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2023 Most Popular Online Health Sciences & Services Basic Certificate Trade Schools in the Plains States Region

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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.

To assist you in seeing some of the education options that are available to you, Trade College Search has created its Most Popular Online Health Sciences & Services Basic Certificate Trade Schools in the Plains States Region ranking. Our analysis looked at 4 schools in the Plains States Region to see which online basic certificate programs were the most popular for trade school students. To create this ranking we looked at how many students graduated from schools with online programs.

Check out the online health science basic certificate programs at these schools if you want to attend one of the most popular in the Plains States Region .

Our 2023 rankings named State Fair Community College the most popular online school in the Plains States Region for health sciences & services students working on their basic certificate. Located in the town of Sedalia, State Fair Community College is a public college with a small student population.

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Out of the 4 online programs at schools in the Plains States Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Rasmussen University - Kansas landed the # 2 spot on the list. Located in the rural area of Topeka, Rasmussen University - Kansas is a private for-profit college with a small student population.

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A rank of #2 on this year’s list means Rasmussen University - North Dakota is a great place for health sciences & services students working on their online basic certificate. Rasmussen University - North Dakota is a fairly small private for-profit school located in the midsize city of Fargo.

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#2

Kansas State University

Manhattan, KS

Out of the 4 online programs at schools in the Plains States Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Kansas State University landed the # 2 spot on the list. K -State is a large public school located in the small city of Manhattan.

Women make up 88% of the health science majors at the school.

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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 4 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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