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2023 Best Value Health Sciences & Services Master's Degree Schools in the Southeast Region

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

13 Colleges
$24,289 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$47,673 Avg Salary

Finding the Best Health Sciences & Services Master's Degree School for You

Out of all the majors we analyze each year, health sciences and services was ranked #105 in the country. In fact 1,746 degrees and certificates were handed out in 2020-2021.

Today's students have lots of options to pick from when considering higher education opportunities. You can choose a traditional brick and mortar school, or with the growth of online education, you can attend a school half-way across the country without even leaving your house. Also there are many trade schools that offer short-term programs that open up more career options.

To assist you in seeing some of the education options that are available to you, Grad Degree Search has created its Best Value Health Sciences & Services Master's Degree Schools in the Southeast Region ranking. This report analyzed 13 schools in the Southeast Region to see which ones offered the best value master's degree 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 Master’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region

Check out the health science master's degree programs at these schools if you want to get the best value for your educational dollar.

Top 10 Best Health Sciences & Services Master's Degree Schools

#1

University of the Cumberlands

Williamsburg, KY

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

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at Cumberlands are $4,582 a year.

Read full report on Health Sciences & Services at University of the Cumberlands

#2

Bellarmine University

Louisville, KY

A rank of #2 on this year’s list means Bellarmine University is a great value for health sciences and services students working on their master’s degree. Bellarmine U is a small private not-for-profit school located in the city of Louisville.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at Bellarmine U are $13,652 a year.

Bellarmine U also claimed a spot on our Best Health Sciences & Services Master’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region list. It’s in the top 20% of all schools in this category.

Read full report on Health Sciences & Services at Bellarmine University

#3

Northern Kentucky University

Highland Heights, KY

A rank of #3 on this year’s list means Northern Kentucky University is a great value for health sciences and services students working on their master’s degree. Located in the suburb of Highland Heights, NKU is a public college with a large student population.

NKU graduate students pay an average of $15,594 in tuition and fees each year.

Read full report on Health Sciences & Services at Northern Kentucky University

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend University of Alabama at Birmingham. The school came in at #4 on this year’s Best Value Health Sciences & Services Master’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region list. Located in the midsize city of Birmingham, UAB is a public school with a fairly large student population.

Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at UAB are $19,188 per year.

Read full report on Health Sciences & Services at University of Alabama at Birmingham

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Arkansas at Little Rock. It ranked #5 on our 2023 Best Value Health Sciences & Services Master’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region list. UA Little Rock is a moderately-sized public school located in the medium-sized city of Little Rock.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at UA Little Rock are $14,884 a year.

Read full report on Health Sciences & Services at University of Arkansas at Little Rock

Georgia College & State University landed the #6 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best value master’s degree health sciences and services programs. Located in the town of Milledgeville, Georgia College is a public college with a moderately-sized student population.

Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at Georgia College are $20,862 per year.

Georgia College also claimed a spot on our Best Health Sciences & Services Master’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region list. It’s in the top 20% of all schools in this category.

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#7

West Virginia University

Morgantown, WV

West Virginia University ranked #7 on this year’s Best Value Health Sciences & Services Master’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region list. Located in the city of Morgantown, WVU is a public college with a very large student population.

Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at WVU are $26,676 per year.

Read full report on Health Sciences & Services at West Virginia University

#8

Nova Southeastern University

Fort Lauderdale, FL

Nova Southeastern University ranked #8 on this year’s Best Value Health Sciences & Services Master’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region list. Located in the suburb of Fort Lauderdale, NUS Florida is a private not-for-profit college with a very large student population.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at NUS Florida are $22,790 a year.

Read full report on Health Sciences & Services at Nova Southeastern University

#9

University of North Florida

Jacksonville, FL

University of North Florida ranked #9 on this year’s Best Value Health Sciences & Services Master’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region list. UNF is a fairly large public school located in the city of Jacksonville.

UNF graduate students pay an average of $21,930 in tuition and fees each year.

Full Health Sciences & Services at University of North Florida Report

University of Central Florida landed the #10 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best value master’s degree health sciences and services programs. Located in the suburb of Orlando, UCF is a public school with a fairly large student population.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at UCF are $28,657 a year.

Full Health Sciences & Services at University of Central Florida Report

Best Health Sciences & Services Colleges by State

Explore the best health sciences and services colleges for a specific state in the Southeast region.

State Degrees Awarded
Virginia 40
Florida 233
Georgia 23
Tennessee 122
Kentucky 70
Louisiana 9
Alabama 24
South Carolina 0
Mississippi 0
Arkansas 6
West Virginia 32

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 13 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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