2025 Best Allied Health Professions Bachelor's Degree Schools in Minnesota

Allied Health Professions is above average in terms of popularity with it being the #57 most popular bachelor's degree program in the country. So, you have a fair amount of options to choose from when looking for a school.

College Factual reviewed 2 schools in Minnesota to determine which ones were the best for bachelor's degree seekers in the field of allied health professions. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 102 bachelor's degrees in allied health professions during the 2022-2023 academic year.

What's on this page: * Our Methodology

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Average Early-Career Salaries

Average early-career salary of those graduating with their bachelor's degree is one indicator we use in our analysis to find the schools that offer the highest-quality education. After all, your bachelor's degree won't mean much if it doesn't help you find a job that will help you earn a living.

Other Factors We Consider

The metrics below are just some of the other metrics that we use to determine our rankings.

• Major Focus - How much a school focuses on allied health professions students vs. other majors.
• Major Demand - The number of allied health professions students who choose to seek a bachelor's degree at the school.
• Educational Resources - How many resources are allocated to students. These resources may include educational expenditures per student, number of students per instructor, and graduation rate among other things.
• Student Debt - How much debt allied health professions students go into to obtain their bachelor's degree and how well they are able to pay back that debt.
• Accreditation - Whether a school is regionally accredited and/or accredited by a recognized allied health professions related body.

Our full ranking methodology documents in more detail how we consider these factors to identify the best schools for allied health professions students working on their bachelor's degree.

More Ways to Rank Allied Health Professions Schools

Since the program you select can have a significant impact on your future, we've developed a number of rankings, including this Best Allied Health Professions Bachelor's Degree Schools in Minnesota list, to help you choose the best school for you.

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Best Schools for Bachelor’s Students to Study Allied Health Professions in Minnesota

The following list ranks the best colleges and universities for pursuing a bachelor's degree in allied health professions.

Top Minnesota Schools for a Bachelor's in Allied Health

1

St Catherine University
Saint Paul, MN

52 Annual Graduates

$72,272 Median Starting Salary

St Catherine University is one of the best schools in the country for getting a bachelor's degree in allied health professions. St. Kate's is a small private not-for-profit university located in the city of Saint Paul.

Bachelor's recipients from the allied health professions program at St Catherine University get $15,135 more than the average college graduate in this field when they enter the workforce.

More information about a bachelor’s in allied health professions from St Catherine University

2

Saint Mary's University of Minnesota
Winona, MN

36 Annual Graduates

Saint Mary's University of Minnesota is one of the best schools in the country for getting a bachelor's degree in allied health professions. SMU MN is a small private not-for-profit university located in the town of Winona.More information about a bachelor’s in allied health professions from Saint Mary’s University of Minnesota

Best Allied Health Professions Colleges in the Plains States Region

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

State	Colleges	Degrees Awarded
Missouri	228	240
Iowa	197	116
Kansas	184	158
Nebraska	180	191
North Dakota	149	95
South Dakota	148	18

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Allied Health Professions Related Rankings by Major

Allied Health Professions is one of 34 different types of Health Professions programs to choose from.

Allied Health Concentrations

Major	Annual Graduates
Diagnostic Medical Sonography/Sonographer and Ultrasound Technician	26
Respiratory Care Therapy	19
Other Allied Health Diagnostic, Intervention, and Treatment Professions	19
Physician Assistant	17
Medical Radiologic Technology/Science - Radiation Therapy	12
Radiologic Technology	7
Nuclear Medical Technology/Technologist	1
Athletic Training	1

Majors Similar to Allied Health

Related Major	Annual Graduates
Nursing	8,551
Health & Medical Administrative Services	582
Health Sciences & Services	251
Public Health	215
Communication Sciences	179
Dental Support Services	133
Mental & Social Health Services	98
Clinical/Medical Laboratory Science	59
Health/Medical Prep Programs	15
Rehabilitation & Therapeutic Professions	15

Notes and References

• The bars on the spread charts above show the distribution of the schools on this list +/- one standard deviation from the mean.
• 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.