2023 Best Value Health Professions Schools in New York
Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing
Finding the Best Health Professions School for You
In 2020-2021, health professions students earned 17,960 degrees and certificates from a New York school, making the subject the 2nd in the state.
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To assist you in seeing some of the education options that are available to you, Grad Degree Search has created its Best Value Health Professions Schools in New York ranking. Our analysis looked at 77 schools in New York to see which 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.
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.
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2023 Best Value Health Professions Schools in New York
Check out the health professions programs at these schools if you want to get the best value for your educational dollar.
Top 15% Best Health Professions Schools
Our analysis found New York College of Traditional Chinese Medicine to be the best value school for health professions students who want to pursue a degree in New York. Located in the large suburb of Mineola, New York Institute of Chinese Medicine is a private not-for-profit college with a small student population.
The average tuition and fees for an in-state undergraduate at New York Institute of Chinese Medicine are $15,620 a year.
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The excellent programs at SUNY Downstate Health Sciences University helped the school earn the #2 place on this year’s ranking of the best health professions schools in New York. SUNY Downstate is a small public school located in the large city of Brooklyn.
The average tuition and fees for an in-state undergraduate at SUNY Downstate are $7,803 a year.
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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend The Graduate Center, CUNY. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Best Value Health Professions Schools in New York list. The Graduate Center is a moderately-sized public school located in the city of New York.
The average tuition and fees for an in-state undergraduate at The Graduate Center are $7,410 a year.
The Graduate Center did well in our overall quality rankings, too. It placed #3 on our Best Health Professions Schools in New York list.
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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Upstate Medical University. The school came in at #4 on this year’s Best Value Health Professions Schools in New York list. Located in the midsize city of Syracuse, SUNY Upstate Medical University is a public college with a small student population.
In-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at SUNY Upstate Medical University are $8,076 per year.
A rank of #5 on this year’s list means The City College of New York is a great value for health professions students. Located in the city of New York, CCNY is a public college with a fairly large student population.
CCNY undergraduate students pay an average of $7,340 in in-state tuition and fees each year.
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With a ranking of #6, Marist College did quite well on this year’s best value schools for health professions students. Marist is a medium-sized private not-for-profit school located in the large suburb of Poughkeepsie.
In-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at Marist are $41,305 per year.
On top of its placing in our value ranking, Marist also did well on our Best Health Professions Schools in New York list. It’s in the top 15% of all schools reviewed in this analysis.
SUNY New Paltz came in at #7 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Health Professions Schools in New York ranking. Located in the suburb of New Paltz, SUNY New Paltz is a public school with a moderately-sized student population.
SUNY New Paltz undergraduate students pay an average of $8,523 in in-state tuition and fees each year.
New York Chiropractic College did quite well in this year’s ranking of the best value schools for health professions students. It came in at #8 on the list. Located in the distant town of Seneca Falls, New York Chiropractic College is a private not-for-profit school with a fairly small student population.
Hunter College ranked #9 on this year’s Best Value Health Professions Schools in New York list. Hunter is a fairly large public school located in the city of New York.
The average tuition and fees for an in-state undergraduate at Hunter are $7,382 a year.
York College did quite well in this year’s ranking of the best value schools for health professions students. It came in at #9 on the list. Located in the city of Jamaica, York is a public college with a medium-sized student population.
York undergraduate students pay an average of $7,358 in in-state tuition and fees each year.
With a ranking of #11, Baruch College did quite well on this year’s best value schools for health professions students. Located in the city of New York, Baruch is a public college with a large student population.
The average tuition and fees for an in-state undergraduate at Baruch are $7,464 a year.
Honorable Mentions
Here are some additional great value schools for Health Professions graduate students in the state of New York seeking value that almost earned our Best Value Health Professions Schools in New York award.
Rank | College | Location |
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12 | SUNY Polytechnic Institute | Utica, NY |
13 | Stony Brook University | Stony Brook, NY |
14 | John Jay College of Criminal Justice | New York, NY |
15 | Binghamton University | Vestal, NY |
Best Value Health Professions Colleges in the Middle Atlantic Region
Explore all the Best Value Health Professions Schools in the Middle Atlantic Area or other specific states within that region.
State | Degrees Awarded |
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Pennsylvania | 14,303 |
Maryland | 4,839 |
New Jersey | 3,330 |
District of Columbia | 2,717 |
Delaware | 498 |
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Majors Related to Health Professions
Health Professions Majors to Study
Major | Annual Graduates |
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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 25 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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