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2023 Best Value Health Sciences & Services Schools

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

77 Colleges
$25,338 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$35,887 Avg Salary

Finding the Best Health Sciences & Services School for You

In 2020-2021, 1,746 people earned a degree or certificate in health sciences and services, making the major the #105 most popular in the United States.

Today's students have lots of options to pick from when considering higher education opportunities. Along with traditional schools that require in-person attendence, you can attend one of many reputable online schools. Some programs even offer a hybrid experience. Alternatively, you may choose a trade school that prepares you to enter the workforce with knowledge in a specific field.

To help you arm yourself with the information you need to make your decision, Grad Degree Search has developed this Best Value Health Sciences & Services Schools ranking. This report analyzed 77 schools in the United States to see which ones offered the best value programs for health science students. The goal was to highlight schools with more affordable prices than others offering similar quality experiences.

When determining this ranking, we place a high emphasis on the school's quality as well as its sticker price. Even though a college may be affordable, it may not offer value. 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.

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

2023 Best Value Health Sciences & Services Schools in the United States

The colleges and universities below are the best value schools for health science majors pursuing a .

Top 15% Best Health Sciences & Services Schools

#1

University of the Cumberlands

Williamsburg, KY
$9,875 Average Tuition & Fees

Our analysis found University of the Cumberlands to be the best value school for health sciences and services students who want to pursue a degree in the United States. Cumberlands is a large private not-for-profit school located in the remote town of Williamsburg.

Cumberlands undergraduate students pay an average of $9,875 in tuition and fees each year.

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#2

Worcester State University

Worcester, MA
$16,666 Average Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Worcester State University. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Best Value Health Sciences & Services Schools list. Located in the medium-sized city of Worcester, Worcester State is a public college with a medium-sized student population.

Out-of-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at Worcester State are $16,666 per year.

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#3

Grand Canyon University

Phoenix, AZ
$17,189 Average Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Grand Canyon University. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Best Value Health Sciences & Services Schools list. Located in the large city of Phoenix, Grand Canyon University is a private for-profit college with a very large student population.

Out-of-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at Grand Canyon University are $17,189 per year.

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#4

Liberty University

Lynchburg, VA
$16,160 Average Tuition & Fees

The excellent programs at Liberty University helped the school earn the #4 place on this year’s ranking of the best health sciences and services schools in the United States. Located in the city of Lynchburg, Liberty University is a private not-for-profit college with a very large student population.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state undergraduate student at Liberty University are $16,160 a year.

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$40,054 Average Tuition & Fees

The excellent programs at Fairleigh Dickinson University - Florham Campus helped the school earn the #5 place on this year’s ranking of the best health sciences and services schools in the United States. Located in the large suburb of Madison, FDU is a private not-for-profit college with a small student population.

Out-of-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at FDU are $40,054 per year.

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#6

Touro University Worldwide

Los Alamitos, CA

Touro University Worldwide ranked #6 on this year’s Best Value Health Sciences & Services Schools list. TUW is a small private not-for-profit school located in the suburb of Los Alamitos.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state undergraduate student at TUW are $14,640 a year.

On top of its placing in our value ranking, TUW also did well on our Best Health Sciences & Services Schools list. It’s in the top 15% of all schools reviewed in this analysis.

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#7

University of South Dakota

Vermillion, SD

University of South Dakota came in at #7 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Health Sciences & Services Schools ranking. Located in the town of Vermillion, USD is a public school with a moderately-sized student population.

Out-of-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at USD are $12,942 per year.

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A T Still University of Health Sciences came in at #9 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Health Sciences & Services Schools ranking. Located in the remote town of Kirksville, A T Still University of Health Sciences is a private not-for-profit school with a small student population.

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#10

Otterbein University

Westerville, OH

With a ranking of #10, Otterbein University did quite well on this year’s best value schools for health sciences and services students. Otterbein is a small private not-for-profit school located in the large suburb of Westerville.

Out-of-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at Otterbein are $33,674 per year.

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#11

Bellarmine University

Louisville, KY
$44,620 Average Tuition & Fees

Bellarmine University landed the #11 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best value health sciences and services programs. Bellarmine U is a small private not-for-profit school located in the city of Louisville.

Bellarmine U undergraduate students pay an average of $44,620 in tuition and fees each year.

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Honorable Mentions

These are some additional schools worth mentioning that are also great but just didn't quite make the cut to earn our top Best Value Health Sciences & Services Schools award.

Rank College Location
12 Rocky Mountain University of Health Professions Provo, UT
13 Creighton University Omaha, NE
14 College of Saint Mary Omaha, NE
15 Villanova University Villanova, PA

Health Sciences & Services by Region

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Region
Southeast
New England
Rocky Mountains
Plains States
Middle Atlantic
Far Western US
Southwest
Great Lakes

One of 29 majors within the area of study, health sciences and services has other similar majors worth exploring.

Related Major Annual Graduates
Nursing 66,964
Medicine 28,629
Rehabilitation & Therapeutic Professions 24,774
Public Health 19,473
Health & Medical Administrative Services 17,335

Notes and References

*These averages are for the top 25 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).
  • Credit for the banner image above goes to Sandra M. Palumbo.

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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