2025 Best Health/Medical Prep Programs Bachelor's Degree Schools in the Far Western US Region

For its 2025 ranking, College Factual looked at 4 schools in the Far Western US Region to determine which ones were the best for health/medical prep programs students pursuing a bachelor's degree. Combined, these schools handed out 286 bachelor's degrees in health/medical prep programs to qualified students.

What's on this page: * Our Methodology

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Choosing a Great Health/Medical Prep Programs School for Your Bachelor's Degree

Quality Overall Is Important

The overall quality of a bachelor's degree school is important to ensure a quality education, not just how well they do in a particular major. To account for this we consider a college's overall Best Colleges ranking which itself looks at a collection of various factors like degree completion, educational resources, student body caliber and post-graduation earnings for the school as a whole.

Average Earnings

To determine the overall quality of a graduate school, one factor we look at is the average early-career salary of those receiving their bachelor's degree from the school. This is because one of the main reasons people pursue their bachelor's degree is to enable themselves to find better-paying positions.

Other Factors We Consider

The metrics below are just some of the other metrics that we use to determine our rankings.

• Major Focus - How many resources a school devotes to health/medical prep programs students as compared to other majors.
• Major Demand - How many other health/medical prep programs students want to attend this school to pursue a bachelor's degree.
• Educational Resources - How many resources are allocated to students. These resources may include educational expenditures per student, number of students per instructor, and graduation rate among other things.
• Student Debt - How much debt health/medical prep programs students go into to obtain their bachelor's degree and how well they are able to pay back that debt.
• Accreditation - Whether a school is regionally accredited and/or accredited by a recognized health/medical prep programs related body.

Our full ranking methodology documents in more detail how we consider these factors to identify the best colleges for health/medical prep programs students working on their bachelor's degree.

One Size Does Not Fit All

The medical prep school you choose to invest your time and money in matters. To help you make the decision that is right for you, we've developed a number of major-specific rankings, including this list of the Best Health/Medical Prep Programs Bachelor's Degree Schools in the Far Western US Region.

In addition to College Factual's rankings, you may want to take a look at College Combat, our unique tool that lets you pit your favorite schools head-to-head and compare how they rate on factors that most interest you. When you have some time, check it out - you may want to bookmark the link so you don't forget it.

Best Schools for Bachelor’s Students to Study Health/Medical Prep Programs in the Far Western US Region

The following list ranks the best colleges and universities for pursuing a bachelor's degree in health/medical prep programs.

Top Far Western US Region Schools for a Bachelor's in Medical Prep

1

Oregon State University
Corvallis, OR

146 Annual Graduates

$33,642 Median Starting Salary

$34,951 Median Student Debt

Every student pursuing a degree in a bachelor's degree in health/medical prep programs has to take a look at Oregon State University. Located in the small city of Corvallis, Oregon State is a public university with a fairly large student population.

Students who graduate with their bachelor's from the medical prep program report average early career wages of $33,642.

More information about a bachelor’s in health/medical prep programs from Oregon State University

2

Western Washington University
Bellingham, WA

77 Annual Graduates

$29,238 Median Starting Salary

$16,281 Median Student Debt

Western Washington University is a good decision for students interested in a bachelor's degree in health/medical prep programs. Located in the small city of Bellingham, WWU is a public university with a fairly large student population.

Soon after graduation, medical prep bachelor's recipients typically earn about $29,238 in their early careers.

More information about a bachelor’s in health/medical prep programs from Western Washington University

3

Seattle Pacific University
Seattle, WA

14 Annual Graduates

Any student pursuing a degree in a bachelor's degree in health/medical prep programs needs to take a look at Seattle Pacific University. Located in the city of Seattle, SPU is a private not-for-profit university with a small student population.More information about a bachelor’s in health/medical prep programs from Seattle Pacific University

4

Nevada State College
Henderson, NV

11 Annual Graduates

$85,007 Median Starting Salary

Any student who is interested in a bachelor's degree in health/medical prep programs needs to take a look at Nevada State College. NSC is a moderately-sized public college located in the rural area of Henderson.

Bachelor's recipients from the health/medical prep programs degree program at Nevada State College get $30,054 more than the average college grad in this field shortly after graduation.

More information about a bachelor’s in health/medical prep programs from Nevada State College

Best Health/Medical Prep Programs Colleges by State

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Rankings in Majors Related to Medical Prep

One of 34 majors within the Health Professions area of study, Health/Medical Prep Programs has other similar majors worth exploring.

Medical Prep Concentrations

Majors Similar to Medical Prep

Notes and References

• The bars on the spread charts above show the distribution of the schools on this list +/- one standard deviation from the mean.
• 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 the rest 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). More about our data sources and methodologies.