2023 Best Value Health Sciences & Services Associate Degree Schools in Nebraska
Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing
Finding the Best Health Sciences & Services Associate Degree School for You
In 2020-2021, 91 degrees and certificates were awarded to health sciences and services students who went to a Nebraska college or university. This makes it the #12 most popular major in the state.
When it comes to higher education, there are a lot of options for healthcare students. With more and more schools offering online options, you could even register for a great program on the other side of the country. On top of that, there are a considerable number of trade schools that offer fast-track entry to many fields.
The Best Value Health Sciences & Services Associate Degree Schools in Nebraska ranking is one of many tools that Healthcare Degree Search has developed to help you make your educational decision. This report analyzed 2 schools in Nebraska 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.
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 Nebraska Schools for Affordable Quality for an Associate in Health Sciences & Services
Our 2023 rankings named Metropolitan Community College the best value school in Nebraska for health sciences and services students working on their associate degree. Located in the city of Omaha, MCC is a public college with a fairly large student population.
The average tuition and fees for an in-state undergraduate at MCC are $3,195 a year.
MCC also made our Best Health Sciences & Services Associate Degree Schools in Nebraska list, coming in at #1.
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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Union College Nebraska. The school came in at #2 on this year’s Best Value Health Sciences & Services Associate Degree Schools in Nebraska list. Located in the city of Lincoln, Union College is a private not-for-profit school with a fairly small student population.
The average tuition and fees for an in-state undergraduate at Union College are $26,060 a year.
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State | Degrees Awarded |
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Minnesota | 401 |
Iowa | 55 |
Missouri | 1,081 |
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 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.