2022 Best Value Associate Degree Colleges for Health Sciences & Services in Indiana

When it comes to choosing a college, students have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. College Factual was founded, in part, to help students make the decision as to what would be the best school for them. Our “Best Value Health Science Schools for an Associate in Indiana” ranking is part of that endeavor.

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 Indiana, there were 984 health sciences and services graduates with average earnings and debt of $31,967 and $23,433 respectively. At the associate degree level specifically, there were 269 health sciences and services graduates with average earnings and debt of $31,715 and $18,910 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Health Science Schools for an Associate in Indiana” ranking analyzed 2 colleges that offered a degree in health sciences and services. 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.

Some of the factors we look at when determining these rankings are overall quality of the health sciences and services program at the school and the cost of the school after aid is awarded among other things. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.

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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 Value Health Science Schools for an Associate in Indiana” list, to help you choose the best school for you.

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Best Value Health Science Schools for an Associate in Indiana

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Health Science Schools for an Associate in Indiana.

Top 2 Best Value Associate Degree Colleges for Health Sciences & Services in Indiana

#1

Purdue University Global

Indianapolis, Indiana

#1 in overall quality

$34,334 Average Early-Career Earnings

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Purdue University Global. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Health Science Schools for an Associate in Indiana list. This large school is located in Indianapolis, Indiana, and it awarded 268 associates’s health science degrees in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at Purdue University Global, the school also landed the #1 spot in our “Best Health Sciences & Services Associate Degree Schools in Indiana” ranking.

Read full report on Health Sciences & Services at Purdue University Global

#2

Ancilla College

Donaldson, Indiana

#2 in overall quality

$19,833 Average Net Price

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Ancilla College. The school came in at #2 for the Best Value Health Science Schools for an Associate in Indiana. This small school is located in Donaldson, Indiana, and it awarded 1 associates’s health science degrees in 2019-2020.

Ancilla College also made our “Best Health Sciences & Services Associate Degree Schools in Indiana” list, coming in at #2. It costs about $19,833 for Indiana Associate Degree Health Science students per year to attend Ancilla College.

The student-to-faculty ratio of 8 to 1 is a sign that students will have more opportunities to engage with their professors one-on-one.

Read more about Health Sciences & Services at Ancilla College

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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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