2022 Best Value Health Studies Schools for an Associate in Missouri For Those Making $30-$48k

Students have lots of options to chooose from today when trying to decide which college to attend. One of our goals at College Factual is to give you as much information as we can - such as our “Best Value Health Studies Schools for an Associate in Missouri For Those Making $30-$48k” ranking - to help you make that decision.

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 Missouri, there were 918 general health services/allied health/health sciences graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the associate degree level specifically, there were 97 general health services/allied health/health sciences graduates with average earnings and debt of $30,631 and $21,057 respectively.

For this year’s “Best Value Health Studies Schools for an Associate in Missouri For Those Making $30-$48k” ranking, we looked at 2 colleges that offer a degree in general health services/allied health/health sciences. This ranking identifies schools with high-quality general health services/allied health/health sciences programs that also have a lower cost than 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. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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Best Value Health Studies Schools for an Associate in Missouri For Those Making $30-$48k

The colleges and universities below are the best for missouri associate degree health studies students whose families make $30-$48k.

Top 2 Best Value Associate Degree Colleges for General Health Services/Allied Health/Health Sciences (Income $30-$48k) in Missouri

#1

Metropolitan Community College - Kansas City

Kansas City, Missouri

#3 in overall quality

$6,519 Average Net Price

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Metropolitan Community College - Kansas City. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Health Studies Schools for an Associate in Missouri For Those Making $30-$48k list. This fairly large school is located in Kansas City, Missouri, and it awarded 67 associates’s health studies degrees in 2019-2020.

MCC not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #3 on our “Best General Health Services/Allied Health/Health Sciences Associate Degree Schools in Missouri” list. The yearly cost to attend MCC is $6,519 for Missouri Associate Degree Health Studies students whose families make $30-$48k.

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#2

Rockhurst University

Kansas City, Missouri

#1 in overall quality

$15,261 Average Net Price

Out of the 2 schools in the Best Value Health Studies Schools for an Associate in Missouri For Those Making $30-$48k that were part of this year’s ranking, Rockhurst University landed the #2 spot on the list. Kansas City, Missouri is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out associates’s health studies degrees to 27 students in 2019-2020.

Rockhurst not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #1 on our “Best General Health Services/Allied Health/Health Sciences Associate Degree Schools in Missouri” list. The estimated yearly cost for Rockhurst is $15,261 for Missouri Associate Degree Health Studies students whose families make $30-$48k.

The low student loan default rate of 4.3% is a good sign that students have an easier time paying off their loans than they might at other schools. For comparison, the national default rate is 10.1%. The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 88%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.

Full Rockhurst General Health Services/Allied Health/Health Sciences Report

• Best Value Associate Degree Colleges for General Health Services/Allied Health/Health Sciences (Income $30-$48k) in the Plains States Region
• Best Value Associate Degree Colleges for General Health Services/Allied Health/Health Sciences (Income $30-$48k)

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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