2022 Best Vallue Health Science Schools for a Doctorate in the Plains States Region For Those Making Over $110k

It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. Our mission at College Factual is to arm you with as much information as we can to help you make that decision. Our “Best Vallue Health Science Schools for a Doctorate in the Plains States Region For Those Making Over $110k” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.

In 2019-2020, 31,648 people earned their degree in health sciences and services, making the major the 42nd most popular in the United States. In 2017-2018, health sciences and services graduates who were awarded their degree in 2015-2017, earned an average of $34,571 and had an average of $24,129 in loans still to pay off.

Across the Plains States region, there were 1,793 health sciences and services graduates with average earnings and debt of $41,826 and $21,513 respectively. At the doctor’s degree level specifically, there were 122 health sciences and services graduates with average earnings and debt of $72,701 and $106,703 respectively.

The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great health sciences and services 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 sciences and services program at the school. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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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 “Best Vallue Health Science Schools for a Doctorate in the Plains States Region For Those Making Over $110k” list, to help you choose the best school for you.

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Best Vallue Health Science Schools for a Doctorate in the Plains States Region For Those Making Over $110k

The colleges and universities below are the best for plains states region doctor’s degree health science students whose families make more than $110k.

Top 1 Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Health Sciences & Services (Income Over $110k) in the Plains States Region

#1

University of South Dakota

Vermillion, South Dakota

#3 in overall quality

$12,637 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of South Dakota. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Vallue Health Science Schools for a Doctorate in the Plains States Region For Those Making Over $110k list. University of South Dakota is a medium-sized school located in Vermillion, South Dakota that handed out 2 doctorate’s health science degrees in 2019-2020.

USD also made our “Best Health Sciences & Services Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region” list, coming in at #3. Average graduate tuition and fees at University of South Dakota are $12,637, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Read full report on Health Sciences & Services at University of South Dakota

• Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Health Sciences & Services (Income Over $110k)

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.

Credits

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

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