The main focus area for this major is Pre-Nursing Studies. For more details on this concentration, visit its profile page.
Health/Medical Prep Programs is a major offered under the health professions program of study at Palo Alto College. We’ve gathered data and other essential information about the associate degree program in medical prep, such as if the program is offered online, ethnicity of students, how many students graduated in recent times, and more.
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In 2019-2020, the average part-time undergraduate tuition at Palo Alto College was $466 per credit hour for out-of-state students. The average for in-state students was $215 per credit hour. Information about average full-time undergraduate tuition and fees is shown in the table below.
In State | Out of State | |
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Tuition | $6,450 | $13,980 |
Fees | $142 | $142 |
Books and Supplies | $1,000 | $1,000 |
Learn more about Palo Alto College tuition and fees.
You may also want to consider how much in student loans you’ll need when thinking about the overall cost to attend a school. Medical Prep students who received their associate degree at Palo Alto College took out an average of $9,500 in student loans. That is 27% lower than the national average of $12,988.
The median early career salary of medical prep students who receive their associate degree from Palo Alto College is $20,921 per year. That is 38% lower than the national average of $33,767.
Online degrees for the Palo Alto College 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 Palo Alto College Online Learning page.
Of the students who received their associate degree in medical prep in 2019-2020, 81.8% of them were women. This is less than the nationwide number of 85.0%.
Of those students who received an associate degree in medical prep at Palo Alto College in 2019-2020, all were racial-ethnic minorities*.
Race/Ethnicity | Number of Students |
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Asian | 0 |
Black or African American | 0 |
Hispanic or Latino | 11 |
Native American or Alaska Native | 0 |
Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander | 0 |
White | 0 |
International Students | 0 |
Other Races/Ethnicities | 0 |
Health/Medical Prep Programs students may decide to major in one of the following focus areas.
Focus Area | Annual Graduates |
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Pre-Nursing Studies | 11 |
You may also be interested in one of these majors related to health/medical prep programs.
Related Major | Annual Graduates |
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Health & Medical Administrative Services | 11 |
*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.