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2023 Best Value Health Sciences & Services Basic Certificate Schools in Kentucky

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

4 Colleges
$12,022 Avg Tuition & Fees*

Finding the Best Health Sciences & Services Basic Certificate School for You

In 2020-2021, health sciences and services students earned 385 degrees and certificates from a Kentucky school, making the subject the 6th in the state.

There are lots of options to pick from today when trying to decide which healthcare program is right for you. 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 Basic Certificate Schools in Kentucky ranking is one of many tools that Healthcare Degree Search has developed to help you make your educational decision. This report analyzed 4 schools in Kentucky to see which ones offered the best value basic certificate 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 Kentucky Schools for Affordable Quality for an Award Taking Less Than 1 Year in Health Sciences & Services

Our analysis found Hazard Community and Technical College to be the best value school for health sciences and services students who want to pursue a basic certificate in Kentucky. Hazard Community and Technical College is a small public school located in the remote town of Hazard.

Hazard Community and Technical College undergraduate students pay an average of $4,488 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Owensboro Community and Technical College. The school came in at #2 on this year’s Best Value Health Sciences & Services Basic Certificate Schools in Kentucky list. Owensboro Community and Technical College is a small public school located in the rural area of Owensboro.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state undergraduate at Owensboro Community and Technical College are $4,488 a year.

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#3

University of Kentucky

Lexington, KY

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Kentucky. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Best Value Health Sciences & Services Basic Certificate Schools in Kentucky list. Located in the large city of Lexington, UK is a public college with a fairly large student population.

In-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at UK are $12,610 per year.

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#4

Spalding University

Louisville, KY

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Spalding University. The school came in at #4 on this year’s Best Value Health Sciences & Services Basic Certificate Schools in Kentucky list. Located in the city of Louisville, Spalding is a private not-for-profit college with a small student population.

Spalding undergraduate students pay an average of $26,500 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

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Best Value Health Sciences & Services Colleges in the Southeast Region

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State Degrees Awarded
Florida 4,327
North Carolina 203
Tennessee 165
Georgia 544
West Virginia 100
Virginia 247
Alabama 240
Louisiana 214
Mississippi 325
South Carolina 87
Arkansas 291

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

Majors Similar to Health Science

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 4 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.

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