Insufficient Data for United States
Sadly , we did not have adequate data to produce a ranking of the best value schools for health professions in the United States. This is typically due to there not being enough schools in the United States that both offer health professions and provided enough information for us to do a sufficient analysis.
Health Professions Majors to Study
| Major |
Annual Graduates |
| Nursing |
319,502 |
| Health & Medical Administrative Services |
88,600 |
| Practical Nursing & Nursing Assistants |
85,339 |
| Allied Health Professions |
83,905 |
| Allied Health & Medical Assisting Services |
83,587 |
| Public Health |
41,651 |
| Health Sciences & Services |
36,762 |
| Rehabilitation & Therapeutic Professions |
30,594 |
| Mental & Social Health Services |
30,331 |
| Medicine |
29,089 |
| Dental Support Services |
26,024 |
| Communication Sciences |
23,558 |
| Pharmacy/Pharmaceutical Sciences |
19,400 |
| Clinical/Medical Laboratory Science |
18,884 |
| Somatic Bodywork & Therapeutic Services |
10,622 |
| Health/Medical Prep Programs |
9,605 |
| Other Health Professions |
7,676 |
| Dentistry |
6,771 |
| Dietetics & Clinical Nutrition Services |
6,113 |
| Bioethics/Medical Ethics |
4,980 |
| Alternative Medicine & Systems |
3,434 |
| Chiropractic |
2,881 |
| Medical Illustration & Informatics |
2,163 |
| Health Aids/Attendants/Orderlies |
1,818 |
| Advanced Dentistry & Oral Sciences |
1,796 |
| Optometry |
1,746 |
| Medical Science |
1,051 |
| Ophthalmic & Optometric Support Services |
817 |
| Movement & Mind-Body Therapies |
452 |
| Alternative Medical Support Services |
140 |
| Energy & Biologically Based Therapies |
89 |
Notes and References
- 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.
More about our data sources and methodologies.