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Most Popular Health Sciences & Services Trade Schools in the Plains States Region

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

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Finding the Best Health Sciences & Services 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.

The Most Popular Health Sciences & Services Trade Schools in the Plains States Region ranking is one of many tools that Trade College Search has developed to help you make your educational decision. Our analysis looked at 88 schools in the Plains States Region to see which programs were the most popular for trade school students. To create this ranking we looked at how many students graduated from the Health Sciences & Services program at each school on the list.

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

Our 2023 rankings named University of Missouri - Columbia the most popular school in the Plains States Region for health sciences & services students. Mizzou is a very large public school located in the midsize city of Columbia.

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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Minnesota - Rochester. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Most Popular Health Sciences & Services Trade Schools in the Plains States Region list. Located in the medium-sized city of Rochester, UMN Rochester is a public school with a small student population.

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#3

University of South Dakota

Vermillion, SD

A rank of #3 on this year’s list means University of South Dakota is a great place for health sciences & services students. Located in the distant town of Vermillion, USD is a public college with a moderately-sized student population.

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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Metropolitan Community College - Kansas City. The school came in at #4 on this year’s Most Popular Health Sciences & Services Trade Schools in the Plains States Region list. MCC is a fairly large public school located in the large city of Kansas City.

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#5

Rockhurst University

Kansas City, MO

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Rockhurst University. It ranked #5 on our 2023 Most Popular Health Sciences & Services Trade Schools in the Plains States Region list. Located in the large city of Kansas City, Rockhurst is a private not-for-profit school with a small student population.

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University of Missouri - Kansas City did quite well in this year’s ranking of the most popular schools for health sciences & services students. It came in at #6 on the list. Located in the city of Kansas City, UMKC is a public college with a fairly large student population.

Full Health Sciences & Services at University of Missouri - Kansas City Report

With a ranking of #7, Rasmussen University - Minnesota did quite well on this year’s most popular schools for health sciences & services students. Located in the city of St. Cloud, Rasmussen University - Minnesota is a private for-profit school with a small student population.

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#8

Saint Louis University

Saint Louis, MO

Saint Louis University came in at #8 in this year’s edition of the Most Popular Health Sciences & Services Trade Schools in the Plains States Region ranking. Located in the city of Saint Louis, SLU is a private not-for-profit college with a large student population.

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Wichita State University came in at #9 in this year’s edition of the Most Popular Health Sciences & Services Trade Schools in the Plains States Region ranking. Located in the city of Wichita, WSU is a public school with a fairly large student population.

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#10

Butler Community College

El Dorado, KS

Butler Community College did quite well in this year’s ranking of the most popular schools for health sciences & services students. It came in at #10 on the list. Butler CC is a medium-sized public school located in the distant town of El Dorado.

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Northwest Missouri State University landed the #11 spot in the 2023 rankings for the most popular health sciences & services programs. Northwest is a medium-sized public school located in the town of Maryville.

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With a ranking of #12, Maryville University of Saint Louis did quite well on this year’s most popular schools for health sciences & services students. Located in the suburb of Saint Louis, Maryville U is a private not-for-profit college with a medium-sized student population.

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Honorable Mentions

These are some additional schools worth mentioning that are also popular but just didn't quite make the cut to earn our top Most Popular Health Sciences & Services Trade Schools in the Plains States Region award.

Rank College Location
14 University of Central Missouri Warrensburg, MO
14 Missouri State University - Springfield Springfield, MO
16 Drake University Des Moines, IA
17 Bryan University Springfield, MO

Best Health Sciences & Services Colleges by State

Explore the best health sciences & services colleges 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 29 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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