2022 Best Value Health Studies Schools for a Master’s in the Plains States Region

It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. At College Factual, we’re committed to helping you make that decision by providing information such as that found in our “Best Value Health Studies Schools for a Master’s in the Plains States Region” ranking.

General Health Services/Allied Health/Health Sciences is the 43rd most popular major in the country with 26,642 degrees awarded in 2019-2020.

Across the Plains States region, there were 1,565 general health services/allied health/health sciences graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 27 general health services/allied health/health sciences graduates with average earnings and debt of $53,438 and $39,783 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Health Studies Schools for a Master’s in the Plains States Region” ranking analyzed 2 colleges that offered a degree in general health services/allied health/health sciences. This ranking identifies schools with high-quality general health services/allied health/health sciences programs that also have a lower cost than schools of similar quality.

When determining these rankings, we looked at things such as overall quality of the general health services/allied health/health sciences program at the school and the cost to attend the school once aid has been awarded. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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Best Value Health Studies Schools for a Master’s in the Plains States Region

The colleges and universities below are the best for plains states region master’s degree health studies students.

Top 2 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for General Health Services/Allied Health/Health Sciences in the Plains States Region

#1

Walden University

Minneapolis, Minnesota

#1 in overall quality

$10,716 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Walden University. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Health Studies Schools for a Master’s in the Plains States Region list. Located in Minneapolis, Minnesota, this large private for-profit school awarded 17 degrees to qualified masters’s health studies students in 2019-2020.

Walden University not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #1 on our “Best General Health Services/Allied Health/Health Sciences Master’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at Walden University are $10,716, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Full Walden University General Health Services/Allied Health/Health Sciences Report

#2

College of Saint Mary

Omaha, Nebraska

#2 in overall quality

$17,124 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend College of Saint Mary. The school came in at #2 for the Best Value Health Studies Schools for a Master’s in the Plains States Region. Saint Mary is a small school located in Omaha, Nebraska that handed out 10 masters’s health studies degrees in 2019-2020.

Saint Mary also made our “Best General Health Services/Allied Health/Health Sciences Master’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region” list, coming in at #2. Average graduate tuition and fees at College of Saint Mary are $17,124, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Read full report on General Health Services/Allied Health/Health Sciences at College of Saint Mary

• Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for General Health Services/Allied Health/Health Sciences

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

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

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