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2022 Best Value Medical Prep Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Far Western US Region For Those Making $0-$30k

5 Ranked Colleges
295 Degrees Awarded
$14,800 Avg Net Price*
Best Value Medical Prep Schools for a Bachelor's in the Far Western US Region For Those Making $0-$30k

When pursuing a degree in today’s world, students have many different options to choose from. One of our goals at College Factual is to give you as much information as we can - such as our “Best Value Medical Prep Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Far Western US Region For Those Making $0-$30k” ranking - to help you make that decision.

Health/Medical Prep Programs is the 91st most popular major in the country with 8,718 degrees awarded in 2019-2020. In 2017-2018, health/medical prep programs graduates who were awarded their degree in 2015-2017, earned an average of $33,843 and had an average of $24,525 in loans still to pay off.

Across the Far Western US region, there were 1,104 health/medical prep programs graduates with average earnings and debt of $48,525 and $21,628 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 295 health/medical prep programs graduates with average earnings and debt of $38,083 and $22,209 respectively.

For this year’s “Best Value Medical Prep Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Far Western US Region For Those Making $0-$30k” ranking, we looked at 5 colleges that offer a degree in health/medical prep programs. The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great health/medical prep programs programs and cost less that schools of similar quality.

To come up with these rankings, we looked at factors such as the cost to attend the school after aid is awarded and overall quality of the health/medical prep programs program at the school. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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Best Value Medical Prep Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Far Western US Region For Those Making $0-$30k

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Medical Prep Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Far Western US Region For Those Making $0-$30k.

Top 5 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Health/Medical Prep Programs (Income $0-$30k) in the Far Western US Region

#1

Western Washington University

Bellingham, Washington

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Western Washington University. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Medical Prep Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Far Western US Region For Those Making $0-$30k list. Located in Bellingham, Washington, this fairly large public school handed out 64 degrees to qualified bachelors’s medical prep students in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at WWU, the school also landed the #1 spot in our “Best Health/Medical Prep Programs Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Far Western US Region” ranking. The yearly cost to attend WWU is $9,743 for far western us region bachelor’s degree medical prep students whose families make $0-$30k.

The student loan default rate at the school is 2.7%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.

Read more about Health/Medical Prep Programs at WWU

#2

Central Washington University

Ellensburg, Washington
#3 in overall quality

Out of the 5 schools in the Best Value Medical Prep Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Far Western US Region For Those Making $0-$30k that were part of this year’s ranking, Central Washington University landed the #2 spot on the list. Located in Ellensburg, Washington, this fairly large public school awarded 51 degrees to qualified bachelors’s medical prep students in 2019-2020.

CWU also took the #3 spot in our “Best Health/Medical Prep Programs Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Far Western US Region” ranking. The yearly cost to attend CWU is $9,875 for Far Western US Region Bachelor’s Degree Medical Prep students whose families make $0-$30k.

Full Central Washington University Health/Medical Prep Programs Report

#3

Oregon State University

Corvallis, Oregon

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Oregon State University. It ranked #3 on our 2022 Best Value Medical Prep Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Far Western US Region For Those Making $0-$30k list. Located in Corvallis, Oregon, this large public school awarded 146 diplomas to qualified bachelors’s medical prep students in 2019-2020.

Oregon State did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #2 on our “Best Health/Medical Prep Programs Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Far Western US Region” list. It costs about $14,157 for far western us region bachelor’s degree medical prep students whose families make $0-$30k per year to attend Oregon State University.

The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 85%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. The student loan default rate at the school is 3.4%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.

Read more about Health/Medical Prep Programs at Oregon State

#4

Seattle Pacific University

Seattle, Washington

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Seattle Pacific University. The school came in at #4 for the Best Value Medical Prep Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Far Western US Region For Those Making $0-$30k. Located in Seattle, Washington, this small private not-for-profit school awarded 9 degrees to qualified bachelors’s medical prep students in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our far western us region bachelor’s degree medical prep students whose families make $0-$30k list, SPU has also earned the #5 rank in our “Best Health/Medical Prep Programs Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Far Western US Region” ranking. It costs about $19,900 for Far Western US Region Bachelor’s Degree Medical Prep students whose families make $0-$30k per year to attend SPU.

The student loan default rate at the school is 2.0%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.

Read full report on Health/Medical Prep Programs at SPU

#5

California Baptist University

Riverside, California
#6 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend California Baptist University. The school came in at #5 for the Best Value Medical Prep Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Far Western US Region For Those Making $0-$30k. Located in Riverside, California, this fairly large private not-for-profit school awarded 8 diplomas to qualified bachelors’s medical prep students in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at Cal Baptist, the school also landed the #6 spot in our “Best Health/Medical Prep Programs Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Far Western US Region” ranking. The yearly cost to attend Cal Baptist is $20,277 for Far Western US Region Bachelor’s Degree Medical Prep students whose families make $0-$30k.

The school has an impressive student loan default rate. It’s only 4.6%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.

Full California Baptist University Health/Medical Prep Programs Report

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Notes and References

References

  • 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 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).
  • Information about the national average student loan default rate is from the U.S. Department of Education and refers to data about the 2016 borrower cohort tracking period for which the cohort default rate (CDR) was 10.1%.

Read more about our data sources and methodologies

Footnotes

  • *Average salary, average net price, and average tuition and fees are for the top schools only.
  • Some schools otherwise deserving of recognition may have been removed from this ranking in the event that new data identified post-publication warranted it, or at the request of the school.

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