2023 Best Value Healthcare Bachelor's Degree Schools in Arizona
Identifying High-Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing
Today's healthcare students have lots of options to pick from when considering higher education opportunities. You're no longer limited to schools in your local area, either, since online programs are becoming more prevalent. Or you may find the programs at a trade school or bootcamp to be a better alternative for you.
To help you arm yourself with the information you need to make your decision, Healthcare Degree Search has developed this Best Value Healthcare Bachelor's Degree Schools in Arizona ranking. This report analyzed 7 schools in Arizona to see which ones offered the best value bachelor's degree programs for healthcare 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. 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.
In our regional and nationwide rankings, out-of-state tution and fees are used in our calculations. Average in-state tuition and fees are used for our statewide rankings.
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Top Value Healthcare Bachelor's Degree Schools in Arizona
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Our analysis found Ottawa University - Phoenix to be the best value school for healthcare students who want to pursue a bachelor’s degree in Arizona. Ottawa University - Phoenix is a very small private not-for-profit school situated in Phoenix, Arizona. It awarded 59 bachelor’s degrees in 2020-2021.
The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state undergraduate students at Ottawa University - Phoenix are $13,281 a year. On average, bachelor’s degree students take out $31,724 in loans while pursuing their degree.
Interested in an online degree? Then you definitely want to check out Ottawa University - Phoenix. Every undergraduate student at the school took at least one class online.
In addition to its best value ranking, and one of the reasons why the school is on the list, Ottawa University - Phoenix is ranked #1 for overall quality in Arizona.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend University of Phoenix - Arizona. The school came in at #2 on this year’s Best Value Healthcare Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Arizona list. University of Phoenix - Arizona is a large private for-profit school located in Tempe, Arizona that handed out 2,504 bachelor’s degrees in 2020-2021.
UOPX - Arizona undergraduate students pay an average of $9,552 in tuition and fees each year. Bachelor’s Degree recipients from this school accumulate an average of $41,357 in student debt by the time they complete their degree.
One thing to take note of is that UOPX - Arizona does offer online classes in some areas. To give an idea of how popular online courses are at the school, 100% of undergraduates took at least one course online in 2019-2020.
UOPX - Arizona did well in our overall quality rankings, too. It placed #4 on our Best Healthcare Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Arizona list.
The excellent bachelor’s degree programs at Arizona State University - Skysong helped the school earn the #3 place on this year’s ranking of the best value healthcare schools in Arizona. Arizona State University - Skysong is a large public school located in Scottsdale, Arizona that handed out 900 bachelor’s degrees in 2020-2021.
Out-of-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at ASU - Skysong are $13,092 per year. By the time they get their bachelor’s degree, students from this school have racked up an average of $26,041 in student loans.
ASU - Skysong is one of the schools on our list that is primarily online. Each undergraduate student at the school took at least one class online.
In addition to its best value ranking, and one of the reasons why the school is on the list, ASU - Skysong is ranked #2 for overall quality in Arizona.
Out of the 7 schools in Arizona that were part of this year’s value ranking, Arizona State University - Tempe landed the # 4 spot on the list. ASU - Tempe is located in Tempe, Arizona and has a large student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 868 bachelor’s degrees to qualified students.
ASU - Tempe undergraduate students pay an average of $29,438 in tuition and fees each year. By the time they get their bachelor’s degree, students from this school have racked up an average of $24,760 in student loans.
If you are interested in distance education, be sure to check with the school since ASU - Tempe does offer online classes for certain majors. In fact, around 93% of the undergraduate population registered for at least one online class in 2019-2020.
ASU - Tempe did well in our overall quality rankings, too. It placed #5 on our Best Healthcare Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Arizona list.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend University of Arizona. The school came in at #5 on this year’s Best Value Healthcare Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Arizona list. University of Arizona is located in Tucson, Arizona and has a large student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 591 bachelor’s degrees to qualified students.
Out-of-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at University of Arizona are $35,153 per year. On average, bachelor’s degree students take out $21,823 in loans while pursuing their degree.
University of Arizona does offer online classes for certain degree levels. To give an idea of how popular online courses are at the school, 61% of undergraduates took at least one course online in 2019-2020.
Northern Arizona University ranked #6 on this year’s Best Value Healthcare Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Arizona list. Flagstaff, Arizona is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelor’s degrees to 927 students in 2020-2021.
Out-of-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at NAU are $17,761 per year. By the time they get their bachelor’s degree, students from this school have racked up an average of $22,855 in student loans.
Some students may be able to take online classes at NAU. In fact, around 59% of the undergraduate population registered for at least one online class in 2019-2020.
With a ranking of #7, Grand Canyon University did quite well on this year’s best value schools for healthcare students working on their bachelor’s degree. Grand Canyon University is a large private for-profit school located in Phoenix, Arizona that handed out 5,530 bachelor’s degrees in 2020-2021.
Out-of-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at Grand Canyon University are $17,189 per year. By the time they get their bachelor’s degree, students from this school have racked up an average of $31,746 in student loans.
You may have the opportunity to take online classes at Grand Canyon University. In fact, around 90% of the undergraduate population registered for at least one online class in 2019-2020.
Grand Canyon University also took the #3 spot in our Best Healthcare Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Arizona rankings.
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Notes and References
Footnotes
*These averages are for the top 7 schools only.
References
- 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 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).
- Information about the national average student loan default rate is from the U.S. Department of Education and refers to data about the 2016 borrower cohort tracking period for which the cohort default rate (CDR) was 10.1%.
More about our data sources and methodologies.
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