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2023 Best Value Health/Medical Admin Services Graduate Certificate Schools in the Plains States Region

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

14 Colleges
$18,054 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$80,613 Avg Salary

Finding the Best Health & Medical Administrative Services Graduate Certificate School for You

Health & Medical Administrative Services is the #18 most popular major in the country with 17,335 degrees and certificates awarded in 2020-2021.

There are so many programs in today's world that it can tough to figure out which one is the right one for you. With more and more schools offering online options, you could even register for a great program on the other side of the country. On top of that, there are a considerable number of trade schools that offer fast-track entry to many fields.

To assist you in seeing some of the education options that are available to you, Grad Degree Search has created its Best Value Health/Medical Admin Services Graduate Certificate Schools in the Plains States Region ranking. This report analyzed 14 schools in the Plains States Region to see which ones offered the best value graduate certificate programs for health and medical administrative services students. The goal was to highlight schools with more affordable prices than others offering similar quality experiences.

This ranking is not just a list of inexpensive schools. We also consider each school's quality, since we believe a low-quality school may not be a 'bargain' at any price. Specifically, our score for quality is discounted by the published tuition and fees charged by the given college. This gives the cost per unit of quality for each college. The more quality your dollar buys, the better the value.

For nationwide and regional rankings, we use out-of-state tuition and fees in our calculations. For statewide rankings, we use average in-state tuition and fees.

2023 Best Value Health & Medical Administrative Services Graduate Certificate Schools in the Plains States Region

The colleges and universities below are the best value schools for health and medical administrative services majors pursuing a graduate certificate.

Top 10 Best Health & Medical Administrative Services Graduate Certificate Schools

#1

Stephens College

Columbia, MO

Our 2023 rankings named Stephens College the best value school in the Plains States Region for health and medical administrative services students working on their graduate certificate. Stephens is a small private not-for-profit school located in the midsize city of Columbia.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at Stephens are $9,230 a year.

Stephens did well in our overall quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our Best Health/Medical Admin Services Graduate Certificate Schools in the Plains States Region list.

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#2

Clarkson College

Omaha, NE

A rank of #2 on this year’s list means Clarkson College is a great value for health and medical administrative services students working on their graduate certificate. Clarkson College is a small private not-for-profit school located in the large city of Omaha.

Clarkson College graduate students pay an average of $12,294 in tuition and fees each year.

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#3

Park University

Parkville, MO

The excellent graduate certificate programs at Park University helped the school earn the #3 place on this year’s ranking of the best value health and medical administrative services schools in the Plains States Region . Park University is a medium-sized private not-for-profit school located in the suburb of Parkville.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at Park University are $6,435 a year.

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Out of the 14 schools in the Plains States Region that were part of this year’s ranking, The College of Saint Scholastica landed the # 4 spot on the list. Located in the small city of Duluth, St. Scholastica is a private not-for-profit college with a small student population.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at St. Scholastica are $15,502 a year.

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Out of the 14 schools in the Plains States Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Missouri State University - Springfield landed the # 5 spot on the list. Missouri State is a very large public school located in the midsize city of Springfield.

Missouri State graduate students pay an average of $12,618 in tuition and fees each year.

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#6

University of South Dakota

Vermillion, SD

University of South Dakota came in at #6 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Health/Medical Admin Services Graduate Certificate Schools in the Plains States Region ranking. Located in the distant town of Vermillion, USD is a public college with a medium-sized student population.

Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at USD are $12,768 per year.

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#7

Saint Cloud State University

Saint Cloud, MN

Saint Cloud State University came in at #7 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Health/Medical Admin Services Graduate Certificate Schools in the Plains States Region ranking. St. Cloud State University is a large public school located in the small city of Saint Cloud.

Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at St. Cloud State University are $13,412 per year.

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#8

Creighton University

Omaha, NE

Creighton University ranked #8 on this year’s Best Value Health/Medical Admin Services Graduate Certificate Schools in the Plains States Region list. Creighton is a medium-sized private not-for-profit school located in the large city of Omaha.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at Creighton are $19,096 a year.

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Southeast Missouri State University landed the #9 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best value graduate certificate health and medical administrative services programs. Southeast Missouri State University is a medium-sized public school located in the small city of Cape Girardeau.

Southeast Missouri State University graduate students pay an average of $11,593 in tuition and fees each year.

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#10

Capella University

Minneapolis, MN

Capella University ranked #10 on this year’s Best Value Health/Medical Admin Services Graduate Certificate Schools in the Plains States Region list. Located in the large city of Minneapolis, Capella University is a private for-profit school with a very large student population.

Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at Capella University are $14,784 per year.

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Best Health & Medical Administrative Services Colleges by State

Explore the best health and medical administrative services colleges for a specific state in the Plains States region.

State Degrees Awarded
Missouri 440
Minnesota 1,130
Iowa 54
Kansas 114
Nebraska 85
North Dakota 1
South Dakota 2

Health & Medical Administrative Services is one of 29 different types of programs to choose from.

Related Major Annual Graduates
Nursing 66,964
Medicine 28,629
Rehabilitation & Therapeutic Professions 24,774
Public Health 19,473
Pharmacy/Pharmaceutical Sciences 16,952

Notes and References

*These averages are for the top 14 schools only.

  • 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).

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