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2023 Best Value Health Professions Graduate Certificate Schools in Missouri

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

14 Colleges
$18,202 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$89,269 Avg Salary

Finding the Best Health Professions Graduate Certificate School for You

Health Professions is the most popular major in Missouri with 7,577 degrees and certificates handed out in 2020-2021.

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.

The Best Value Health Professions Graduate Certificate Schools in Missouri ranking is one of many tools that Grad Degree Search has developed to help you make your educational decision. Our analysis looked at 14 schools in Missouri to see which graduate certificate programs offered the best value experiences for health professions 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.

2023 Best Value Health Professions Graduate Certificate Schools in Missouri

The following schools top our list of the Best Value Health Professions Graduate Certificate Colleges.

Top 10 Best Health Professions Graduate Certificate Schools

#1

Stephens College

Columbia, MO

Our analysis found Stephens College to be the best value school for health professions students who want to pursue a graduate certificate in Missouri. Stephens is a fairly small private not-for-profit school located in the midsize city of Columbia.

Stephens graduate students pay an average of $9,230 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Missouri State University - Springfield. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Best Value Health Professions Graduate Certificate Schools in Missouri list. Missouri State is a fairly large public school located in the medium-sized city of Springfield.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state graduate student at Missouri State are $6,858 a year.

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Out of the 14 schools in Missouri that were part of this year’s ranking, Southeast Missouri State University landed the # 3 spot on the list. Southeast Missouri State University is a moderately-sized public school located in the city of Cape Girardeau.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state graduate student at Southeast Missouri State University are $6,611 a year.

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The excellent graduate certificate programs at University of Missouri - Columbia helped the school earn the #4 place on this year’s ranking of the best value health professions schools in Missouri. Mizzou is a very large public school located in the midsize city of Columbia.

In-state tuition fees for graduate students at Mizzou are $11,255 per year.

Mizzou also made our Best Health Professions Graduate Certificate Schools in Missouri list, coming in at #2.

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#5

Park University

Parkville, MO

The excellent graduate certificate programs at Park University helped the school earn the #5 place on this year’s ranking of the best value health professions schools in Missouri. Park University is a medium-sized private not-for-profit school located in the large suburb of Parkville.

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

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#6

Cox College

Springfield, MO

Cox College did quite well in this year’s ranking of the best places for health professions students to get a graduate certificate. It came in at #6 on the list. Cox College is a fairly small private not-for-profit school located in the city of Springfield.

Cox College graduate students pay an average of $12,610 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

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University of Missouri - Kansas City landed the #7 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best value graduate certificate health professions programs. Located in the city of Kansas City, UMKC is a public college with a large student population.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state graduate student at UMKC are $11,745 a year.

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Maryville University of Saint Louis came in at #8 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Health Professions Graduate Certificate Schools in Missouri ranking. Maryville U is a large private not-for-profit school located in the large suburb of Saint Louis.

Maryville U graduate students pay an average of $15,696 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

Maryville U also made our Best Health Professions Graduate Certificate Schools in Missouri list, coming in at #1.

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With a ranking of #9, Goldfarb School of Nursing at Barnes-Jewish College did quite well on this year’s best value schools for health professions students working on their graduate certificate. Goldfarb School of Nursing is a small private not-for-profit school located in the city of Saint Louis.

Goldfarb School of Nursing graduate students pay an average of $10,872 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

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#10

Research College of Nursing

Kansas City, MO

Research College of Nursing ranked #10 on this year’s Best Value Health Professions Graduate Certificate Schools in Missouri list. Research College of Nursing is a fairly small private for-profit school located in the large city of Kansas City.

In-state tuition fees for graduate students at Research College of Nursing are $10,520 per year.

Full Health Professions at Research College of Nursing Report

Best Value Health Professions Colleges in the Plains States Region

Explore all the Best Value Health Professions Colleges in the Plains States Area or other specific states within that region.

State Degrees Awarded
Kansas 1,489
Minnesota 12,836
Iowa 2,948
North Dakota 647
Nebraska 1,943
South Dakota 515

Health Professions Majors to Study

Major Annual Graduates
Nursing 66,964
Medicine 28,629
Rehabilitation & Therapeutic Professions 24,774
Public Health 19,473
Health & Medical Administrative Services 17,335
Pharmacy/Pharmaceutical Sciences 16,952
Mental & Social Health Services 16,815
Allied Health Professions 12,950
Communication Sciences 10,547
Dentistry 6,770
Bioethics/Medical Ethics 4,684
Chiropractic 2,658
Alternative Medicine & Systems 2,582
Dietetics & Clinical Nutrition Services 2,481
Optometry 1,822
Advanced Dentistry & Oral Sciences 1,762
Medical Illustration & Informatics 1,747
Health Sciences & Services 1,746
Other Health Professions 1,261
Health/Medical Prep Programs 1,122
Clinical/Medical Laboratory Science 954
Medical Science 909
Allied Health & Medical Assisting Services 462
Dental Support Services 122
Alternative Medical Support Services 80
Movement & Mind-Body Therapies 55
Energy & Biologically Based Therapies 37
Ophthalmic & Optometric Support Services 11
Practical Nursing & Nursing Assistants 4

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).

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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