2023 Best Value Medical Science Schools in the Plains States Region
Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing
Finding the Best Medical Science School for You
Medical Science is the #147 most popular major in the country with 909 degrees and certificates awarded in 2020-2021.
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The Best Value Medical Science Schools in the Plains States Region ranking is one of many tools that Grad Degree Search has developed to help you make your educational decision. Our analysis looked at 8 schools in the Plains States Region to see which programs offered the best value experiences for medical science students with the aim of identifying those quality schools that are more affordable than some of their counterparts.
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.
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2023 Best Value Medical Science Schools in the Plains States Region
The following schools top our list of the Best Value Medical Science Colleges.
Best Plains States Region Schools for Affordable Quality in Medical Science
Our analysis found Mayo Clinic School of Medicine to be the best value school for medical science students who want to pursue a degree in the Plains States Region . Located in the city of Rochester, Mayo Clinic School of Medicine is a private not-for-profit college with a small student population.
The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state undergraduate student at Mayo Clinic School of Medicine are $11,972 a year.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Saint Cloud State University. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Best Value Medical Science Schools in the Plains States Region list. St. Cloud State University is a large public school located in the city of Saint Cloud.
The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state undergraduate student at St. Cloud State University are $18,010 a year.
Out of the 8 schools in the Plains States Region that were part of this year’s ranking, University of South Dakota landed the # 3 spot on the list. Located in the town of Vermillion, USD is a public school with a medium-sized student population.
Out-of-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at USD are $12,942 per year.
A rank of #4 on this year’s list means University of North Dakota is a great value for medical science students. UND is a large public school located in the city of Grand Forks.
Out-of-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at UND are $15,037 per year.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend University of Minnesota - Twin Cities. The school came in at #5 on this year’s Best Value Medical Science Schools in the Plains States Region list. Located in the large city of Minneapolis, UMN Twin Cities is a public college with a very large student population.
Out-of-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at UMN Twin Cities are $33,818 per year.
UMN Twin Cities excels when it comes to quality. It’s ranked in the top 20% of all schools on our Best Medical Science Schools in the Plains States Region list.
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With a ranking of #6, University of Missouri - Columbia did quite well on this year’s best value schools for medical science students. Mizzou is a fairly large public school located in the midsize city of Columbia.
Out-of-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at Mizzou are $30,450 per year.
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University of Iowa did quite well in this year’s ranking of the best value schools for medical science students. It came in at #7 on the list. Located in the city of Iowa City, Iowa is a public school with a very large student population.
Iowa undergraduate students pay an average of $31,905 in tuition and fees each year.
On top of its placing in our value ranking, Iowa also did well on our Best Medical Science Schools in the Plains States Region list. It’s in the top 10% of all schools reviewed in this analysis.
Washington University in St Louis ranked #8 on this year’s Best Value Medical Science Schools in the Plains States Region list. Located in the large suburb of Saint Louis, WUSTL is a private not-for-profit school with a fairly large student population.
WUSTL undergraduate students pay an average of $58,866 in tuition and fees each year.
In addition to its best value ranking, and one of the reasons why the school is on the list, WUSTL is ranked #4 for overall quality for medical science in the Plains States Region .
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Best Medical Science Colleges by State
Explore the best medical science colleges for a specific state in the Plains States region.
| State | Degrees Awarded |
|---|---|
| Missouri | 27 |
| Minnesota | 41 |
| Iowa | 2 |
| Nebraska | 0 |
| North Dakota | 1 |
| South Dakota | 2 |
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Medical Science Related Majors for Medical Science
One of 29 majors within the area of study, medical science has other similar majors worth exploring.
Most Popular Related Majors
| 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 8 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).
More about our data sources and methodologies.
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