2022 Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for General Health Services/Allied Health/Health Sciences (Income $0-$30k) in the Plains States Region

When it comes to choosing a college, students have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. Our mission at College Factual is to arm you with as much information as we can to help you make that decision. Our “Best Value Health Studies Schools for a Doctorate in the Plains States Region For Those Making $0-$30k” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.

General Health Services/Allied Health/Health Sciences is the 43rd most popular major in the country with 26,642 degrees awarded in 2019-2020.

Across the Plains States region, there were 1,565 general health services/allied health/health sciences graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the doctor’s degree level specifically, there were 122 general health services/allied health/health sciences graduates with average earnings and debt of $72,701 and $106,703 respectively.

The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great general health services/allied health/health sciences programs and cost less that schools of similar quality.

When determining these rankings, we looked at things such as overall quality of the general health services/allied health/health sciences program at the school and the cost to attend the school once aid has been awarded. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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Best Value Health Studies Schools for a Doctorate in the Plains States Region For Those Making $0-$30k

The colleges and universities below are the best for plains states region doctor’s degree health studies students whose families make $0-$30k.

Top 1 Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for General Health Services/Allied Health/Health Sciences (Income $0-$30k) in the Plains States Region

#1

University of South Dakota

Vermillion, South Dakota

#3 in overall quality

$12,637 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of South Dakota. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Health Studies Schools for a Doctorate in the Plains States Region For Those Making $0-$30k list. USD is located in Vermillion, South Dakota and, has a medium-sized student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 2 doctorate’s health studies degrees to qualified students.

USD also took the #3 spot in our “Best General Health Services/Allied Health/Health Sciences Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at USD are $12,637, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Read more about General Health Services/Allied Health/Health Sciences at USD

• Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for General Health Services/Allied Health/Health Sciences (Income $0-$30k)

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.

Credits

• Credit for the banner image above goes to Sandra M. Palumbo.

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