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2023 Most Popular Online Health Sciences & Services Associate Degree Schools in the Southeast Region

10 Colleges
$33,161 Avg Salary
$14,056 Avg Student Debt

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.

There are so many healthcare programs in today's world that it can tough to figure out which one is the right one 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.

Along with in-depth profiles of schools and the programs they offer, Healthcare Degree Search has created the Most Popular Online Health Sciences & Services Associate Degree Schools in the Southeast Region to help you in your search for the best school for you. This report analyzed 10 schools in the Southeast Region to see which ones were the most popular online associate degree programs for healthcare students. To create this ranking we looked at how many students graduated from schools with online programs.

The colleges and universities below are the most popular for health science majors pursuing an online associate degree.

Our analysis found Mississippi Gulf Coast Community College to be the most popular school for health sciences and services students who want to pursue an online associate degree in the Southeast Region . Mississippi Gulf Coast Community College is a medium-sized public school located in the rural area of Perkinston.

Women make up 81% of the health science majors at the school.

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The in-demand online associate degree programs at John Tyler Community College helped the school earn the #2 place on this year’s ranking of the best health sciences and services schools in the Southeast Region . John Tyler Community College is a medium-sized public school located in the large suburb of Chester.

About 81% of the students majoring in health science at the school are women while 19% are male.

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Out of the 10 online programs at schools in the Southeast Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Thomas Nelson Community College landed the # 3 spot on the list. TNCC is a moderately-sized public school located in the midsize city of Hampton.

Women make up 87% of the health science majors at the school.

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Out of the 10 online programs at schools in the Southeast Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Holmes Community College landed the # 4 spot on the list. Located in the rural area of Goodman, Holmes Community College is a public school with a small student population.

About 30% of the students majoring in health science at the school are women while 70% are male.

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#5

Life University

Marietta, GA

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Life University. It ranked #5 on our 2023 Most Popular Online Health Sciences & Services Associate Degree Schools in the Southeast Region list. Life is a small private not-for-profit school located in the city of Marietta.

About 67% of the students majoring in health science at the school are women while 33% are male.

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Jefferson Community and Technical College did quite well in this year’s ranking of the most popular online places for health sciences and services students to get a associate degree. It came in at #6 on the list. Located in the city of Louisville, Jefferson Community and Technical College is a public college with a fairly large student population.

While working on their Associate Degree, health science majors at Jefferson Community and Technical College accumulate an average of around $19,132 in student debt.

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#7

Georgia Military College

Milledgeville, GA

Georgia Military College came in at #7 in this year’s edition of the Most Popular Online Health Sciences & Services Associate Degree Schools in the Southeast Region ranking. Georgia Military College is a medium-sized public school located in the town of Milledgeville.

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Elizabethtown Community and Technical College landed the #8 spot in the 2023 rankings for the most popular online associate degree health sciences and services programs. Elizabethtown Community and Technical College is a moderately-sized public school located in the small city of Elizabethtown.

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#8

University of the Cumberlands

Williamsburg, KY

University of the Cumberlands ranked #8 on this year’s Most Popular Online Health Sciences & Services Associate Degree Schools in the Southeast Region list. Located in the town of Williamsburg, Cumberlands is a private not-for-profit school with a large student population.

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#8

South College

Knoxville, TN

South College ranked #8 on this year’s Most Popular Online Health Sciences & Services Associate Degree Schools in the Southeast Region list. Located in the city of Knoxville, South College is a private for-profit college with a medium-sized student population.

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Explore the most popular online health sciences and services schools for a specific state in the Southeast region.

State Degrees Awarded
Florida 4,327
North Carolina 203
Tennessee 165
Georgia 544
Kentucky 385
West Virginia 100
Virginia 247
Alabama 240
Louisiana 214
Mississippi 325
South Carolina 87
Arkansas 291

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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 10 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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