2024 Best Other Health Professions Associate Degree Schools in the Plains States Region

an associate degree in other health professions is more popular than many other degrees. In fact, it ranks #78 out of 328 on popularity of all such degrees in the nation. So, you have a fair amount of options to choose from when looking for a school.

For its 2024 ranking, College Factual looked at 2 schools in the Plains States Region to determine which ones were the best for other health professions students pursuing a associate degree. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 95 associate degrees in other health professions during the 2020-2021 academic year.

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Average Early-Career Salaries

To determine the overall quality of a graduate school, one factor we look at is the average early-career salary of those receiving their associate degree from the school. After all, your associate degree won't mean much if it doesn't help you find a job that will help you earn a living.

Other Factors We Consider

In addition to the above, you should consider some of the following factors:

• Major Focus - How much a school focuses on other health professions students vs. other majors.
• Major Demand - How many other other health professions students want to attend this school to pursue a associate degree.
• Educational Resources - The amount of money and other resources allocated to students while they are pursuing their degree. These resources include such things as number of students per instructor and education expenditures per student.
• Student Debt - How much debt other health professions students go into to obtain their associate degree and how well they are able to pay back that debt.
• Accreditation - Whether a school is regionally accredited and/or accredited by a recognized other health professions related body.

Our full ranking methodology documents in more detail how we consider these factors to identify the best schools for other health professions students working on their associate degree.

More Ways to Rank Other Health Professions Schools

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 Best Other Health Professions Associate Degree Schools in the Plains States Region list to help you make the college decision.

Best Schools for Associate Students to Study Other Health Professions in the Plains States Region

Below you'll see a list of the best colleges and universities for pursuing an associate degree in other health professions.

Top Plains States Region Schools for an Associate in Health Professions

1

Ozarks Technical Community College
Springfield, MO

84 Annual Graduates

$26,549 Median Starting Salary

$20,626 Median Student Debt

It is hard to beat Ozarks Technical Community College if you wish to pursue an associate degree in other health professions. OTC is a large public college located in the city of Springfield.

Associate graduates who receive their degree from the health professions program earn an average of $26,549 for their early career.

More information about a associate in other health professions from Ozarks Technical Community College

2

Southeast Community College Area
Lincoln, NE

11 Annual Graduates

Southeast Community College Area is a wonderful choice for individuals pursuing an associate degree in other health professions. Located in the city of Lincoln, Southeast Community College is a public college with a moderately-sized student population.More information about a associate in other health professions from Southeast Community College Area

Best Other Health Professions Colleges by State

Explore the best other health professions colleges for a specific state in the Plains States Region .

State	Colleges	Degrees Awarded
Missouri	117	84
Nebraska	98	11

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Rankings in Majors Related to Health Professions

One of 34 majors within the Health Professions area of study, Other Health Professions has other similar majors worth exploring.

Health Professions Focus Areas

Major	Annual Graduates
Other Health Professions and Related Clinical Sciences	95

Most Popular Majors Related to Health Professions

Related Major	Annual Graduates
Nursing	6,262
Allied Health Professions	2,034
Allied Health & Medical Assisting Services	1,496
Health & Medical Administrative Services	884
Dental Support Services	721
Health Sciences & Services	428
Clinical/Medical Laboratory Science	283
Health/Medical Prep Programs	211
Mental & Social Health Services	119
Practical Nursing & Nursing Assistants	92

Notes and References

• The bars on the spread charts above show the distribution of the schools on this list +/- one standard deviation from the mean.
• 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 the rest 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).
• 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. More about our data sources and methodologies.