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2023 Best Health Professions Bachelor's Degree Schools

1,160 Colleges in the United States
274,562 Bachelor's Degrees
$49,058 Avg Early-Career Salary
If you pursue a bachelor's degree in health professions, you won't be alone. The field of study is the #2 most popular program in the country. So, there are lots of possibilities to explore when you're trying to determine where you want to get your degree.

College Factual reviewed 1,160 schools in the United States to determine which ones were the best for bachelor's degree seekers in the field of health professions. Combined, these schools handed out 274,562 bachelor's degrees in health professions to qualified students.

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Choosing a Great Health Professions School for Your Bachelor's Degree

Best Health Professions Bachelor's Degree Schools Your choice of health professions for getting your bachelor's degree school matters. Important measures of a quality health professions program can vary widely even among the top schools. Below we explain some of the most important factors to consider before making your choice:

Overall Quality Is a Must

A school that excels in educating for a particular major and degree level must be a great school overall as well. To make it into this list a school must rank well in our overall Best Colleges ranking. This ranking considered factors such as graduation rates, overall graduate earnings and other educational resources to identify great colleges and universities.

Average Early-Career Salaries

Average early-career salary of those graduating with their bachelor's degree is one indicator we use in our analysis to find the schools that offer the highest-quality education. After all, your bachelor's 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:

Our complete ranking methodology documents in more detail how we consider these factors to identify the best colleges for health professions students working on their bachelor's degree.

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Best Schools for Bachelor’s Students to Study Health Professions in the United States

The following list ranks the best colleges and universities for pursuing a bachelor's degree in health professions. Only those schools that rank in the top 15% of all the schools we analyze get awarded with a place on this list.

25 Top Schools for a Bachelor's in Health Professions

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Brown University
Providence, RI
Doctor's Degree Highest Degree Type
58 Annual Graduates

It's hard to beat Brown University if you wish to pursue a bachelor's degree in health professions. Located in the medium-sized city of Providence, Brown is a private not-for-profit university with a large student population.More information about a bachelor’s in health professions from Brown University

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Doctor's Degree Highest Degree Type
130 Annual Graduates

Johns Hopkins University is one of the finest schools in the country for getting a bachelor's degree in health professions. Johns Hopkins is a fairly large private not-for-profit university located in the city of Baltimore.More information about a bachelor’s in health professions from Johns Hopkins University

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Doctor's Degree Highest Degree Type
505 Annual Graduates

Any student pursuing a degree in a bachelor's degree in health professions has to look into Samuel Merritt University. Located in the large city of Oakland, Samuel Merritt University is a private not-for-profit university with a small student population.More information about a bachelor’s in health professions from Samuel Merritt University

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Doctor's Degree Highest Degree Type
223 Annual Graduates

University of California - Berkeley is a good choice for individuals pursuing a bachelor's degree in health professions. UC Berkeley is a fairly large public university located in the city of Berkeley.More information about a bachelor’s in health professions from University of California - Berkeley

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Doctor's Degree Highest Degree Type
75 Annual Graduates

Northwestern is a very large private not-for-profit university located in the small city of Evanston.More information about a bachelor’s in health professions from Northwestern University

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University of Pennsylvania
Philadelphia, PA
Doctor's Degree Highest Degree Type
298 Annual Graduates

Located in the city of Philadelphia, UPenn is a private not-for-profit university with a fairly large student population.More information about a bachelor’s in health professions from University of Pennsylvania

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New York University
New York, NY
Doctor's Degree Highest Degree Type
576 Annual Graduates

Located in the city of New York, NYU is a private not-for-profit university with a very large student population.More information about a bachelor’s in health professions from New York University

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Duke University
Durham, NC
Doctor's Degree Highest Degree Type
196 Annual Graduates

Located in the large city of Durham, Duke is a private not-for-profit university with a fairly large student population.More information about a bachelor’s in health professions from Duke University

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Doctor's Degree Highest Degree Type
453 Annual Graduates

UMCP is a fairly large public university located in the large suburb of College Park.More information about a bachelor’s in health professions from University of Maryland - College Park

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Tufts University
Medford, MA
Doctor's Degree Highest Degree Type
60 Annual Graduates

Tufts is a fairly large private not-for-profit university located in the suburb of Medford.More information about a bachelor’s in health professions from Tufts University

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Doctor's Degree Highest Degree Type
467 Annual Graduates

UTHealth is a medium-sized public university located in the city of Houston.More information about a bachelor’s in health professions from The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston

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Doctor's Degree Highest Degree Type
1,092 Annual Graduates

TTUHSC is a moderately-sized public university located in the city of Lubbock.More information about a bachelor’s in health professions from Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center

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Emory University
Atlanta, GA
Doctor's Degree Highest Degree Type
415 Annual Graduates

Located in the city of Atlanta, Emory is a private not-for-profit university with a large student population.More information about a bachelor’s in health professions from Emory University

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Doctor's Degree Highest Degree Type
625 Annual Graduates

UTHSC is a small public university located in the large city of Memphis.More information about a bachelor’s in health professions from The University of Tennessee - Health Science Center

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Doctor's Degree Highest Degree Type
582 Annual Graduates

Located in the large city of Seattle, UW Seattle is a public university with a very large student population.More information about a bachelor’s in health professions from University of Washington - Seattle Campus

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Loma Linda University
Loma Linda, CA
Doctor's Degree Highest Degree Type
405 Annual Graduates

Located in the suburb of Loma Linda, Loma Linda University is a private not-for-profit university with a small student population.More information about a bachelor’s in health professions from Loma Linda University

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Doctor's Degree Highest Degree Type
155 Annual Graduates

USC is a very large private not-for-profit university located in the large city of Los Angeles.More information about a bachelor’s in health professions from University of Southern California

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Doctor's Degree Highest Degree Type
253 Annual Graduates

IU Bloomington is a fairly large public university located in the small city of Bloomington.More information about a bachelor’s in health professions from Indiana University - Bloomington

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Doctor's Degree Highest Degree Type
435 Annual Graduates

Located in the fringe town of Galveston, UTMB Galveston is a public university with a small student population.More information about a bachelor’s in health professions from The University of Texas Medical Branch

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Doctor's Degree Highest Degree Type
316 Annual Graduates

U-M is a fairly large public university located in the medium-sized city of Ann Arbor.More information about a bachelor’s in health professions from University of Michigan - Ann Arbor

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Doctor's Degree Highest Degree Type
23 Annual Graduates

Located in the large suburb of Saint Louis, WUSTL is a private not-for-profit university with a large student population.More information about a bachelor’s in health professions from Washington University in St Louis

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Foothill College
Los Altos Hills, CA
Associate Degree Highest Degree Type
72 Annual Graduates

Located in the large suburb of Los Altos Hills, Foothill College is a public college with a fairly large student population.More information about a bachelor’s in health professions from Foothill College

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Doctor's Degree Highest Degree Type
463 Annual Graduates

GWU is a fairly large private not-for-profit university located in the city of Washington.More information about a bachelor’s in health professions from George Washington University

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University of the Sciences
Philadelphia, PA
Doctor's Degree Highest Degree Type
165 Annual Graduates

Located in the large city of Philadelphia, USciences is a private not-for-profit university with a small student population.More information about a bachelor’s in health professions from University of the Sciences

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Doctor's Degree Highest Degree Type
217 Annual Graduates

Located in the midsize city of Rochester, University of Rochester is a private not-for-profit university with a fairly large student population.More information about a bachelor’s in health professions from University of Rochester

Rest of the Top 50 Best Health Professions Bachelor's Degree Schools

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University of Florida
Gainesville, FL
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Georgetown University
Washington, DC

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Seattle University
Seattle, WA

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Boston University
Boston, MA
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Remaining Award Winners

This section shows the rest of the colleges awarded a Best Health Professions Bachelor's Degree Schools badge. Showing in this list means the school was ranked in the top 15% of the 1160 different United States health professions schools we analyzed.

Rank College Location
50 Grand Canyon University Phoenix, AZ
51 Capella University Minneapolis, MN
52 Loyola University Chicago Chicago, IL
53 Drexel University Philadelphia, PA
54 University of Minnesota - Twin Cities Minneapolis, MN
55 West Coast University - Orange County Anaheim, CA
56 Purdue University - Main Campus West Lafayette, IN
57 University of South Carolina - Columbia Columbia, SC
58 Quinnipiac University Hamden, CT
59 University of Iowa Iowa City, IA
60 Marquette University Milwaukee, WI
61 American University Washington, DC
62 University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Chapel Hill, NC
63 Villanova University Villanova, PA
64 University of Richmond University of Richmond, VA
65 Tulane University of Louisiana New Orleans, LA
66 University of Oklahoma - Health Sciences Center Oklahoma City, OK
67 University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Champaign, IL
68 Saint Louis University Saint Louis, MO
69 Texas A&M University - College Station College Station, TX
70 Ithaca College Ithaca, NY
71 University of San Francisco San Francisco, CA
72 Fairfield University Fairfield, CT
73 Upstate Medical University Syracuse, NY
74 Texas Christian University Fort Worth, TX
75 University of Massachusetts Amherst Amherst, MA
76 Santa Clara University Santa Clara, CA
77 University of Phoenix - Arizona Tempe, AZ
78 Touro College New York, NY
79 University of California - Davis Davis, CA
80 University of Arizona Tucson, AZ
81 Adelphi University Garden City, NY
82 University of Colorado Boulder Boulder, CO
83 MGH Institute of Health Professions Boston, MA
84 Duquesne University Pittsburgh, PA
85 Western Governors University Salt Lake City, UT
86 Molloy College Rockville Centre, NY
87 Catholic University of America Washington, DC
88 Rochester Institute of Technology Rochester, NY
89 The Graduate Center, CUNY New York, NY
90 University of the Pacific Stockton, CA
91 Cornell University Ithaca, NY
92 Temple University Philadelphia, PA
93 University of Delaware Newark, DE
94 University of Miami Coral Gables, FL
95 The College of Saint Scholastica Duluth, MN
96 Rush University Chicago, IL
97 Binghamton University Vestal, NY
98 University of Portland Portland, OR
99 University of Wisconsin - La Crosse La Crosse, WI
100 San Diego State University San Diego, CA
101 Ohio University - Athens Campus Athens, OH
102 The University of Arizona Global Campus San Diego, CA
103 Medical University of South Carolina Charleston, SC
104 James Madison University Harrisonburg, VA
105 University at Buffalo Buffalo, NY
106 The University of Texas at Arlington Arlington, TX
107 California State University - Long Beach Long Beach, CA
108 Albany College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences Albany, NY
109 East Carolina University Greenville, NC
110 Pacific University Forest Grove, OR
111 Ohio State University - Main Campus Columbus, OH
112 Elon University Elon, NC
113 University of Central Florida Orlando, FL
114 Northeastern University Boston, MA
115 Utah State University Logan, UT
116 Baylor University Waco, TX
117 University of Kansas Lawrence, KS
118 Loyola University Maryland Baltimore, MD
119 Syracuse University Syracuse, NY
120 Stony Brook University Stony Brook, NY
121 Lake Washington Institute of Technology Kirkland, WA
122 University of Oregon Eugene, OR
123 Wagner College Staten Island, NY
124 Sacred Heart University Fairfield, CT
125 Xavier University Cincinnati, OH
126 Gonzaga University Spokane, WA
127 Mount Saint Mary’s University Los Angeles, CA
128 Arizona State University - Tempe Tempe, AZ
129 San Jose State University San Jose, CA
130 West Coast University - Dallas Dallas, TX
131 The College of New Jersey Ewing, NJ
132 University of North Dakota Grand Forks, ND
133 Hunter College New York, NY
134 University of Scranton Scranton, PA
135 University of Missouri - Columbia Columbia, MO
136 Indiana University - Purdue University - Indianapolis Indianapolis, IN
137 Clemson University Clemson, SC
138 Florida International University Miami, FL
139 University of Cincinnati - Main Campus Cincinnati, OH
140 George Mason University Fairfax, VA
141 South Dakota State University Brookings, SD
142 Towson University Towson, MD
143 Brigham Young University - Provo Provo, UT
144 Samford University Birmingham, AL
145 University of Utah Salt Lake City, UT
146 Azusa Pacific University Azusa, CA
147 Oregon Institute of Technology Klamath Falls, OR
148 Widener University Chester, PA
149 LIU Post Brookville, NY
150 Winona State University Winona, MN
151 Keiser University - Ft Lauderdale Fort Lauderdale, FL
152 Virginia Commonwealth University Richmond, VA
153 Boston College Chestnut Hill, MA
154 West Chester University of Pennsylvania West Chester, PA
155 The University of Tennessee - Knoxville Knoxville, TN
156 Oak Point University Chicago, IL
157 Seton Hall University South Orange, NJ
158 La Salle University Philadelphia, PA
159 University of Kentucky Lexington, KY
160 University of Connecticut Storrs, CT
161 California State University - Fresno Fresno, CA
162 Oregon State University Corvallis, OR
163 Southern Methodist University Dallas, TX
164 Washington State University Pullman, WA
165 University of South Florida - Main Campus Tampa, FL
166 Florida State University Tallahassee, FL
167 Goldfarb School of Nursing at Barnes-Jewish College Saint Louis, MO
167 University of North Carolina at Wilmington Wilmington, NC
169 University of Mississippi University, MS
170 Iowa State University Ames, IA
171 University of Nevada - Las Vegas Las Vegas, NV
172 Point Loma Nazarene University San Diego, CA
173 Wayne State University Detroit, MI
174 Seattle Central College Seattle, WA

Additional Noteworthy Schools

These are some additional schools worth mentioning that are also great but just didn't quite make the cut to earn our top Best Health Professions Bachelor's Degree Schools award.

Rank College Location
175 University of Illinois at Chicago Chicago, IL
176 Union University Jackson, TN
177 California State University - Northridge Northridge, CA
178 University of Wisconsin - River Falls River Falls, WI
179 The University of Alabama Tuscaloosa, AL
180 University at Albany Albany, NY
181 University of North Carolina at Charlotte Charlotte, NC
182 Bradley University Peoria, IL
183 Saint Mary’s College Notre Dame, IN
184 Auburn University Auburn, AL
185 Shenandoah University Winchester, VA
186 Miami University - Oxford Oxford, OH
187 North Dakota State University - Main Campus Fargo, ND
188 Saint Joseph’s University Philadelphia, PA
189 Louisiana State University and Agricultural & Mechanical College Baton Rouge, LA
190 Pace University - New York New York, NY
191 University of Toledo Toledo, OH
192 Purdue University Global Indianapolis, IN
193 Augusta University Augusta, GA
194 Portland State University Portland, OR
195 Walden University Minneapolis, MN
196 Michigan State University East Lansing, MI
197 University of Redlands Redlands, CA
198 California State University - Fullerton Fullerton, CA
199 Jacksonville University Jacksonville, FL
200 San Joaquin Valley College-Visalia Visalia, CA
201 Providence College Providence, RI
202 Northern Arizona University Flagstaff, AZ
203 University of Nevada - Reno Reno, NV
204 St. John Fisher College Rochester, NY
205 Belmont University Nashville, TN
206 Mercy College Dobbs Ferry, NY
207 Southern Illinois University Carbondale Carbondale, IL
208 Universidad del Turabo Gurabo, PR
209 Illinois State University Normal, IL
210 University of Alabama at Birmingham Birmingham, AL
211 Furman University Greenville, SC
212 Roseman University of Health Sciences Henderson, NV
213 Boise State University Boise, ID
214 Oakland University Rochester Hills, MI
215 The University of Texas at Dallas Richardson, TX
216 Old Dominion University Norfolk, VA
217 Missouri State University - Springfield Springfield, MO
218 Maryville University of Saint Louis Saint Louis, MO
219 College of Mount Saint Vincent Bronx, NY
220 California State University - East Bay Hayward, CA
221 Elizabethtown College Elizabethtown, PA
222 Simmons University Boston, MA
223 California State University - San Marcos San Marcos, CA
224 San Francisco State University San Francisco, CA
225 Kent State University at Kent Kent, OH
226 University of St Francis Joliet, IL
227 Biola University La Mirada, CA
228 West Coast University - Ontario Ontario, CA
229 Marist College Poughkeepsie, NY
230 Nebraska Methodist College of Nursing & Allied Health Omaha, NE
231 Webster University Saint Louis, MO
232 Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center - New Orleans New Orleans, LA

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Health Professions Majors to Study

Major Annual Graduates
Nursing 165,538
Public Health 19,511
Health & Medical Administrative Services 19,391
Health Sciences & Services 18,866
Communication Sciences 11,434
Allied Health Professions 9,264
Other Health Professions 4,516
Rehabilitation & Therapeutic Professions 4,402
Clinical/Medical Laboratory Science 4,027
Health/Medical Prep Programs 3,519

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