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2023 Best Value Health Professions Schools in Minnesota

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

17 Colleges
$20,388 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$53,008 Avg Salary

Finding the Best Health Professions School for You

Health Professions is the most popular major in Minnesota with 12,836 degrees and certificates handed out in 2020-2021.

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

Along with in-depth profiles of schools and the programs they offer, Grad Degree Search has created the Best Value Health Professions Schools in Minnesota to help you in your search for the best school for you. Our analysis looked at 17 schools in Minnesota 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.

2023 Best Value Health Professions Schools in Minnesota

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

Top 10 Best Health Professions Schools

$13,558 Average Tuition & Fees

Our analysis found Rasmussen University - Minnesota to be the best value school for health professions students who want to pursue a degree in Minnesota. Located in the small city of St. Cloud, Rasmussen University - Minnesota is a private for-profit school with a small student population.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state undergraduate at Rasmussen University - Minnesota are $13,558 a year.

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$10,184 Average Tuition & Fees

The excellent programs at Winona State University helped the school earn the #2 place on this year’s ranking of the best health professions schools in Minnesota. Winona State is a medium-sized public school located in the town of Winona.

Winona State undergraduate students pay an average of $10,184 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

In addition to its best value ranking, and one of the reasons why the school is on the list, Winona State is ranked #2 for overall quality for health professions in Minnesota.

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$9,146 Average Tuition & Fees

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Minnesota State University - Mankato. The school came in at #3 on this year’s Best Value Health Professions Schools in Minnesota list. Minnesota State Mankato is a large public school located in the small city of Mankato.

Minnesota State Mankato undergraduate students pay an average of $9,146 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

Minnesota State Mankato not only placed well in our value ranking, but it is also #3 on our Best Health Professions Schools in Minnesota list.

Full Health Professions at Minnesota State University - Mankato Report

#4

Bethel University Minnesota

Saint Paul, MN
$40,080 Average Tuition & Fees

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Bethel University Minnesota. The school came in at #4 on this year’s Best Value Health Professions Schools in Minnesota list. Located in the suburb of Saint Paul, Bethel University Minnesota is a private not-for-profit college with a small student population.

In-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at Bethel University Minnesota are $40,080 per year.

Bethel University Minnesota also took the #4 spot in our Best Health Professions Schools in Minnesota rankings.

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#5

Saint Cloud State University

Saint Cloud, MN
$9,170 Average Tuition & Fees

A rank of #5 on this year’s list means Saint Cloud State University is a great value for health professions students. St. Cloud State University is a fairly large public school located in the small city of Saint Cloud.

In-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at St. Cloud State University are $9,170 per year.

Full Health Professions at Saint Cloud State University Report

$39,410 Average Tuition & Fees

With a ranking of #6, Saint Mary’s University of Minnesota did quite well on this year’s best value schools for health professions students. Located in the distant town of Winona, SMU MN is a private not-for-profit college with a small student population.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state undergraduate at SMU MN are $39,410 a year.

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#8

Augsburg University

Minneapolis, MN
$41,007 Average Tuition & Fees

Augsburg University landed the #8 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best value health professions programs. Located in the city of Minneapolis, Augsburg is a private not-for-profit college with a small student population.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state undergraduate at Augsburg are $41,007 a year.

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$23,900 Average Tuition & Fees

Concordia University, Saint Paul 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 large city of Saint Paul, Concordia University, Saint Paul is a private not-for-profit college with a medium-sized student population.

Concordia University, Saint Paul undergraduate students pay an average of $23,900 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

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$11,972 Average Tuition & Fees

Mayo Clinic School of Medicine did quite well in this year’s ranking of the best value schools for health professions students. It came in at #10 on the list. Located in the medium-sized city of Rochester, Mayo Clinic School of Medicine is a private not-for-profit school with a small student population.

In-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at Mayo Clinic School of Medicine are $11,972 per year.

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Best Value Health Professions Colleges in the Plains States Region

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

State Degrees Awarded
Kansas 1,489
Missouri 7,577
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 17 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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