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2023 Most Popular Online Health Sciences & Services Basic Certificate Schools in the Plains States Region

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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 Most Popular Online Health Sciences & Services Basic Certificate Schools in the Plains States Region ranking. Our analysis looked at 4 schools in the Plains States Region to see which online basic certificate programs were the most popular for healthcare students. To create this ranking we looked at how many students graduated from schools with online programs.

The following schools top our list of the Most Popular Online Health Sciences & Services Basic Certificate Colleges.

Our analysis found State Fair Community College to be the most popular school for health sciences and services students who want to pursue an online basic certificate in the Plains States Region . State Fair Community College is a small public school located in the town of Sedalia.

Women make up 67% of the health science majors at the school.

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Kansas State University

Manhattan, KS

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Kansas State University. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Most Popular Online Health Sciences & Services Basic Certificate Schools in the Plains States Region list. Located in the small city of Manhattan, K -State is a public college with a fairly large student population.

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A rank of #2 on this year’s list means Rasmussen University - North Dakota is a great place for health sciences and services students working on their online basic certificate. Located in the midsize city of Fargo, Rasmussen University - North Dakota is a private for-profit school with a small student population.

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A rank of #2 on this year’s list means Rasmussen University - Kansas is a great place for health sciences and services students working on their online basic certificate. Rasmussen University - Kansas is a small private for-profit school located in the rural area of Topeka.

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Explore the most popular online health sciences and services colleges for a specific state in the Plains States region.

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

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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 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.

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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