2024 Best Health/Medical Prep Programs Associate Degree Schools in Oklahoma

If you plan on getting your associate degree in health/medical prep programs, you won't be alone since the degree program is ranked #49 in the country in terms of popularity. As a result, there are many college that offer the degree, making your choice of school a hard one.

For its 2024 ranking, College Factual looked at 4 schools in Oklahoma to determine which ones were the best for health/medical prep programs students pursuing a associate degree. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 462 associate degrees in health/medical prep programs during the 2020-2021 academic year.

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Choosing a Great Health/Medical Prep Programs School for Your Associate Degree

Your choice of health/medical prep programs for getting your associate degree school matters. This section explores some of the factors we include in our ranking and how much they vary depending on the school you select. To make it into this list, a school must excel in the following areas.

A Great Overall School

The overall quality of a associate degree school is important to ensure a quality education, not just how well they do in a particular major. To make it into this list a school must rank well in our overall Best Colleges ranking. This ranking considered factors such as graduation rates, overall graduate earnings and other educational resources to identify great colleges and universities.

Early-Career Earnings

Average early-career salary of those graduating with their associate degree is one indicator we use in our analysis to find the schools that offer the highest-quality education. That is, everyone wants their associate degree to be worth something, and salaries are one measure of determining that.

Other Factors We Consider

In addition to the above, you should consider some of the following factors:

• Major Focus - How much a school focuses on health/medical prep programs students vs. other majors.
• Major Demand - How many other health/medical prep programs students want to attend this school to pursue a associate degree.
• Educational Resources - The amount of money and other resources allocated to students while they are pursuing their degree. These resources include such things as number of students per instructor and education expenditures per student.
• Student Debt - How much debt health/medical prep programs students go into to obtain their associate 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 complete 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 associate degree.

More Ways to Rank Health/Medical Prep Programs Schools

Since picking the right college can be one of the most important decisions of your life, we've developed the Best Health/Medical Prep Programs Associate Degree Schools in Oklahoma ranking, along with many other major-related rankings, to help you make that decision.

Best Schools for Associate Students to Study Health/Medical Prep Programs in Oklahoma

The following list ranks the best colleges and universities for pursuing an associate degree in health/medical prep programs.

Top Oklahoma Schools for an Associate in Medical Prep

1

Tulsa Community College
Tulsa, OK

351 Annual Graduates

$22,061 Median Starting Salary

$18,744 Median Student Debt

It is hard to beat Tulsa Community College if you wish to pursue an associate degree in health/medical prep programs. Tulsa Community College is a fairly large public college located in the city of Tulsa.

Students who graduate with their associate from the medical prep program state that they receive average early career wages of $22,061.

More information about a associate in health/medical prep programs from Tulsa Community College

2

Northeastern Oklahoma A&M College
Miami, OK

53 Annual Graduates

$51,155 Median Starting Salary

$20,500 Median Student Debt

Any student who is interested in an associate degree in health/medical prep programs has to look into Northeastern Oklahoma A&M College. Located in the distant town of Miami, NEO A&M College is a public college with a small student population.

Associate recipients from the health/medical prep programs major at Northeastern Oklahoma A&M College earn $20,640 more than the standard college graduate with the same degree shortly after graduation.

More information about a associate in health/medical prep programs from Northeastern Oklahoma A&M College

3

Connors State College
Warner, OK

35 Annual Graduates

Connors State College is a wonderful decision for students pursuing an associate degree in health/medical prep programs. CSC is a small public college located in the rural area of Warner.More information about a associate in health/medical prep programs from Connors State College

4

Rose State College
Midwest City, OK

23 Annual Graduates

$14,236 Median Student Debt

Every student who is interested in an associate degree in health/medical prep programs needs to take a look at Rose State College. RSC is a medium-sized public college located in the large suburb of Midwest City.More information about a associate in health/medical prep programs from Rose State College

Best Health/Medical Prep Programs Colleges in the Southwest Region

Explore all the Best Health/Medical Prep Programs Schools in the Southwest Area or other specific states within that region.

State	Colleges	Degrees Awarded
Texas	200	221
Arizona	169	5
New Mexico	140	32

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Health/Medical Prep Programs Related Rankings by Major

Health/Medical Prep Programs is one of 34 different types of Health Professions programs to choose from.

Medical Prep Focus Areas

Major	Annual Graduates
Pre-Nursing Studies	316
Other Health/Medical Preparatory Programs	125
Pre-Medicine/Pre-Medical Studies	11
Pre-Pharmacy Studies	10

Most Popular Related Majors

Related Major	Annual Graduates
Nursing	1,310
Allied Health & Medical Assisting Services	283
Allied Health Professions	256
Health Sciences & Services	182
Health & Medical Administrative Services	123
Clinical/Medical Laboratory Science	76
Practical Nursing & Nursing Assistants	57
Dental Support Services	23
Mental & Social Health Services	10
Other Health Professions	8

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.