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2023 Most Popular Health Professions Schools in Minnesota

24 Colleges
$53,008 Avg Salary
$27,991 Avg Student Debt

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.

The Most Popular Health Professions Schools in Minnesota ranking is one of many tools that Grad Degree Search has developed to help you make your educational decision. This report analyzed 24 schools in Minnesota to see which ones were the most popular programs for students. To create this ranking we looked at how many students graduated from the Health Professions program at each school on the list.

The following schools top our list of the Most Popular Health Professions Colleges.

#2

Capella University

Minneapolis, MN

A rank of #2 on this year’s list means Capella University is a great place for health professions students. Located in the city of Minneapolis, Capella University is a private for-profit college with a very large student population.

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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 #3 on this year’s Most Popular Health Professions Schools in Minnesota list. Located in the city of Minneapolis, UMN Twin Cities is a public college with a very large student population.

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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend The College of Saint Scholastica. The school came in at #4 on this year’s Most Popular Health Professions Schools in Minnesota list. Located in the city of Duluth, St. Scholastica is a private not-for-profit school with a small student population.

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#5

St Catherine University

Saint Paul, MN

The excellent programs at St Catherine University helped the school earn the #5 place on this year’s ranking of the best health professions schools in Minnesota. St. Kate's is a small private not-for-profit school located in the city of Saint Paul.

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With a ranking of #6, Mayo Clinic School of Medicine did quite well on this year’s most popular schools for health professions students. 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.

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Northwestern Health Sciences University came in at #7 in this year’s edition of the Most Popular Health Professions Schools in Minnesota ranking. Located in the small city of Bloomington, NWHSU is a private not-for-profit school with a small student population.

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Saint Mary’s University of Minnesota came in at #8 in this year’s edition of the Most Popular Health Professions Schools in Minnesota ranking. Located in the distant town of Winona, SMU MN is a private not-for-profit school with a small student population.

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Minnesota State University - Mankato landed the #9 spot in the 2023 rankings for the most popular health professions programs. Minnesota State Mankato is a fairly large public school located in the city of Mankato.

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#10

Winona State University

Winona, MN

Winona State University did quite well in this year’s ranking of the most popular schools for health professions students. It came in at #10 on the list. Winona State is a moderately-sized public school located in the distant town of Winona.

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Best Health Professions Colleges in the Plains States Region

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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 24 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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