by our College Data Analytics Team
Students have lots of options to chooose from today when trying to decide which college to attend. College Factual was founded, in part, to help students make the decision as to what would be the best school for them. Our “Schools Highly Focused on Medical Prep Major in Alabama” ranking is part of that endeavor.
Health/Medical Prep Programs is the 104th most popular major in the country with 9,210 degrees awarded in 2020-2021. In 2019-2020, health/medical prep programs graduates who were awarded their degree in 2017-2019, earned an average of $28,184 and had an average of $21,459 in loans still to pay off.
Across Alabama, there were 172 health/medical prep programs graduates with average earnings and debt of $28,875 and $28,250 respectively.
This year’s “Schools Highly Focused on Medical Prep Major in Alabama” ranking analyzed 4 colleges that offered a degree in health/medical prep programs. The colleges and universities that top this list are recognized because their health/medical prep programs program is one of the largest majors offered at the school.
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Since the program you select can have a significant impact on your future, we’ve developed a number of rankings, including this “Schools Highly Focused on Medical Prep Major in Alabama” list, to help you choose the best school for you.
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The colleges and universities below are the best for alabama medical prep students.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of South Alabama. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Schools Highly Focused on Medical Prep Major in Alabama list. Located in Mobile, Alabama, this fairly large public school awarded 116 degrees to qualified ’s medical prep students in 2020-2021.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Samford University. The school came in at #2 for the Schools Highly Focused on Medical Prep Major in Alabama. Birmingham, Alabama is the setting for this medium-sized institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out ’s medical prep degrees to 46 students in 2020-2021.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 2.0% is a good sign that students have an easier time paying off their loans than they might at other schools. For comparison, the national default rate is 10.1%. Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 87%.
Read more about Health/Medical Prep Programs at Samford University
Out of the 4 schools in the Schools Highly Focused on Medical Prep Major in Alabama that were part of this year’s ranking, Oakwood University landed the #3 spot on the list. Oakwood is located in Huntsville, Alabama and, has a small student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 7 ’s medical prep degrees to qualified students.
The undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio of 10 to 1 is a sign that students will have more opportunities to engage with their professors one-on-one.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Faulkner University. It ranked #4 on our 2023 Schools Highly Focused on Medical Prep Major in Alabama list. Faulkner is a small school located in Montgomery, Alabama that handed out 3 ’s medical prep degrees in 2020-2021.
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