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

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 a Master’s in the Plains States Region” 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 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 master’s degree level specifically, there were 47 health sciences and services graduates with average earnings and debt of $53,438 and $39,783 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Health Science Schools for a Master’s in the Plains States Region” ranking looked at 3 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in health sciences and services. Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent health sciences and services programs, but they also 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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Best Value Health Science 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 science students.

Top 3 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Health Sciences & Services in the Plains States Region

#1

Creighton University

Omaha, Nebraska

#1 in overall quality

$18,528 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Creighton University. The school came in at #1 for the Best Value Health Science Schools for a Master’s in the Plains States Region. Creighton University is a medium-sized school located in Omaha, Nebraska that handed out 20 masters’s health science degrees in 2019-2020.

Creighton also took the #1 spot in our “Best Health Sciences & Services Master’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at Creighton University are $18,528, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Read more about Health Sciences & Services at Creighton

#2

Walden University

Minneapolis, Minnesota

#2 in overall quality

$10,716 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Walden University. It ranked #2 on our 2022 Best Value Health Science Schools for a Master’s in the Plains States Region list. Located in Minneapolis, Minnesota, this large private for-profit school handed out 17 diplomas to qualified masters’s health science students in 2019-2020.

Walden University did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #2 on our “Best Health Sciences & Services 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 Health Sciences & Services Report

#3

College of Saint Mary

Omaha, Nebraska

#3 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 #3 for the Best Value Health Science Schools for a Master’s in the Plains States Region. This small school is located in Omaha, Nebraska, and it awarded 10 masters’s health science degrees in 2019-2020.

Saint Mary did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #3 on our “Best Health Sciences & Services Master’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region” list. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at Saint Mary are $17,124.

Read more about Health Sciences & Services at Saint Mary

• Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Health Sciences & Services

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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