2023 Best Value Health Sciences & Services Associate Degree Schools in Missouri
Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing
Finding the Best Health Sciences & Services Associate Degree School for You
Health Sciences & Services is one of the most popular subjects to study in Missouri. With 1,081 degrees and certificates handed out in 2020-2021, it ranked 3rd out of all the majors we track in the state.
When it comes to higher education, there are a lot of options for healthcare students. As online education oppotunities continue to grow, you're not restricted to just schools in your local area anymore. Even some of the 'big name' schools are offering online courses. Also, there are a number of trade schools with offerings that you might find attractive.
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 Missouri to help you in your search for the best school for you. Our analysis looked at 6 schools in Missouri to see which associate degree programs offered the best value experiences for health science students with the aim of identifying those quality schools that are more affordable than some of their counterparts.
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 Missouri Schools for Affordable Quality for an Associate in Health Sciences & Services
Our analysis found State Fair Community College to be the best value school for health sciences and services students who want to pursue a associate degree in Missouri. Located in the remote town of Sedalia, State Fair Community College is a public college with a small student population.
State Fair Community College undergraduate students pay an average of $4,680 in in-state tuition and fees each year.
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The excellent associate degree programs at Metropolitan Community College - Kansas City helped the school earn the #2 place on this year’s ranking of the best value health sciences and services schools in Missouri. MCC is a large public school located in the city of Kansas City.
In-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at MCC are $6,840 per year.
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A rank of #3 on this year’s list means Southeast Missouri Hospital College of Nursing and Health Sciences is a great value for health sciences and services students working on their associate degree. Located in the small city of Cape Girardeau, Southeast Health is a private not-for-profit school with a fairly small student population.
In-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at Southeast Health are $12,142 per year.
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Out of the 6 schools in Missouri that were part of this year’s ranking, Columbia College landed the # 4 spot on the list. Columbia College Missouri is a medium-sized private not-for-profit school located in the midsize city of Columbia.
In-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at Columbia College Missouri are $11,636 per year.
Columbia College Missouri did well in our overall quality rankings, too. It placed #4 on our Best Health Sciences & Services Associate Degree Schools in Missouri list.
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A rank of #5 on this year’s list means Rockhurst University is a great value for health sciences and services students working on their associate degree. Located in the city of Kansas City, Rockhurst is a private not-for-profit school with a small student population.
In-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at Rockhurst are $40,480 per year.
Rockhurst also made our Best Health Sciences & Services Associate Degree Schools in Missouri list, coming in at #1.
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Bryan University did quite well in this year’s ranking of the best places for health sciences and services students to get a associate degree. It came in at #6 on the list. Bryan University is a fairly small private for-profit school located in the medium-sized city of Springfield.
Bryan University undergraduate students pay an average of $15,782 in in-state tuition and fees each year.
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State | Degrees Awarded |
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Minnesota | 401 |
Iowa | 55 |
Nebraska | 91 |
Kansas | 143 |
South Dakota | 135 |
North Dakota | 11 |
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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 |
Most Popular Majors Related 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 6 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.