2022 Best Value Health Professions Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Far Western US Region

Students have lots of options to chooose from today when trying to decide which college to attend. 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 Professions Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Far Western US Region” ranking is part of that endeavor.

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 Far Western US region, there were 279 other health professions graduates with average earnings and debt of $33,625 and $30,083 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 55 other health professions graduates with average earnings and debt of $38,083 and $22,209 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Health Professions Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Far Western US Region” ranking analyzed 2 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.

To come up with these rankings, we looked at factors such as the cost to attend the school after aid is awarded and overall quality of the other health professions program at the school. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.

More Ways to Rank Other Health Professions Schools

Since picking the right college can be one of the most important decisions of your life, we’ve developed the “Best Value Health Professions Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Far Western US Region” ranking, along with many other major-related rankings, to help you make that decision.

We’ve created a tool called College Combat that lets you create your own customized comparisons based on the factors that matter the most to you. Go ahead and give it a try, or bookmark the link so you can check it out later.

Best Value Health Professions Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Far Western US Region

The colleges and universities below are the best for far western us region bachelor’s degree health professions students.

Top 2 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Other Health Professions in the Far Western US Region

#1

Azusa Pacific University

Azusa, California

#2 in overall quality

$26,293 Average Net Price

$25,194 Average Early-Career Earnings

Out of the 2 schools in the Best Value Health Professions Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Far Western US Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Azusa Pacific University landed the #1 spot on the list. Azusa, California is the setting for this medium-sized institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out bachelors’s health professions degrees to 43 students in 2019-2020.

Azusa Pacific did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #2 on our “Best Other Health Professions Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Far Western US Region” list. The estimated yearly cost for Azusa Pacific is $26,293 for far western us region bachelor’s degree health professions students.

The 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 low student loan default rate of 3.3% 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 more about Other Health Professions at Azusa Pacific University

#2

Saint Mary's College of California

Moraga, California

#1 in overall quality

$34,392 Average Net Price

$33,993 Average Early-Career Earnings

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Saint Mary’s College of California. The school came in at #2 for the Best Value Health Professions Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Far Western US Region. This small school is located in Moraga, California, and it awarded 12 bachelors’s health professions degrees in 2019-2020.

SMC also made our “Best Other Health Professions Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Far Western US Region” list, coming in at #1. The estimated yearly cost for SMC is $34,392 for far western us region bachelor’s degree health professions students.

The school has an impressive student loan default rate. It’s only 3.6%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%. The student-to-faculty ratio of 9 to 1 is a sign that students will have more opportunities to engage with their professors one-on-one.

Read full report on Other Health Professions at SMC

• Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Other Health Professions

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 https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/b/b5/NY_College_of_Health_Professions_Massage_Therapy_Class.jpg.

Featured Nursing Schools

Request Info

Southern New Hampshire University You have goals. Southern New Hampshire University can help you get there. Whether you need a bachelor's degree to get into a career or want a master's degree to move up in your current career, SNHU has an online program for you. Find your degree from over 200 online programs ... Learn More >