2023 Best Value Healthcare Doctor's Degree Schools in Minnesota
Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Prices
When it comes to higher education, there are a lot of options for healthcare students. As online education oppotunities continue to grow, you're not restricted to just schools in your local area anymore. Even some of the 'big name' schools are offering online courses. Also, there are a number of trade schools and bootcamps with offerings that you might find attractive.
Along with in-depth profiles of schools and the programs they offer, Healthcare Degree Search has created the Best Value Healthcare Doctor's Degree Schools in Minnesota to help you in your search for the best school for you. Our analysis looked at 11 schools in Minnesota to see which doctor's degree programs offered the best value experiences for healthcare students with the aim of identifying those quality schools that are more affordable than some of their counterparts.
When determining this ranking, we place a high emphasis on the school's quality as well as its sticker price. Even though a college may be affordable, it may not offer value. 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.
Our calculations use out-of-state tuition and fees in our nationwide and regional rankings. For statewide rankings, we use average in-state tuition and fees.
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Top Value Healthcare Doctor's Degree Schools in Minnesota
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Our 2023 rankings named Winona State University the best value school in Minnesota for healthcare students working on their doctor’s degree. Winona State is a public institution located in Winona, Minnesota. The school has a medium-sized population, and it awarded 22 doctor’s degrees in 2020-2021.
The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at Winona State are $12,836 a year.
One thing to take note of is that Winona State does offer online graduate classes in some areas. To give an idea of how popular online courses are at the school, 66% of graduates took at least one course online in 2019-2020.
Winona State also took the #4 spot in our Best Healthcare Doctor’s Degree Schools in Minnesota rankings.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Minnesota State University - Mankato. The school came in at #2 on this year’s Best Value Healthcare Doctor’s Degree Schools in Minnesota list. Located in Mankato, Minnesota, the fairly large public school handed out 2 doctor’s degree awards in 2020-2021.
The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at Minnesota State Mankato are $9,308 a year.
Minnesota State Mankato does have options available for those who want to take online graduate classes. You will need to check with the school to see if they are available for your specific major. In 2019-2020 about 40% of the graduate students at the school chose to take one or more online courses.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Walden University. The school came in at #3 on this year’s Best Value Healthcare Doctor’s Degree Schools in Minnesota list. Walden University is a private for-profit institution located in Minneapolis, Minnesota. The school has a large population, and it awarded 425 doctor’s degrees in 2020-2021.
Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at Walden University are $10,092 per year.
Since the graduate programs at Walden University are primarily online, it is a great choice for returning adults and students who work full time.
Out of the 11 schools in Minnesota that were part of this year’s value ranking, Concordia University, Saint Paul landed the # 4 spot on the list. Saint Paul, Minnesota is the setting for this medium-sized institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out doctor’s degrees to 33 students in 2020-2021.
Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at Concordia University, Saint Paul are $8,550 per year.
Online graduate courses are available at Concordia University, Saint Paul, but you will need to check with the school to see if they are available for your field of interest. In 2019-2020 about 94% of the graduate students at the school chose to take one or more online courses.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Augsburg University. The school came in at #5 on this year’s Best Value Healthcare Doctor’s Degree Schools in Minnesota list. Located in Minneapolis, Minnesota, the small private not-for-profit school handed out 17 doctor’s degree awards in 2020-2021.
The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at Augsburg are $13,500 a year.
One thing to take note of is that Augsburg does offer online graduate classes in some areas. During the 2019-2020 year, about 4% of the graduate students at the school took at least one online course.
Augsburg not only placed well in our value ranking, but it is also #3 on our Best Healthcare Doctor’s Degree Schools in Minnesota list.
The College of Saint Scholastica ranked #6 on this year’s Best Value Healthcare Doctor’s Degree Schools in Minnesota list. Duluth, Minnesota is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out doctor’s degrees to 208 students in 2020-2021.
Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at St. Scholastica are $15,502 per year.
Online graduate courses are available at St. Scholastica, but you will need to check with the school to see if they are available for your field of interest. In fact, around 50% of the graduate population registered for at least one online class in 2019-2020.
St. Scholastica did well in our overall quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our Best Healthcare Doctor’s Degree Schools in Minnesota list.
Bethel University Minnesota did quite well in this year’s ranking of the best value places for healthcare students to get a doctor’s degree. It came in at #7 on the list. Bethel University Minnesota is a small private not-for-profit school situated in Saint Paul, Minnesota. It awarded 1 doctor’s degrees in 2020-2021.
The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at Bethel University Minnesota are $11,700 a year.
You may have the opportunity to take online graduate classes at Bethel University Minnesota. During the 2019-2020 year, about 79% of the graduate students at the school took at least one online course.
With a ranking of #8, St Catherine University did quite well on this year’s best value schools for healthcare students working on their doctor’s degree. Located in Saint Paul, Minnesota, the small private not-for-profit school handed out 73 doctor’s degree awards in 2020-2021.
St. Kate’s graduate students pay an average of $17,760 in tuition and fees each year.
You may have the opportunity to take online graduate classes at St. Kate’s. In fact, around 87% of the graduate population registered for at least one online class in 2019-2020.
St. Kate’s did well in our overall quality rankings, too. It placed #2 on our Best Healthcare Doctor’s Degree Schools in Minnesota list.
Metropolitan State University came in at #9 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Healthcare Doctor’s Degree Schools in Minnesota ranking. Saint Paul, Minnesota is the setting for this medium-sized institution of higher learning. The public school handed out doctor’s degrees to 14 students in 2020-2021.
Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at Metro State are $10,237 per year.
Some students may be able to take online graduate classes at Metro State. In fact, around 85% of the graduate population registered for at least one online class in 2019-2020.
Capella University did quite well in this year’s ranking of the best value places for healthcare students to get a doctor’s degree. It came in at #10 on the list. Capella University is a large private for-profit school located in Minneapolis, Minnesota that handed out 368 doctor’s degrees in 2020-2021.
Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at Capella University are $14,784 per year.
Since the graduate programs at Capella University are online, the school is an excellent choice for graduate students who need more flexibility than what is offered at some other schools.
University of Minnesota - Twin Cities did quite well in this year’s ranking of the best value places for healthcare students to get a doctor’s degree. It came in at #11 on the list. Located in Minneapolis, Minnesota, the large public school handed out 764 doctor’s degree awards in 2020-2021.
Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at UMN Twin Cities are $29,262 per year.
One thing to take note of is that UMN Twin Cities does offer online graduate classes in some areas. In 2019-2020 about 65% of the graduate students at the school chose to take one or more online courses.
UMN Twin Cities also made our Best Healthcare Doctor’s Degree Schools in Minnesota list, coming in at #5.
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Notes and References
Footnotes
*These averages are for the top 11 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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