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2023 Best Value Health Sciences & Services Associate Degree Schools in Nebraska

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

2 Colleges
$14,628 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$33,161 Avg Salary

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.

2023 Best Value Health Sciences & Services Associate Degree Schools in Nebraska

The colleges and universities below are the best value schools for health science majors pursuing a associate degree.

Best Nebraska Schools for Affordable Quality for an Associate in Health Sciences & Services

Our analysis found Metropolitan Community College to be the best value school for health sciences and services students who want to pursue a associate degree in Nebraska. Located in the city of Omaha, MCC is a public college with a large student population.

MCC undergraduate students pay an average of $3,195 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

MCC also made our Best Health Sciences & Services Associate Degree Schools in Nebraska list, coming in at #1.

Full Health Sciences & Services at Metropolitan Community College Report

#2

Union College Nebraska

Lincoln, NE

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Union College Nebraska. It ranked #2 on our 2023 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 college with a fairly small student population.

In-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at Union College are $26,060 per year.

Full Health Sciences & Services at Union College Nebraska Report

Best Value Health Sciences & Services Colleges in the Plains States Region

Explore all the Best Value Health Sciences & Services Colleges in the Plains States Area or other specific states within that region.

State Degrees Awarded
Minnesota 401
Iowa 55
Missouri 1,081
Kansas 143
South Dakota 135
North Dakota 11

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
General Health Services/Allied Health/Health Sciences 29,840
General Health & Wellness 6,105

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 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.

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