by our College Data Analytics Team
Students have lots of options to chooose from today when trying to decide which college to attend. At College Factual, we’re committed to helping you make that decision by providing information such as that found in our “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Health Professions Major in the Plains States Region” ranking.
In 2020-2021, 7,984 people earned their degree in other health professions, making the major the 102nd most popular in the United States. In 2019-2020, other health professions graduates who were awarded their degree in 2017-2019, earned an average of $45,061 and had an average of $24,616 in loans still to pay off.
Across the Plains States region, there were 592 other health professions graduates with average earnings and debt of $36,784 and $20,572 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 197 other health professions 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 Health Professions Major in the Plains States Region” ranking, we looked at 9 colleges that offer a degree in other health professions. The colleges and universities that top this list are recognized because their other health professions 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 health professions 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 Health Professions Major in the Plains States Region list. Missouri Southern is a small school located in Joplin, Missouri that handed out 60 bachelors’s health professions degrees in 2020-2021.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Newman University. The school came in at #2 for the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Health Professions Major in the Plains States Region. Located in Wichita, Kansas, this small private not-for-profit school awarded 15 degrees to qualified bachelors’s health professions students in 2020-2021.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 3.4%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
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 Health Professions Major in the Plains States Region list. This fairly large school is located in Hays, Kansas, and it awarded 101 bachelors’s health professions degrees in 2020-2021.
Read full report on Other Health Professions at Fort Hays State University
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Bryan College of Health Sciences. The school came in at #4 for the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Health Professions Major in the Plains States Region. Bryan College of Health Sciences is a private not-for-profit institution located in Lincoln, Nebraska. The school has a small population, and it awarded 3 bachelors’s degrees in 2020-2021.
Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 90%. The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 1.5%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%. The impressive undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio of 10 to 1 means that students may have more opportunities to work more closely with their professors than they would at other schools.
Full Bryan College of Health Sciences Other Health Professions Report
Out of the 9 schools in the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Health Professions Major in the Plains States Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Central Methodist University - College of Graduate & Extended Studies landed the #5 spot on the list. Central Methodist University - College of Graduate & Extended Studies is a small private not-for-profit school situated in Fayette, Missouri. It awarded 9 bachelors’s health professions degrees in 2020-2021.
Bellevue University came in at #6 in this year’s edition of the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Health Professions Major in the Plains States Region ranking. Bellevue University is a private not-for-profit institution located in Bellevue, Nebraska. The school has a fairly large population, and it awarded 6 bachelors’s degrees in 2020-2021.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 3.1% 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%.
With a ranking of #7, University of Northern Iowa did quite well on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Health Professions Major in the Plains States Region list. UNI is a public institution located in Cedar Falls, Iowa. The school has a medium-sized population, and it awarded 3 bachelors’s degrees in 2020-2021.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 2.8%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%. Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 86%.
Read full report on Other Health Professions at University of Northern Iowa
Central Methodist University - College of Liberal Arts & Sciences came in at #8 in this year’s edition of the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Health Professions Major in the Plains States Region ranking. This small school is located in Fayette, Missouri, and it awarded 0 bachelors’s health professions degrees in 2020-2021.
Allen College landed the #8 spot on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Health Professions Major in the Plains States Region ranking. Waterloo, Iowa is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out bachelors’s health professions degrees to 1 students in 2020-2021.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 1.3% 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 full report on Other Health Professions at Allen College
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