2022 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Health/Medical Prep Programs in the Middle Atlantic Region (With Aid)

When it comes to choosing a college, students have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. College Factual was founded, in part, to help students make the decision as to what would be the best school for them. Our “Best Value Medical Prep Schools for a Master’s in the Middle Atlantic Region For Those Getting Aid” ranking is part of that endeavor.

In 2019-2020, 8,718 people earned their degree in health/medical prep programs, making the major the 91st most popular in the United States. In 2017-2018, health/medical prep programs graduates who were awarded their degree in 2015-2017, earned an average of $33,843 and had an average of $24,525 in loans still to pay off.

Across the Middle Atlantic region, there were 992 health/medical prep programs graduates with average earnings and debt of $28,100 and $29,097 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 238 health/medical prep programs graduates with average earnings and debt of $60,887 and $46,998 respectively.

For this year’s “Best Value Medical Prep Schools for a Master’s in the Middle Atlantic Region For Those Getting Aid” ranking, we looked at 2 colleges that offer a degree in health/medical prep programs. The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great health/medical prep programs programs and cost less that schools of similar quality.

When determining these rankings, we looked at things such as overall quality of the health/medical prep programs program at the school and the cost to attend the school once aid has been awarded. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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Best Value Medical Prep Schools for a Master’s in the Middle Atlantic Region For Those Getting Aid

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Medical Prep Schools for a Master’s in the Middle Atlantic Region For Those Getting Aid.

Top 2 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Health/Medical Prep Programs in the Middle Atlantic Region (With Aid)

#1

George Washington University

Washington, District of Columbia

#2 in overall quality

$31,824 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend George Washington University. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Medical Prep Schools for a Master’s in the Middle Atlantic Region For Those Getting Aid list. Located in Washington, District of Columbia, this large private not-for-profit school handed out 9 degrees to qualified masters’s medical prep students in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at GWU, the school also landed the #2 spot in our “Best Health/Medical Prep Programs Master’s Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at George Washington University are $31,824, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Read full report on Health/Medical Prep Programs at GWU

#2

Drexel University

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

#3 in overall quality

$37,074 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Drexel University. It ranked #2 on our 2022 Best Value Medical Prep Schools for a Master’s in the Middle Atlantic Region For Those Getting Aid list. Drexel University is a private not-for-profit institution located in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. The school has a large population, and it awarded 8 masters’s degrees in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at Drexel, the school also landed the #3 spot in our “Best Health/Medical Prep Programs Master’s Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region” ranking. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at Drexel are $37,074.

Full Drexel Health/Medical Prep Programs Report

• Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Health/Medical Prep Programs (With Aid)

Notes and References

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%.

Read more about our data sources and methodologies

Footnotes

• *Average salary, average net price, and average tuition and fees are for the top schools only.
• Some schools otherwise deserving of recognition may have been removed from this ranking in the event that new data identified post-publication warranted it, or at the request of the school.

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