2022 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Health/Medical Prep Programs
When pursuing a degree in today’s world, students have many different options to choose from. One of our goals at College Factual is to give you as much information as we can - such as our “Best Value Medical Prep Schools for a Master’s” ranking - to help you make that decision.
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.
At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 452 health/medical prep programs graduates with average earnings and debt of $56,398 and $43,194 respectively.
This year’s “Best Value Medical Prep Schools for a Master’s” ranking analyzed 11 colleges that offered 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.
To come up with these rankings, we looked at factors such as the cost to attend the school after aid is awarded and overall quality of the health/medical prep programs program at the school. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.
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Best Value Medical Prep Schools for a Master’s
The colleges and universities below are the best for master’s degree medical prep students.
Top 11 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Health/Medical Prep Programs
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Lake Erie College of Osteopathic Medicine. The school came in at #1 for the Best Value Medical Prep Schools for a Master’s. LECOM is a private not-for-profit institution located in Erie, Pennsylvania. The school has a small population, and it awarded 216 masters’s degrees in 2019-2020.
In addition to being on our master’s degree medical prep students list, LECOM has also earned the #1 rank in our “Best Health/Medical Prep Programs Master’s Degree Schools” ranking. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at Lake Erie College of Osteopathic Medicine are $13,448.
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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Hampton University. It ranked #2 on our 2022 Best Value Medical Prep Schools for a Master’s list. Located in Hampton, Virginia, this small private not-for-profit school handed out 25 degrees to qualified masters’s medical prep students in 2019-2020.
Hampton did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #7 on our “Best Health/Medical Prep Programs Master’s Degree Schools” list. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at Hampton are $13,134.
Out of the 11 schools in the Best Value Medical Prep Schools for a Master’s that were part of this year’s ranking, Eastern Mennonite University landed the #3 spot on the list. Eastern Mennonite is a private not-for-profit institution located in Harrisonburg, Virginia. The school has a small population, and it awarded 13 masters’s degrees in 2019-2020.
Eastern Mennonite not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #8 on our “Best Health/Medical Prep Programs Master’s Degree Schools” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at Eastern Mennonite are $15,225, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.
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Out of the 11 schools in the Best Value Medical Prep Schools for a Master’s that were part of this year’s ranking, Eastern Virginia Medical School landed the #4 spot on the list. Norfolk, Virginia is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The public school handed out masters’s medical prep degrees to 61 students in 2019-2020.
Eastern Virginia Medical School also took the #3 spot in our “Best Health/Medical Prep Programs Master’s Degree Schools” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at Eastern Virginia Medical School are $25,188, but some majors have different tuition rates.
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Out of the 11 schools in the Best Value Medical Prep Schools for a Master’s that were part of this year’s ranking, Western University of Health Sciences landed the #5 spot on the list. This small school is located in Pomona, California, and it awarded 26 masters’s medical prep degrees in 2019-2020.
Western University of Health Sciences did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #5 on our “Best Health/Medical Prep Programs Master’s Degree Schools” list. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at Western University of Health Sciences are $23,596.
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George Washington University came in at #6 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Medical Prep Schools for a Master’s ranking. GWU is a large private not-for-profit school situated in Washington, District of Columbia. It awarded 9 masters’s medical prep degrees in 2019-2020.
GWU also took the #4 spot in our “Best Health/Medical Prep Programs Master’s Degree Schools” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at George Washington University are $31,824, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.
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University of Illinois at Chicago did quite well in the 2022 Best Value Medical Prep Schools for a Master’s ranking, coming in at #7. University of Illinois at Chicago is a large public school situated in Chicago, Illinois. It awarded 14 masters’s medical prep degrees in 2019-2020.
UIC did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #10 on our “Best Health/Medical Prep Programs Master’s Degree Schools” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at UIC are $27,036, but some majors have different tuition rates.
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University of Arizona landed the #8 spot on the 2022 Best Value Medical Prep Schools for a Master’s ranking. This large school is located in Tucson, Arizona, and it awarded 10 masters’s medical prep degrees in 2019-2020.
University of Arizona also made our “Best Health/Medical Prep Programs Master’s Degree Schools” list, coming in at #9. Average graduate tuition and fees at University of Arizona are $33,399, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.
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Drexel University landed the #9 spot on the 2022 Best Value Medical Prep Schools for a Master’s ranking. This large school is located in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, and it awarded 8 masters’s medical prep degrees in 2019-2020.
As a testament to the quality of education offered at Drexel, the school also landed the #6 spot in our “Best Health/Medical Prep Programs Master’s Degree Schools” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at Drexel University are $37,074, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.
Regis College ranked #10 on this year’s Best Value Medical Prep Schools for a Master’s list. This small school is located in Weston, Massachusetts, and it awarded 11 masters’s medical prep degrees in 2019-2020.
Regis College did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #11 on our “Best Health/Medical Prep Programs Master’s Degree Schools” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at Regis College are $38,850, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.
Boston University landed the #11 spot on the 2022 Best Value Medical Prep Schools for a Master’s ranking. Boston, Massachusetts is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out masters’s medical prep degrees to 38 students in 2019-2020.
Boston U also took the #2 spot in our “Best Health/Medical Prep Programs Master’s Degree Schools” ranking. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at Boston University are $57,666.
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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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