2022 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Health Sciences & Services in the Southeast Region
When pursuing a degree in today’s world, students have many different options to choose from. Our mission at College Factual is to arm you with as much information as we can to help you make that decision. Our “Best Value Health Science Schools for a Master’s in the Southeast Region” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.
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 the Southeast region, there were 8,162 health sciences and services graduates with average earnings and debt of $33,669 and $26,835 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 379 health sciences and services graduates with average earnings and debt of $53,950 and $43,286 respectively.
For this year’s “Best Value Health Science Schools for a Master’s in the Southeast Region” ranking, we looked at 12 colleges that offer 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. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.
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Best Value Health Science Schools for a Master’s in the Southeast Region
The colleges and universities below are the best for southeast region master’s degree health science students.
Top 12 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Health Sciences & Services in the Southeast Region
Out of the 12 schools in the Best Value Health Science Schools for a Master’s in the Southeast Region that were part of this year’s ranking, University of the Cumberlands landed the #1 spot on the list. University of the Cumberlands is located in Williamsburg, Kentucky and, has a fairly large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 12 masters’s health science degrees to qualified students.
Cumberlands not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #11 on our “Best Health Sciences & Services Master’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at University of the Cumberlands are $4,582, but some majors have different tuition rates.
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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Northern Kentucky University. The school came in at #2 for the Best Value Health Science Schools for a Master’s in the Southeast Region. Highland Heights, Kentucky is the setting for this fairly large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out masters’s health science degrees to 15 students in 2019-2020.
NKU also took the #8 spot in our “Best Health Sciences & Services Master’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” ranking. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at Northern Kentucky University are $17,358.
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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Georgia College & State University. The school came in at #3 for the Best Value Health Science Schools for a Master’s in the Southeast Region. Located in Milledgeville, Georgia, this medium-sized public school awarded 22 diplomas to qualified masters’s health science students in 2019-2020.
In addition to being on our southeast region master’s degree health science students list, Georgia College has also earned the #4 rank in our “Best Health Sciences & Services Master’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” ranking. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at Georgia College & State University are $20,868.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Nova Southeastern University. It ranked #4 on our 2022 Best Value Health Science Schools for a Master’s in the Southeast Region list. Nova Southeastern University is a private not-for-profit institution located in Fort Lauderdale, Florida. The school has a large population, and it awarded 43 masters’s degrees in 2019-2020.
As a testament to the quality of education offered at NUS Florida, the school also landed the #3 spot in our “Best Health Sciences & Services Master’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at NUS Florida are $22,242, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Central Florida. It ranked #5 on our 2022 Best Value Health Science Schools for a Master’s in the Southeast Region list. UCF is a large school located in Orlando, Florida that handed out 117 masters’s health science degrees in 2019-2020.
UCF not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #2 on our “Best Health Sciences & Services Master’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” list. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at University of Central Florida are $28,657.
University of North Florida landed the #6 spot on the 2022 Best Value Health Science Schools for a Master’s in the Southeast Region ranking. UNF is a public institution located in Jacksonville, Florida. The school has a fairly large population, and it awarded 15 masters’s degrees in 2019-2020.
UNF also made our “Best Health Sciences & Services Master’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” list, coming in at #7. Average graduate tuition and fees at UNF are $21,930, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.
University of Alabama at Birmingham landed the #7 spot on the 2022 Best Value Health Science Schools for a Master’s in the Southeast Region ranking. This large school is located in Birmingham, Alabama, and it awarded 7 masters’s health science degrees in 2019-2020.
As a testament to the quality of education offered at UAB, the school also landed the #9 spot in our “Best Health Sciences & Services Master’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at UAB are $19,188, but some majors have different tuition rates.
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Bellarmine University ranked #8 on this year’s Best Value Health Science Schools for a Master’s in the Southeast Region list. Bellarmine University is a small school located in Louisville, Kentucky that handed out 7 masters’s health science degrees in 2019-2020.
Bellarmine U did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #12 on our “Best Health Sciences & Services Master’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at Bellarmine University are $16,645, but some majors have different tuition rates.
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With a ranking of #9, West Virginia University did quite well on the 2022 Best Value Health Science Schools for a Master’s in the Southeast Region list. West Virginia University is a public institution located in Morgantown, West Virginia. The school has a large population, and it awarded 31 masters’s degrees in 2019-2020.
WVU also took the #10 spot in our “Best Health Sciences & Services Master’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at West Virginia University are $26,154, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.
With a ranking of #10, Florida Gulf Coast University did quite well on the 2022 Best Value Health Science Schools for a Master’s in the Southeast Region list. Fort Myers, Florida is the setting for this fairly large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out masters’s health science degrees to 12 students in 2019-2020.
FGCU also took the #6 spot in our “Best Health Sciences & Services Master’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at Florida Gulf Coast University are $31,216, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.
Meharry Medical College came in at #11 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Health Science Schools for a Master’s in the Southeast Region ranking. Meharry Medical College is located in Nashville, Tennessee and, has a small student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 86 masters’s health science degrees to qualified students.
Meharry Medical College also made our “Best Health Sciences & Services Master’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” list, coming in at #5. Average graduate tuition and fees at Meharry Medical College are $31,554, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.
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Tulane University of Louisiana came in at #12 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Health Science Schools for a Master’s in the Southeast Region ranking. Located in New Orleans, Louisiana, this fairly large private not-for-profit school awarded 10 diplomas to qualified masters’s health science students in 2019-2020.
As a testament to the quality of education offered at Tulane, the school also landed the #1 spot in our “Best Health Sciences & Services Master’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at Tulane University of Louisiana are $61,176, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.
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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%.
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- *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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