If you plan on getting your bachelor's degree in other health professions, you won't be alone since the degree program is ranked #84 in the country in terms of popularity. As a result, there are many college that offer the degree, making your choice of school a hard one.
For its 2024 ranking, College Factual looked at 2 schools in Tennessee to determine which ones were the best for other health professions students pursuing a bachelor's degree. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 127 bachelor's degrees in other health professions during the 2020-2021 academic year.
One measure we use to determine the quality of a school is to look at the average salary of bachelor's graduates during the early years of their career. That is, everyone wants their bachelor's degree to be worth something, and salaries are one measure of determining that.
Other Factors We Consider
The metrics below are just some of the other metrics that we use to determine our rankings.
Major Focus - How many resources a school devotes to other health professions students as compared to other majors.
Major Demand - The number of other health professions students who choose to seek a bachelor's degree at the school.
Educational Resources - How many resources are allocated to students. These resources may include educational expenditures per student, number of students per instructor, and graduation rate among other things.
Student Debt - How easy is it for other health professions to pay back their student loans after receiving their bachelor's degree.
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 bachelor's degree.
The health professions school you choose to invest your time and money in matters. To help you make the decision that is right for you, we've developed a number of major-specific rankings, including this list of the Best Other Health Professions Bachelor's Degree Schools in Tennessee.
In addition to our rankings, you can take two colleges and compare them based on the criteria that matters most to you in our unique tool, College Combat.
Test it out when you get a chance! You may also want to bookmark the link and share it with others who are trying to make the college decision.
Best Schools for Bachelor’s Students to Study Other Health Professions in Tennessee
Learn about the top ranked colleges and universities for other health professions students seeking a a bachelor's degree.
Top Tennessee Schools for a Bachelor's in Health Professions
It's difficult to beat East Tennessee State University if you wish to pursue a bachelor's degree in other health professions. ETSU is a fairly large public university located in the small city of Johnson City.
Bachelor's graduates who receive their degree from the health professions program make about $25,418 in the first couple years of their career.
Tennessee State University is one of the finest schools in the country for getting a bachelor's degree in other health professions. Located in the large city of Nashville, Tennessee State University is a public university with a moderately-sized student population.
Bachelor's recipients from the other health professions program at Tennessee State University earn $2,711 more than the typical college grad in this field shortly after graduation.
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).