2023 Best Value Healthcare Graduate Certificate Schools in Missouri
Identifying High-Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing
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 and bootcamps 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 Best Value Healthcare Graduate Certificate Schools in Missouri to help you in your search for the best school for you. This report analyzed 10 schools in Missouri to see which ones offered the best value graduate certificate programs for healthcare students. The goal was to highlight schools with more affordable prices than others offering similar quality experiences.
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. 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.
Our calculations use out-of-state tuition and fees in our nationwide and regional rankings. Average in-state tuition and fees are used for our statewide rankings.
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Top Value Healthcare Graduate Certificate Schools in Missouri
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Our 2023 rankings named Stephens College the best value school in Missouri for healthcare students working on their graduate certificate. This very small private not-for-profit school is located in Columbia, Missouri, and it awarded 2 graduate certificates in 2020-2021.
Stephens graduate students pay an average of $9,230 in tuition and fees each year.
Some students may be able to take online graduate classes at Stephens. In fact, around 37% of the graduate population registered for at least one online class in 2019-2020.
Stephens also made our Best Healthcare Graduate Certificate Schools in Missouri list, coming in at #1.
A rank of #2 on this year’s list means Missouri State University - Springfield is a great place for healthcare students working on their graduate certificate who want the most bang for their educational buck. Missouri State is a large public school situated in Springfield, Missouri. It awarded 26 graduate certificates in 2020-2021.
Missouri State graduate students pay an average of $12,618 in tuition and fees each year.
Some students may be able to take online graduate classes at Missouri State. During the 2019-2020 year, about 72% of the graduate students at the school took at least one online course.
The excellent graduate certificate programs at Southeast Missouri State University helped the school earn the #3 place on this year’s ranking of the best value healthcare schools in Missouri. Southeast Missouri State University is located in Cape Girardeau, Missouri and has a medium-sized student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 1 graduate certificates to qualified students.
Southeast Missouri State University graduate students pay an average of $11,593 in tuition and fees each year.
One thing to take note of is that Southeast Missouri State University does offer online graduate classes in some areas. In fact, around 74% of the graduate population registered for at least one online class in 2019-2020.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Missouri - Columbia. It ranked #4 on our 2023 Best Value Healthcare Graduate Certificate Schools in Missouri list. Located in Columbia, Missouri, the large public school awarded 61 diplomas to qualifed graduate certificate students in 2020-2021.
Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at Mizzou are $28,550 per year.
Mizzou does offer online graduate classes for certain degree levels. In 2019-2020 about 67% of the graduate students at the school chose to take one or more online courses.
Mizzou did well in our overall quality rankings, too. It placed #4 on our Best Healthcare Graduate Certificate Schools in Missouri list.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Park University. It ranked #5 on our 2023 Best Value Healthcare Graduate Certificate Schools in Missouri list. This medium-sized private not-for-profit school is located in Parkville, Missouri, and it awarded 3 graduate certificates in 2020-2021.
Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at Park University are $6,435 per year.
Some students may be able to take online graduate classes at Park University. Of all the graduate students enrolled at the school during the 2019-2020 academic year, around 85% took at least some of their classes online.
University of Missouri - Kansas City landed the #6 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best value graduate certificate healthcare programs. UMKC is a fairly large public school situated in Kansas City, Missouri. It awarded 36 graduate certificates in 2020-2021.
Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at UMKC are $27,803 per year.
You may have the opportunity to take online graduate classes at UMKC. During the 2019-2020 year, about 66% of the graduate students at the school took at least one online course.
Maryville University of Saint Louis did quite well in this year’s ranking of the best value places for healthcare students to get a graduate certificate. It came in at #7 on the list. This fairly large private not-for-profit school is located in Saint Louis, Missouri, and it awarded 352 graduate certificates in 2020-2021.
The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at Maryville U are $15,696 a year.
Depending on your major, you may be able to take online graduate classes at Maryville U. Of all the graduate students enrolled at the school during the 2019-2020 academic year, around 91% took at least some of their classes online.
In addition to its best value ranking, and one of the reasons why the school is on the list, Maryville U is ranked #2 for overall quality in Missouri.
With a ranking of #8, University of Missouri - St Louis did quite well on this year’s best value schools for healthcare students working on their graduate certificate. UMSL is a public institution located in Saint Louis, Missouri. The school has a fairly large population, and it awarded 5 graduate certificates in 2020-2021.
UMSL graduate students pay an average of $30,756 in tuition and fees each year.
UMSL 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. During the 2019-2020 year, about 71% of the graduate students at the school took at least one online course.
Saint Louis University came in at #9 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Healthcare Graduate Certificate Schools in Missouri ranking. SLU is a fairly large private not-for-profit school situated in Saint Louis, Missouri. It awarded 38 graduate certificates in 2020-2021.
SLU graduate students pay an average of $22,614 in tuition and fees each year.
Some students may be able to take online graduate classes at SLU. Of all the graduate students enrolled at the school during the 2019-2020 academic year, around 57% took at least some of their classes online.
SLU not only placed well in our value ranking, but it is also #5 on our Best Healthcare Graduate Certificate Schools in Missouri list.
Washington University in St Louis did quite well in this year’s ranking of the best value places for healthcare students to get a graduate certificate. It came in at #10 on the list. WUSTL is a fairly large private not-for-profit school situated in Saint Louis, Missouri. It awarded 32 graduate certificates in 2020-2021.
The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at WUSTL are $58,288 a year.
Online graduate courses are available at WUSTL, but you will need to check with the school to see if they are available for your field of interest. In 2019-2020 about 72% of the graduate students at the school chose to take one or more online courses.
WUSTL did well in our overall quality rankings, too. It placed #3 on our Best Healthcare Graduate Certificate Schools in Missouri list.
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Notes and References
Footnotes
*These averages are for the top 10 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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