2023 Best Value Health Sciences & Services Schools in Tennessee
Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing
Finding the Best Health Sciences & Services School for You
With 165 degrees and certificates handed out in 2020-2021, health sciences and services is the #14 most popular major in Tennessee.
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.
The Best Value Health Sciences & Services Schools in Tennessee ranking is one of many tools that Healthcare Degree Search has developed to help you make your educational decision. This report analyzed 6 schools in Tennessee to see which ones offered the best value 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 Tennessee Schools for Affordable Quality in Health Sciences & Services
Our analysis found Dyersburg State Community College to be the best value school for health sciences and services students who want to pursue a degree in Tennessee. DSCC is a small public school located in the town of Dyersburg.
In-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at DSCC are $4,410 per year.
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Out of the 6 schools in Tennessee that were part of this year’s ranking, Cleveland State Community College landed the # 2 spot on the list. Cleveland State Community College is a small public school located in the small city of Cleveland.
In-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at Cleveland State Community College are $4,400 per year.
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A rank of #3 on this year’s list means Bethel University is a great value for health sciences and services students. Bethel is a small private not-for-profit school located in the town of McKenzie.
Bethel undergraduate students pay an average of $13,981 in in-state tuition and fees each year.
Bethel also claimed a spot on our Best Health Sciences & Services Schools in Tennessee list. It’s in the top 20% of all schools in this category.
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A rank of #4 on this year’s list means Lee University is a great value for health sciences and services students. Located in the city of Cleveland, Lee University is a private not-for-profit college with a small student population.
Lee University undergraduate students pay an average of $20,500 in in-state tuition and fees each year. The average amount in student loans that health science majors at Lee University take out is $27,000.
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A rank of #5 on this year’s list means Lipscomb University is a great value for health sciences and services students. Lipscomb is a small private not-for-profit school located in the city of Nashville.
The average tuition and fees for an in-state undergraduate at Lipscomb are $35,752 a year.
In addition to its best value ranking, and one of the reasons why the school is on the list, Lipscomb is ranked #5 for overall quality for health science in Tennessee.
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Christian Brothers University ranked #6 on this year’s Best Value Health Sciences & Services Schools in Tennessee list. Christian Brothers is a small private not-for-profit school located in the city of Memphis.
In-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at Christian Brothers are $34,820 per year.
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Request InformationBest Value Health Sciences & Services Colleges in the Southeast Region
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State | Degrees Awarded |
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Florida | 4,327 |
North Carolina | 203 |
Kentucky | 385 |
Georgia | 544 |
West Virginia | 100 |
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 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.