2022 Best Value Health Professions Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Plains States Region For Those Making $30-$48k

When it comes to choosing a college, students have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. 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 Professions Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Plains States Region For Those Making $30-$48k” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.

In 2019-2020, 7,767 people earned their degree in other health professions, making the major the 100th most popular in the United States. In 2017-2018, other health professions graduates who were awarded their degree in 2015-2017, earned an average of $39,856 and had an average of $27,421 in loans still to pay off.

Across the Plains States region, there were 511 other health professions graduates with average earnings and debt of $33,788 and $12,078 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 168 other health professions graduates with average earnings and debt of $39,786 and $25,576 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Health Professions Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Plains States Region For Those Making $30-$48k” ranking analyzed 3 colleges that offered a degree in other health professions. This ranking identifies schools with high-quality other health professions programs that also have a lower cost than schools of similar quality.

When determining these rankings, we looked at things such as overall quality of the other health professions 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 Professions Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Plains States Region For Those Making $30-$48k

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Health Professions Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Plains States Region For Those Making $30-$48k.

Top 3 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Other Health Professions (Income $30-$48k) in the Plains States Region

#1

Missouri Southern State University

Joplin, Missouri

#1 in overall quality

$8,416 Average Net Price

$48,725 Average Early-Career Earnings

Out of the 3 schools in the Best Value Health Professions Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Plains States Region For Those Making $30-$48k that were part of this year’s ranking, Missouri Southern State University landed the #1 spot on the list. Missouri Southern is a medium-sized public school situated in Joplin, Missouri. It awarded 88 bachelors’s health professions degrees in 2019-2020.

Missouri Southern also took the #1 spot in our “Best Other Health Professions Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region” ranking. It costs about $8,416 for Plains States Region Bachelor’s Degree Health Professions students whose families make $30-$48k per year to attend Missouri Southern.

Read more about Other Health Professions at Missouri Southern State University

#2

Fort Hays State University

Hays, Kansas

#2 in overall quality

$9,882 Average Net Price

Out of the 3 schools in the Best Value Health Professions Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Plains States Region For Those Making $30-$48k that were part of this year’s ranking, Fort Hays State University landed the #2 spot on the list. FHSU is located in Hays, Kansas and, has a fairly large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 70 bachelors’s health professions degrees to qualified students.

In addition to being on our plains states region bachelor’s degree health professions students whose families make $30-$48k list, FHSU has also earned the #2 rank in our “Best Other Health Professions Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for FHSU is $9,882 for plains states region bachelor’s degree health professions students whose families make $30-$48k.

Full FHSU Other Health Professions Report

#3

Newman University

Wichita, Kansas

#3 in overall quality

$15,327 Average Net Price

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Newman University. The school came in at #3 for the Best Value Health Professions Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Plains States Region For Those Making $30-$48k. Newman University is a private not-for-profit institution located in Wichita, Kansas. The school has a small population, and it awarded 4 bachelors’s degrees in 2019-2020.

Newman University also took the #3 spot in our “Best Other Health Professions Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region” ranking. The yearly cost to attend Newman University is $15,327 for Plains States Region Bachelor’s Degree Health Professions students whose families make $30-$48k.

Read full report on Other Health Professions at Newman University

• Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Other Health Professions (Income $30-$48k)

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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