2022 Best Value Medical Prep Schools for an Associate in Texas
It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. 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 an Associate in Texas” ranking is part of that endeavor.
Health/Medical Prep Programs is the 91st most popular major in the country with 8,718 degrees awarded in 2019-2020. 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 Texas, there were 400 health/medical prep programs graduates with average earnings and debt of $23,400 and $18,582 respectively. At the associate degree level specifically, there were 207 health/medical prep programs graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively.
For this year’s “Best Value Medical Prep Schools for an Associate in Texas” ranking, we looked at 11 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 an Associate in Texas
The colleges and universities below are the best for texas associate degree medical prep students.
Top 11 Best Value Associate Degree Colleges for Health/Medical Prep Programs in Texas
Out of the 11 schools in the Best Value Medical Prep Schools for an Associate in Texas that were part of this year’s ranking, Wharton County Junior College landed the #1 spot on the list. Wharton, Texas is the setting for this medium-sized institution of higher learning. The public school handed out associates’s medical prep degrees to 57 students in 2019-2020.
Wharton County Junior College also made our “Best Health/Medical Prep Programs Associate Degree Schools in Texas” list, coming in at #1. It costs about $5,334 for Texas Associate Degree Medical Prep students per year to attend Wharton County Junior College.
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Out of the 11 schools in the Best Value Medical Prep Schools for an Associate in Texas that were part of this year’s ranking, Hill College landed the #2 spot on the list. Hill College is a small school located in Hillsboro, Texas that handed out 24 associates’s medical prep degrees in 2019-2020.
Hill College not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #4 on our “Best Health/Medical Prep Programs Associate Degree Schools in Texas” list. The estimated yearly cost for Hill College is $8,182 for Texas Associate Degree Medical Prep students.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Howard College. It ranked #3 on our 2022 Best Value Medical Prep Schools for an Associate in Texas list. Howard College is a public institution located in Big Spring, Texas. The school has a small population, and it awarded 28 associates’s degrees in 2019-2020.
As a testament to the quality of education offered at Howard County Junior College, the school also landed the #3 spot in our “Best Health/Medical Prep Programs Associate Degree Schools in Texas” ranking. It costs about $5,644 for Texas Associate Degree Medical Prep students per year to attend Howard County Junior College.
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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Temple College. The school came in at #4 for the Best Value Medical Prep Schools for an Associate in Texas. Temple College is a small school located in Temple, Texas that handed out 12 associates’s medical prep degrees in 2019-2020.
Temple College did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #5 on our “Best Health/Medical Prep Programs Associate Degree Schools in Texas” list. The yearly cost to attend Temple College is $5,300 for texas associate degree medical prep students.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend South Plains College. The school came in at #5 for the Best Value Medical Prep Schools for an Associate in Texas. South Plains College is a medium-sized school located in Levelland, Texas that handed out 5 associates’s medical prep degrees in 2019-2020.
South Plains College did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #6 on our “Best Health/Medical Prep Programs Associate Degree Schools in Texas” list. The estimated yearly cost for South Plains College is $7,600 for Texas Associate Degree Medical Prep students.
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Austin Community College District did quite well in the 2022 Best Value Medical Prep Schools for an Associate in Texas ranking, coming in at #6. Located in Austin, Texas, this large public school handed out 27 degrees to qualified associates’s medical prep students in 2019-2020.
Austin Community College District also took the #2 spot in our “Best Health/Medical Prep Programs Associate Degree Schools in Texas” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for Austin Community College District is $6,861 for Texas Associate Degree Medical Prep students.
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South Texas College ranked #7 on this year’s Best Value Medical Prep Schools for an Associate in Texas list. McAllen, Texas is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out associates’s medical prep degrees to 5 students in 2019-2020.
South Texas College also took the #7 spot in our “Best Health/Medical Prep Programs Associate Degree Schools in Texas” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for South Texas College is $1,174 for Texas Associate Degree Medical Prep students.
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Grayson College landed the #8 spot on the 2022 Best Value Medical Prep Schools for an Associate in Texas ranking. Grayson College is a public institution located in Denison, Texas. The school has a small population, and it awarded 4 associates’s degrees in 2019-2020.
As a testament to the quality of education offered at Grayson College, the school also landed the #9 spot in our “Best Health/Medical Prep Programs Associate Degree Schools in Texas” ranking. The yearly cost to attend Grayson College is $7,877 for texas associate degree medical prep students.
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Northwest Vista College ranked #9 on this year’s Best Value Medical Prep Schools for an Associate in Texas list. This fairly large school is located in San Antonio, Texas, and it awarded 22 associates’s medical prep degrees in 2019-2020.
As a testament to the quality of education offered at Northwest Vista College, the school also landed the #8 spot in our “Best Health/Medical Prep Programs Associate Degree Schools in Texas” ranking. The yearly cost to attend Northwest Vista College is $5,413 for Texas Associate Degree Medical Prep students.
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St Philip’s College came in at #10 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Medical Prep Schools for an Associate in Texas ranking. St Philip’s College is a fairly large school located in San Antonio, Texas that handed out 3 associates’s medical prep degrees in 2019-2020.
St Philip’s College also took the #10 spot in our “Best Health/Medical Prep Programs Associate Degree Schools in Texas” ranking. It costs about $6,250 for texas associate degree medical prep students per year to attend St Philip’s College.
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Palo Alto College landed the #11 spot on the 2022 Best Value Medical Prep Schools for an Associate in Texas ranking. San Antonio, Texas is the setting for this fairly large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out associates’s medical prep degrees to 11 students in 2019-2020.
Palo Alto College also made our “Best Health/Medical Prep Programs Associate Degree Schools in Texas” list, coming in at #11. It costs about $4,986 for Texas Associate Degree Medical Prep students per year to attend Palo Alto College.
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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%.
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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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