Health/Medical Prep Programs is about average in terms of popularity for master's degrees programs. That is, it ranks #154 out of the 343 majors across the country that we analyze each year. So, you may have to do some digging around to find quality schools that offer the degree program. This list can help with that.
College Factual reviewed 3 schools in the Southeast Region to determine which ones were the best for master's degree seekers in the field of health/medical prep programs. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 124 master's degrees in health/medical prep programs during the 2022-2023 academic year.
Choosing a Great Health/Medical Prep Programs School for Your Master's Degree
The medical prep master's degree program you select can have a big impact on your future. This section explores some of the factors we include in our ranking and how much they vary depending on the school you select. Below we explain some of the most important factors to consider before making your choice:
Overall Quality Is a Must
A school that excels in educating for a particular major and degree level must be a great school overall as well. To make it into this list a school must rank well in our overall Best Colleges for a Master's Degree ranking. This ranking considered factors such as graduation rates, overall graduate earnings and other educational resources to identify great colleges and universities.
Average Early-Career Salaries
Average early-career salary of those graduating with their master's degree is one indicator we use in our analysis to find the schools that offer the highest-quality education. After all, your master'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
In addition to the above, you should consider some of the following factors:
Major Focus - How much a school focuses on health/medical prep programs students vs. other majors.
Major Demand - How many other health/medical prep programs students want to attend this school to pursue a master's degree.
Educational Resources - The amount of money and other resources allocated to students while they are pursuing their degree. These resources include such things as number of students per instructor and education expenditures per student.
Student Debt - How much debt health/medical prep programs students go into to obtain their master'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 health/medical prep programs related body.
Our complete ranking methodology documents in more detail how we consider these factors to identify the best colleges for health/medical prep programs students working on their master's degree.
More Ways to Rank Health/Medical Prep Programs Schools
Since picking the right college can be one of the most important decisions of your life, we've developed the Best Health/Medical Prep Programs Master's Degree Schools in the Southeast Region ranking, along with many other major-related rankings, to help you make that decision.
Best Schools for Master’s Students to Study Health/Medical Prep Programs in the Southeast Region
Below you'll see a list of the best colleges and universities for pursuing a master's degree in health/medical prep programs.
Top Southeast Region Schools for a Master's in Medical Prep
Hampton University is one of the finest schools in the country for getting a master's degree in health/medical prep programs. Located in the large suburb of Hampton, Hampton is a private not-for-profit university with a small student population.
Students who graduate with their master's from the medical prep program report average early career income of $32,707.
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.