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2022 Best Value Health Science Schools for a Bachelor’s in Virginia

7 Ranked Colleges
111 Degrees Awarded
$21,900 Avg Net Price*
Best Value Health Science Schools for a Bachelor's in Virginia

It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. 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 a Bachelor’s in Virginia” ranking is part of that endeavor.

Health Sciences & Services is the 42nd most popular major in the country with 31,648 degrees awarded in 2019-2020. 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 Virginia, there were 198 health sciences and services graduates with average earnings and debt of $30,400 and $32,559 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 111 health sciences and services graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Health Science Schools for a Bachelor’s in Virginia” ranking analyzed 7 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.

When determining these rankings, we looked at things such as overall quality of the health sciences and services program at the school and the cost to attend the school once aid has been awarded. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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Best Value Health Science Schools for a Bachelor’s in Virginia

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Health Science Schools for a Bachelor’s in Virginia.

Top 7 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Health Sciences & Services in Virginia

#1

Hampton University

Hampton, Virginia
#1 in overall quality

Out of the 7 schools in the Best Value Health Science Schools for a Bachelor’s in Virginia that were part of this year’s ranking, Hampton University landed the #1 spot on the list. Located in Hampton, Virginia, this small private not-for-profit school handed out 18 diplomas to qualified bachelors’s health science students in 2019-2020.

Hampton also made our “Best Health Sciences & Services Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Virginia” list, coming in at #1. It costs about $31,307 for Virginia Bachelor’s Degree Health Science students per year to attend Hampton University.

Full Hampton Health Sciences & Services Report

#2

South University, Virginia Beach

Virginia Beach, Virginia

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend South University, Virginia Beach. It ranked #2 on our 2022 Best Value Health Science Schools for a Bachelor’s in Virginia list. This small school is located in Virginia Beach, Virginia, and it awarded 3 bachelors’s health science degrees in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our virginia bachelor’s degree health science students list, South University, Virginia Beach has also earned the #5 rank in our “Best Health Sciences & Services Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Virginia” ranking. The yearly cost to attend South University, Virginia Beach is $20,395 for virginia bachelor’s degree health science students.

Since the school has a student-to-faculty ratio of 10 to 1, those pursuing a degree will have more opportunities to interact with their professors.

Read full report on Health Sciences & Services at South University, Virginia Beach

#3

Mary Baldwin University

Staunton, Virginia
#3 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Mary Baldwin University. It ranked #3 on our 2022 Best Value Health Science Schools for a Bachelor’s in Virginia list. Mary Baldwin University is a small private not-for-profit school situated in Staunton, Virginia. It awarded 21 bachelors’s health science degrees in 2019-2020.

Mary Baldwin not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #3 on our “Best Health Sciences & Services Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Virginia” list. The yearly cost to attend Mary Baldwin is $16,982 for virginia bachelor’s degree health science students.

Read more about Health Sciences & Services at Mary Baldwin University

#4

South University, Richmond

Glen Allen, Virginia

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend South University, Richmond. The school came in at #4 for the Best Value Health Science Schools for a Bachelor’s in Virginia. South University, Richmond is a small school located in Glen Allen, Virginia that handed out 1 bachelors’s health science degrees in 2019-2020.

South University, Richmond did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #6 on our “Best Health Sciences & Services Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Virginia” list. It costs about $20,336 for Virginia Bachelor’s Degree Health Science students per year to attend South University, Richmond.

Since the school has a student-to-faculty ratio of 9 to 1, those pursuing a degree will have more opportunities to interact with their professors.

Full South University, Richmond Health Sciences & Services Report

#5

Marymount University

Arlington, Virginia
#2 in overall quality

Out of the 7 schools in the Best Value Health Science Schools for a Bachelor’s in Virginia that were part of this year’s ranking, Marymount University landed the #5 spot on the list. Marymount University is a small school located in Arlington, Virginia that handed out 51 bachelors’s health science degrees in 2019-2020.

Marymount not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #2 on our “Best Health Sciences & Services Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Virginia” list. The yearly cost to attend Marymount University is $26,078 for virginia bachelor’s degree health science students.

The low student loan default rate of 3.4% is a good sign that students have an easier time paying off their loans than they might at other schools. For comparison, the national default rate is 10.1%.

Read full report on Health Sciences & Services at Marymount University

#6

Ferrum College

Ferrum, Virginia

With a ranking of #6, Ferrum College did quite well on the 2022 Best Value Health Science Schools for a Bachelor’s in Virginia list. Ferrum College is a small private not-for-profit school situated in Ferrum, Virginia. It awarded 4 bachelors’s health science degrees in 2019-2020.

Ferrum College also took the #4 spot in our “Best Health Sciences & Services Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Virginia” ranking. It costs about $22,159 for Virginia Bachelor’s Degree Health Science students per year to attend Ferrum College.

Read full report on Health Sciences & Services at Ferrum College

#7

Stratford University

Fairfax, Virginia
#7 in overall quality

With a ranking of #7, Stratford University did quite well on the 2022 Best Value Health Science Schools for a Bachelor’s in Virginia list. This small school is located in Fairfax, Virginia, and it awarded 13 bachelors’s health science degrees in 2019-2020.

Stratford University also made our “Best Health Sciences & Services Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Virginia” list, coming in at #7. The estimated yearly cost for Stratford University is $15,927 for Virginia Bachelor’s Degree Health Science students.

With a student-to-faculty ratio of 9 to 1, it’s easy to see that the school is committed to helping their undergraduates succeed.

Read full report on Health Sciences & Services at Stratford University

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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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