our Best Health Sciences & Services Associate Degree Schools in West Virginia list.
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Request InformationBest Value Health Sciences & Services Colleges in the Southeast Region
Explore all the Best Value Health Sciences & Services Colleges in the Southeast Area or other specific states within that region.
State | Degrees Awarded |
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Florida | 4,327 |
North Carolina | 203 |
Tennessee | 165 |
Kentucky | 385 |
Georgia | 544 |
Virginia | 247 |
Alabama | 240 |
Louisiana | 214 |
Mississippi | 325 |
South Carolina | 87 |
Arkansas | 291 |
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Health Sciences & Services Related Majors for Health Science
One of 30 majors within the healthcare area of study, health sciences and services has other similar majors worth exploring.
Health Science Focus Areas
Major | Annual Graduates |
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General Health Services/Allied Health/Health Sciences | 29,840 |
General Health & Wellness | 6,105 |
Majors Similar to Health Science
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 2 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).
- Credit for the banner image above goes to Sandra M. Palumbo.
More about our data sources and methodologies.