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2023 Best Value Health Sciences & Services Undergraduate Certificate Schools in the Plains States Region

Identifying Quality Schools at More Affordable Prices

3 Colleges
$8,944 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$24,596 Avg Salary

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

With 35,945 degrees and certificates handed out in 2020-2021, health sciences and services is the #5 most popular major in the United States.

It's not easy to decide which healthcare program to enroll in when you have so many options available. 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.

To help you arm yourself with the information you need to make your decision, Healthcare Degree Search has developed this Best Value Health Sciences & Services Undergraduate Certificate Schools in the Plains States Region ranking. Our analysis looked at 3 schools in the Plains States Region to see which undergraduate certificate 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.

This ranking is not just a list of inexpensive schools. We also consider each school's quality, since we believe a low-quality school may not be a 'bargain' at any price. More specifically, we discount our quality score by the published tuition and fees charged by a school. This gives the cost per unit of quality for each college. The value is determined by how much quality your dollar buys.

For nationwide and regional rankings, we use out-of-state tuition and fees in our calculations. Average in-state tuition and fees are used for our statewide rankings.

2023 Best Value Health Sciences & Services Undergraduate Certificate Schools in the Plains States Region

The following schools top our list of the Best Value Health Sciences & Services Undergraduate Certificate Colleges.

Best Plains States Region Schools for Affordable Quality for an Award Taking 1 to 4 Years in Health Sciences & Services

#1

North Hennepin Community College

Brooklyn Park, MN

Our analysis found North Hennepin Community College to be the best value school for health sciences and services students who want to pursue a undergraduate certificate in the Plains States Region . Located in the suburb of Brooklyn Park, North Hennepin Community College is a public college with a moderately-sized student population.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state undergraduate student at North Hennepin Community College are $4,882 a year.

Full Health Sciences & Services at North Hennepin Community College Report

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend State Fair Community College. The school came in at #2 on this year’s Best Value Health Sciences & Services Undergraduate Certificate Schools in the Plains States Region list. State Fair Community College is a small public school located in the remote town of Sedalia.

State Fair Community College undergraduate students pay an average of $6,168 in tuition and fees each year.

Full Health Sciences & Services at State Fair Community College Report

#3

Bryan University

Springfield, MO

The excellent undergraduate certificate programs at Bryan University helped the school earn the #3 place on this year’s ranking of the best value health sciences and services schools in the Plains States Region . Located in the midsize city of Springfield, Bryan University is a private for-profit school with a small student population.

Out-of-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at Bryan University are $15,782 per year.

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Best Health Sciences & Services Colleges by State

Explore the best health sciences and services schools for a specific state in the Plains States region.

State Degrees Awarded
Minnesota 401
Iowa 55
Nebraska 91
Missouri 1,081
Kansas 143
South Dakota 135
North Dakota 11

Health Sciences & Services is one of 30 different types of healthcare programs to choose from.

Health Science Concentrations

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 3 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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