by our College Data Analytics TeamHealth/Medical Prep Programs is a major offered under the health professions program of study at Northeast Community College. We’ve pulled together some essential information you should know about the associate degree program in medical prep, including how many students graduate each year, the ethnic diversity of these students, and more.
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During the 2019-2020 academic year, part-time undergraduate students at Northeast paid an average of $127 per credit hour if they came to the school from out-of-state. In-state students paid a discounted rate of $105 per credit hour. Information about average full-time undergraduate tuition and fees is shown in the table below.
| In State | Out of State | |
|---|---|---|
| Tuition | $3,150 | $3,795 |
| Fees | $600 | $600 |
| Books and Supplies | $1,352 | $1,352 |
| On Campus Room and Board | $8,710 | $8,710 |
| On Campus Other Expenses | $1,439 | $1,439 |
Learn more about Northeast tuition and fees.
One way to think about how much a school will cost is to look at how much in student loans that you have to take out to get your degree. Students who received their associate degree at Northeast in Medical Prep walked away with an average of $13,000 in student debt. That is about the same as the national average of $12,988.
The median early career salary of medical prep students who receive their associate degree from Northeast is $25,194 per year. That is 25% lower than the national average of $33,767.
Online degrees for the Northeast medical prep associate degree program are not available at this time. To see if the school offers distance learning options in other areas, visit the Northeast Online Learning page.
Women made up around 90.8% of the medical prep students who took home an associate degree in 2019-2020. This is higher than the nationwide number of 85.0%.
Around 10.8% of medical prep associate degree recipients at Northeast in 2019-2020 were awarded to racial-ethnic minorities*. This is lower than the nationwide number of 47%.
| Race/Ethnicity | Number of Students |
|---|---|
| Asian | 1 |
| Black or African American | 0 |
| Hispanic or Latino | 5 |
| Native American or Alaska Native | 0 |
| Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander | 1 |
| White | 49 |
| International Students | 9 |
| Other Races/Ethnicities | 0 |
Health/Medical Prep Programs students may decide to major in one of the following focus areas.
| Focus Area | Annual Graduates |
|---|---|
| Pre-Dentistry Studies | 2 |
| Pre-Medicine/Pre-Medical Studies | 4 |
| Pre-Nursing Studies | 49 |
| Other Health/Medical Preparatory Programs | 10 |
You may also be interested in one of these majors related to health/medical prep programs.
| Related Major | Annual Graduates |
|---|---|
| Health & Medical Administrative Services | 6 |
| Allied Health & Medical Assisting Services | 15 |
| Allied Health Professions | 19 |
| Public Health | 1 |
| Dietetics & Clinical Nutrition Services | 1 |
*The racial-ethnic minorities count is calculated by taking the total number of students and subtracting white students, international students, and students whose race/ethnicity was unknown. This number is then divided by the total number of students at the school to obtain the racial-ethnic minorities percentage.
More about our data sources and methodologies.
