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When pursuing a degree in today’s world, students have many different options to choose from. College Factual was founded, in part, to help students make the decision as to what would be the best school for them. Our “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Other Health Professions and Related Clinical Sciences Major in the Plains States Region” ranking is part of that endeavor.
In 2020-2021, 7,984 people earned their degree in health professions and related clinical sciences, making the major the 115th most popular in the United States.
Across the Plains States region, there were 592 health professions and related clinical sciences graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 197 health professions and related clinical sciences graduates with average earnings and debt of $41,046 and $29,021 respectively.
For this year’s “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Other Health Professions and Related Clinical Sciences Major in the Plains States Region” ranking, we looked at 9 colleges that offer a degree in health professions and related clinical sciences. The colleges and universities that top this list are recognized because their health professions and related clinical sciences program is one of the largest majors offered at the school.
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The colleges and universities below are the best for plains states region bachelor’s degree other health professions and related clinical sciences students.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Missouri Southern State University. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Other Health Professions and Related Clinical Sciences Major in the Plains States Region list. Joplin, Missouri is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelors’s health professions and related clinical sciences degrees to 60 students in 2020-2021.
Full Missouri Southern Other Health Professions and Related Clinical Sciences Report
Out of the 9 schools in the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Other Health Professions and Related Clinical Sciences Major in the Plains States Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Newman University landed the #2 spot on the list. This small school is located in Wichita, Kansas, and it awarded 15 bachelors’s health professions and related clinical sciences degrees in 2020-2021.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 3.4%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Fort Hays State University. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Other Health Professions and Related Clinical Sciences Major in the Plains States Region list. FHSU is a fairly large public school situated in Hays, Kansas. It awarded 101 bachelors’s health professions and related clinical sciences degrees in 2020-2021.
Full Fort Hays State University Other Health Professions and Related Clinical Sciences Report
Out of the 9 schools in the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Other Health Professions and Related Clinical Sciences Major in the Plains States Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Bryan College of Health Sciences landed the #4 spot on the list. Bryan College of Health Sciences is located in Lincoln, Nebraska and, has a small student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 3 bachelors’s health professions and related clinical sciences degrees to qualified students.
Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 90%. The undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio of 10 to 1 is a sign that students will have more opportunities to engage with their professors one-on-one. The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 1.5%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
Full Bryan College of Health Sciences Other Health Professions and Related Clinical Sciences Report
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Central Methodist University - College of Graduate & Extended Studies. It ranked #5 on our 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Other Health Professions and Related Clinical Sciences Major in the Plains States Region list. Located in Fayette, Missouri, this small private not-for-profit school handed out 9 degrees to qualified bachelors’s health professions and related clinical sciences students in 2020-2021.
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With a ranking of #6, Bellevue University did quite well on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Other Health Professions and Related Clinical Sciences Major in the Plains States Region list. Bellevue University is a fairly large school located in Bellevue, Nebraska that handed out 6 bachelors’s health professions and related clinical sciences degrees in 2020-2021.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 3.1%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
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University of Northern Iowa came in at #7 in this year’s edition of the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Other Health Professions and Related Clinical Sciences Major in the Plains States Region ranking. Located in Cedar Falls, Iowa, this medium-sized public school handed out 3 diplomas to qualified bachelors’s health professions and related clinical sciences students in 2020-2021.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 2.8% 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%. The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 86%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.
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Central Methodist University - College of Liberal Arts & Sciences did quite well in the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Other Health Professions and Related Clinical Sciences Major in the Plains States Region ranking, coming in at #8. Central Methodist University - College of Liberal Arts & Sciences is located in Fayette, Missouri and, has a small student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 0 bachelors’s health professions and related clinical sciences degrees to qualified students.
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Allen College landed the #8 spot on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Other Health Professions and Related Clinical Sciences Major in the Plains States Region ranking. Located in Waterloo, Iowa, this small private not-for-profit school handed out 1 degrees to qualified bachelors’s health professions and related clinical sciences students in 2020-2021.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 1.3%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
Full Allen College Other Health Professions and Related Clinical Sciences Report
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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%.
Read more about our data sources and methodologies
- *Avg Salary and Avg 4-Year Grad Rate 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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