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2023 Best Value Health Sciences & Services Associate Degree Schools in the Plains States Region

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

27 Colleges
$9,007 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$32,476 Avg Salary

Finding the Best Health Sciences & Services Associate Degree School for You

With 36,762 degrees and certificates handed out in 2021-2022, health sciences & services is the #8 most popular major in the United States.

It's not easy to decide which trade school program to enroll in when you have so many options available. With more and more schools offering online options, you could even register for a great program on the other side of the country.

Along with in-depth profiles of schools and the programs they offer, Trade College Search has created the Best Value Health Sciences & Services Associate Degree Schools in the Plains States Region to help you in your search for the best school for you. Our analysis looked at 27 schools in the Plains States Region to see which associate degree programs offered the best value experiences for health science 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 Sciences & Services Associate Degree Schools in the Plains States Region

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

Top 10 Best Health Sciences & Services Associate Degree Schools

Our 2023 rankings named Metropolitan Community College the best value school in the Plains States Region for health sciences & services students working on their associate degree. Located in the city of Omaha, MCC is a public school with a fairly large student population.

Out-of-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at MCC are $4,815 per year. While working on their Associate Degree, health science majors at MCC accumulate an average of around $8,221 in student debt.

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A rank of #2 on this year’s list means Anoka-Ramsey Community College is a great value for health sciences & services students working on their associate degree. Located in the suburb of Coon Rapids, Anoka-Ramsey Community College-Coon Rapids Campus is a public college with a medium-sized student population.

Anoka-Ramsey Community College-Coon Rapids Campus undergraduate students pay an average of $5,655 in tuition and fees each year.

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#3

Century College

White Bear Lake, MN

The excellent associate degree programs at Century College helped the school earn the #3 place on this year’s ranking of the best value health sciences & services schools in the Plains States Region . Century College is a medium-sized public school located in the large suburb of White Bear Lake.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state undergraduate student at Century College are $6,105 a year.

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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Northwest Technical College. The school came in at #4 on this year’s Best Value Health Sciences & Services Associate Degree Schools in the Plains States Region list. NTC is a fairly small public school located in the remote town of Bemidji.

NTC undergraduate students pay an average of $6,226 in tuition and fees each year.

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#5

North Hennepin Community College

Brooklyn Park, MN

A rank of #5 on this year’s list means North Hennepin Community College is a great value for health sciences & services students working on their associate degree. Located in the suburb of Brooklyn Park, North Hennepin Community College is a public school with a small student population.

North Hennepin Community College undergraduate students pay an average of $5,050 in tuition and fees each year.

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Rochester Community and Technical College did quite well in this year’s ranking of the best places for health sciences & services students to get a associate degree. It came in at #6 on the list. Located in the midsize city of Rochester, Rochester Community and Technical College is a public college with a small student population.

Out-of-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at Rochester Community and Technical College are $5,670 per year.

Rochester Community and Technical College excels when it comes to quality. It’s ranked in the top 15% of all schools on our Best Health Sciences & Services Associate Degree Trade Schools in the Plains States Region list.

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Northland Community and Technical College ranked #7 on this year’s Best Value Health Sciences & Services Associate Degree Schools in the Plains States Region list. Northland Community and Technical College is a small public school located in the town of Thief River Falls.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state undergraduate student at Northland Community and Technical College are $6,244 a year.

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#8

Saint Paul College

Saint Paul, MN

Saint Paul College landed the #8 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best value associate degree health sciences & services programs. Saint Paul College is a medium-sized public school located in the city of Saint Paul.

Saint Paul College undergraduate students pay an average of $6,318 in tuition and fees each year.

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With a ranking of #9, St Cloud Technical and Community College did quite well on this year’s best value schools for health sciences & services students working on their associate degree. St Cloud Technical and Community College is a small public school located in the small city of Saint Cloud.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state undergraduate student at St Cloud Technical and Community College are $6,075 a year.

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#10

Southeast Technical College

Sioux Falls, SD

Southeast Technical College landed the #10 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best value associate degree health sciences & services programs. Located in the rural area of Sioux Falls, Southeast Tech is a public college with a small student population.

Southeast Tech undergraduate students pay an average of $7,650 in tuition and fees each year. The average amount in student loans that health science majors at Southeast Tech take out while working on their Associate Degree is $15,959.

On top of its placing in our value ranking, Southeast Tech also did well on our Best Health Sciences & Services Associate Degree Trade Schools in the Plains States Region list. It’s in the top 15% of all schools reviewed in this analysis.

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Best Health Sciences & Services Colleges by State

Explore the best health sciences & services schools for a specific state in the Plains States region.

State Degrees Awarded
Kansas 143
Missouri 1,041
Minnesota 370
South Dakota 127
Iowa 54
North Dakota 16
Nebraska 60

One of 11 majors within the trade school area of study, health sciences & services has other similar majors worth exploring.

Health Science Focus Areas

Major Annual Graduates
General Health Services/Allied Health/Health Sciences 30,811
General Health & Wellness 5,951

Majors Similar to Health Science

Related Major Annual Graduates
Health & Medical Administrative Services 88,600
Practical Nursing & Nursing Assistants 85,339
Allied Health Professions 83,905
Allied Health & Medical Assisting Services 83,587
Mental & Social Health Services 30,331

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).
  • Credit for the banner image above goes to Sandra M. Palumbo.

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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