by our College Data Analytics Team
With all of the options students have for higher education today, it can be tough to choose which direction to take. One of our goals at College Factual is to give you as much information as we can - such as our “Schools Highly Focused on Health Professions Major in Missouri” ranking - to help you make that decision.
Other Health Professions is the 102nd most popular major in the country with 7,984 degrees awarded in 2020-2021. 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 Missouri, there were 390 other health professions graduates with average earnings and debt of $36,783 and $19,843 respectively.
This year’s “Schools Highly Focused on Health Professions Major in Missouri” ranking looked at 5 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s 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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When choosing the right school for you, it’s important to arm yourself with all the facts you can. To that end, we’ve created a number of major-specific rankings, including this “Schools Highly Focused on Health Professions Major in Missouri” list to help you make the college decision.
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The colleges and universities below are the best for missouri health professions students.
Out of the 5 schools in the Schools Highly Focused on Health Professions Major in Missouri that were part of this year’s ranking, Missouri Southern State University landed the #1 spot on the list. This small school is located in Joplin, Missouri, and it awarded 60 ’s health professions degrees in 2020-2021.
Read more about Other Health Professions at Missouri Southern State University
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Ozarks Technical Community College. The school came in at #2 for the Schools Highly Focused on Health Professions Major in Missouri. Located in Springfield, Missouri, this fairly large public school awarded 321 degrees to qualified ’s health professions students in 2020-2021.
Full Ozarks Technical Community College Other Health Professions Report
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Central Methodist University - College of Graduate & Extended Studies. The school came in at #3 for the Schools Highly Focused on Health Professions Major in Missouri. CMU CGES is located in Fayette, Missouri and, has a small student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 9 ’s health professions degrees to qualified students.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Central Methodist University - College of Liberal Arts & Sciences. The school came in at #4 for the Schools Highly Focused on Health Professions Major in Missouri. CMU CLAS is a private not-for-profit institution located in Fayette, Missouri. The school has a small population, and it awarded 0 ’s degrees in 2020-2021.
Out of the 5 schools in the Schools Highly Focused on Health Professions Major in Missouri that were part of this year’s ranking, Saint Louis University landed the #4 spot on the list. SLU is a fairly large school located in Saint Louis, Missouri that handed out 0 ’s health professions degrees in 2020-2021.
The undergraduate 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. The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 2.3%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%. The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 90%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.
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