2023 Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Health and Wellness Major in the Plains States Region

Students have lots of options to chooose from today when trying to decide which college to attend. College Factual has developed its “Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Health and Wellness Major in the Plains States Region” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.

In 2020-2021, 6,105 people earned their degree in general health and wellness, making the major the 141st most popular in the United States.

Across the Plains States region, there were 275 general health and wellness graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the associate degree level specifically, there were 19 general health and wellness graduates with average earnings and debt of $36,723 and $22,140 respectively.

For this year’s “Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Health and Wellness Major in the Plains States Region” ranking, we looked at 5 colleges that offer a degree in general health and wellness. That schools that top this list have a program in general health and wellness in which the largest percentage of students at the school are enrolled.

Check out our ranking methodology for more information.

One Size Does Not Fit All

The health and wellness school you choose to invest your time and money in matters. To help you make the decision that is right for you, we’ve developed a number of major-specific rankings, including this list of “Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Health and Wellness Major in the Plains States Region”.

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Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Health and Wellness Major in the Plains States Region

The colleges and universities below are the best for plains states region associate degree health and wellness students.

Top 5 Most Focused Associate Degree Colleges for General Health & Wellness in the Plains States Region

1

Bryan University
Springfield, Missouri

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Bryan University. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Health and Wellness Major in the Plains States Region list. Springfield, Missouri is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The private for-profit school handed out associates’s health and wellness degrees to 10 students in 2020-2021.

Read more about General Health & Wellness at Bryan University

2

Turtle Mountain Community College
Belcourt, North Dakota

Out of the 5 schools in the Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Health and Wellness Major in the Plains States Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Turtle Mountain Community College landed the #2 spot on the list. Belcourt, North Dakota is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out associates’s health and wellness degrees to 4 students in 2020-2021.

Read full report on General Health & Wellness at TMCC

3

North Hennepin Community College
Brooklyn Park, Minnesota

Out of the 5 schools in the Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Health and Wellness Major in the Plains States Region that were part of this year’s ranking, North Hennepin Community College landed the #3 spot on the list. This medium-sized school is located in Brooklyn Park, Minnesota, and it awarded 2 associates’s health and wellness degrees in 2020-2021.

Full North Hennepin Community College General Health & Wellness Report

4

Normandale Community College
Bloomington, Minnesota

Out of the 5 schools in the Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Health and Wellness Major in the Plains States Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Normandale Community College landed the #4 spot on the list. Located in Bloomington, Minnesota, this medium-sized public school handed out 1 degrees to qualified associates’s health and wellness students in 2020-2021.

Read full report on General Health & Wellness at Normandale Community College

5

Columbia College
Columbia, Missouri

Top 10% overall quality in Plains States

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Columbia College. It ranked #5 on our 2023 Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Health and Wellness Major in the Plains States Region list. Columbia College Missouri is a private not-for-profit institution located in Columbia, Missouri. The school has a medium-sized population, and it awarded 2 associates’s degrees in 2020-2021.

Read more about General Health & Wellness at Columbia College Missouri

• Most Focused Associate Degree Colleges for General Health & Wellness

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

• *Avg Salary and Avg 4-Year Grad Rate 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.

Credits

• Credit for the banner image above goes to Sandra M. Palumbo.