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2023 Best Value Health Sciences & Services Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

13 Colleges
$33,914 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$38,032 Avg Salary

Finding the Best Health Sciences & Services 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.

It's not easy to decide which program to enroll in when you have so many options available. 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.

The Best Value Health Sciences & Services Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region ranking is one of many tools that Grad Degree Search has developed to help you make your educational decision. Our analysis looked at 13 schools in the Middle Atlantic Region to see which programs offered the best value experiences for health science students with the aim of identifying those quality schools that are more affordable than some of their counterparts.

Our ranking of value is based on the quality of a program as defined in our per sticker price dollar. 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.

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

2023 Best Value Health Sciences & Services Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region

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

Top 10 Best Health Sciences & Services Schools

$40,054 Average Tuition & Fees

Our 2023 rankings named Fairleigh Dickinson University - Florham Campus the best value school in the Middle Atlantic Region for health sciences and services students. Located in the large suburb of Madison, FDU is a private not-for-profit college with a small student population.

FDU undergraduate students pay an average of $40,054 in tuition and fees each year.

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#2

Villanova University

Villanova, PA

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Villanova University. The school came in at #2 on this year’s Best Value Health Sciences & Services Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region list. Villanova is a large private not-for-profit school located in the large suburb of Villanova.

Villanova undergraduate students pay an average of $59,020 in tuition and fees each year.

On top of its placing in our value ranking, Villanova also did well on our Best Health Sciences & Services Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region list. It’s in the top 10% of all schools reviewed in this analysis.

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$15,726 Average Tuition & Fees

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend California University of Pennsylvania. The school came in at #3 on this year’s Best Value Health Sciences & Services Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region list. Cal U is a medium-sized public school located in the small suburb of California.

Cal U undergraduate students pay an average of $15,726 in tuition and fees each year.

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Out of the 13 schools in the Middle Atlantic Region that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Delaware landed the # 4 spot on the list. UD is a fairly large public school located in the large suburb of Newark.

Out-of-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at UD are $36,880 per year.

UD excels when it comes to quality. It’s ranked in the top 15% of all schools on our Best Health Sciences & Services Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region list.

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#5

Rowan University

Glassboro, NJ
$23,408 Average Tuition & Fees

Out of the 13 schools in the Middle Atlantic Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Rowan University landed the # 5 spot on the list. Located in the suburb of Glassboro, Rowan is a public school with a large student population.

Out-of-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at Rowan are $23,408 per year.

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#6

Towson University

Towson, MD

With a ranking of #6, Towson University did quite well on this year’s best value schools for health sciences and services students. Located in the small city of Towson, Towson is a public college with a fairly large student population.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state undergraduate student at Towson are $25,516 a year.

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#7

Canisius College

Buffalo, NY
$30,910 Average Tuition & Fees

Canisius College came in at #7 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Health Sciences & Services Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region ranking. Canisius is a small private not-for-profit school located in the large city of Buffalo.

Canisius undergraduate students pay an average of $30,910 in tuition and fees each year.

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#8

Drexel University

Philadelphia, PA
$57,136 Average Tuition & Fees

With a ranking of #8, Drexel University did quite well on this year’s best value schools for health sciences and services students. Located in the city of Philadelphia, Drexel is a private not-for-profit college with a very large student population.

Drexel undergraduate students pay an average of $57,136 in tuition and fees each year.

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$41,275 Average Tuition & Fees

University of Maryland - Baltimore did quite well in this year’s ranking of the best value schools for health sciences and services students. It came in at #9 on the list. Located in the city of Baltimore, UMB is a public school with a moderately-sized student population.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state undergraduate student at UMB are $41,275 a year.

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#10

New Jersey City University

Jersey City, NJ
$25,364 Average Tuition & Fees

New Jersey City University landed the #10 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best value health sciences and services programs. NJCU is a moderately-sized public school located in the city of Jersey City.

Out-of-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at NJCU are $25,364 per year.

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Best Health Sciences & Services Colleges by State

Explore the best health sciences and services schools for a specific state in the Middle Atlantic region.

State Degrees Awarded
New York 6
Pennsylvania 13
Maryland 50
New Jersey 76
Delaware 8

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

Majors Similar to Health Science

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.

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