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2022 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Health Sciences & Services (Income $30-$48k)

283 Ranked Colleges
17,662 Degrees Awarded
$6,500 Avg Net Price*
Best Value Health Science Schools for a Bachelor's For Those Making $30-$48k

When pursuing a degree in today’s world, students have many different options to choose from. 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 Science Schools for a Bachelor’s For Those Making $30-$48k” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.

Health Sciences & Services is the 42nd most popular major in the country with 31,648 degrees awarded in 2019-2020. In 2017-2018, health sciences and services graduates who were awarded their degree in 2015-2017, earned an average of $34,571 and had an average of $24,129 in loans still to pay off.

At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 17,662 health sciences and services graduates with average earnings and debt of $38,303 and $24,501 respectively.

For this year’s “Best Value Health Science Schools for a Bachelor’s For Those Making $30-$48k” ranking, we looked at 283 colleges that offer a degree in health sciences and services. Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent health sciences and services programs, but they also cost less that schools of similar quality.

Some of the factors we look at when determining these rankings are overall quality of the health sciences and services program at the school and the cost of the school after aid is awarded among other things. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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Best Value Health Science Schools for a Bachelor’s For Those Making $30-$48k

The colleges and universities below are the best for bachelor’s degree health science students whose families make $30-$48k.

Top 25 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Health Sciences & Services (Income $30-$48k)

#1

Washington University in St Louis

Saint Louis, Missouri
#3 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Washington University in St Louis. The school came in at #1 for the Best Value Health Science Schools for a Bachelor’s For Those Making $30-$48k. This fairly large school is located in Saint Louis, Missouri, and it awarded 3 bachelors’s health science degrees in 2019-2020.

WUSTL not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #3 on our “Best Health Sciences & Services Bachelor’s Degree Schools” list. The yearly cost to attend Washington University in St Louis is $6,248 for bachelor’s degree health science students whose families make $30-$48k.

The low student loan default rate of 1.4% 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 impressive student-to-faculty ratio of 7 to 1 means that students may have more opportunities to work more closely with their professors than they would at other schools. With a freshman retention rate of 94%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its students.

Full WUSTL Health Sciences & Services Report

#2

University of Florida

Gainesville, Florida

Out of the 283 schools in the Best Value Health Science Schools for a Bachelor’s For Those Making $30-$48k that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Florida landed the #2 spot on the list. Gainesville, Florida is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelors’s health science degrees to 220 students in 2019-2020.

UF not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #19 on our “Best Health Sciences & Services Bachelor’s Degree Schools” list. The yearly cost to attend University of Florida is $4,069 for Bachelor’s Degree Health Science students whose families make $30-$48k.

With a freshman retention rate of 97%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its students. The low student loan default rate of 2.0% 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%.

Read more about Health Sciences & Services at University of Florida

Top 20% in overall quality

Out of the 283 schools in the Best Value Health Science Schools for a Bachelor’s For Those Making $30-$48k that were part of this year’s ranking, California State University - Dominguez Hills landed the #3 spot on the list. Located in Carson, California, this fairly large public school awarded 144 degrees to qualified bachelors’s health science students in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on this list, CSUDH is in the top on our “Best Health Sciences & Services Bachelor’s Degree Schools” list. It’s in the top 20% of all schools in this category. The yearly cost to attend California State University - Dominguez Hills is $3,115 for bachelor’s degree health science students whose families make $30-$48k.

The low student loan default rate of 2.6% 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%.

Read more about Health Sciences & Services at California State University - Dominguez Hills

#4

Seattle Central College

Seattle, Washington

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Seattle Central College. The school came in at #4 for the Best Value Health Science Schools for a Bachelor’s For Those Making $30-$48k. Seattle Central College is located in Seattle, Washington and, has a medium-sized student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 45 bachelors’s health science degrees to qualified students.

Seattle Central excels when it comes to health science quality. It’s in the top 15% of all schools reviewed in that analysis. It costs about $3,879 for Bachelor’s Degree Health Science students whose families make $30-$48k per year to attend Seattle Central College.

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#5

Purdue University - Main Campus

West Lafayette, Indiana

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Purdue University - Main Campus. The school came in at #5 for the Best Value Health Science Schools for a Bachelor’s For Those Making $30-$48k. Purdue University - Main Campus is located in West Lafayette, Indiana and, has a large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 14 bachelors’s health science degrees to qualified students.

Purdue also claimed a top spot on our “Best Health Sciences & Services Bachelor’s Degree Schools” list. It’s ranked in the top 10% of all schools on our “Best Health Sciences & Services Bachelor’s Degree Schools” list. The estimated yearly cost for Purdue University - Main Campus is $5,879 for bachelor’s degree health science students whose families make $30-$48k.

The school has an impressive student loan default rate. It’s only 2.2%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%. Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 93%.

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#6

The University of West Florida

Pensacola, Florida

The University of West Florida came in at #6 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Health Science Schools for a Bachelor’s For Those Making $30-$48k ranking. The University of West Florida is a public institution located in Pensacola, Florida. The school has a fairly large population, and it awarded 136 bachelors’s degrees in 2019-2020.

It costs about $3,912 for Bachelor’s Degree Health Science students whose families make $30-$48k per year to attend UWF.

Full UWF Health Sciences & Services Report

University of South Florida - Main Campus came in at #7 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Health Science Schools for a Bachelor’s For Those Making $30-$48k ranking. University of South Florida - Main Campus is a public institution located in Tampa, Florida. The school has a large population, and it awarded 969 bachelors’s degrees in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education it offers, USF Tampa is also in the top of our “Best Health Sciences & Services Bachelor’s Degree Schools” ranking. It’s in the top 15% of all schools in this category. The estimated yearly cost for USF Tampa is $5,616 for Bachelor’s Degree Health Science students whose families make $30-$48k.

The student loan default rate at the school is 4.5%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%. With a freshman retention rate of 92%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its students.

Read more about Health Sciences & Services at University of South Florida - Main Campus

University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign did quite well in the 2022 Best Value Health Science Schools for a Bachelor’s For Those Making $30-$48k ranking, coming in at #8. This large school is located in Champaign, Illinois, and it awarded 104 bachelors’s health science degrees in 2019-2020.

UIUC not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #6 on our “Best Health Sciences & Services Bachelor’s Degree Schools” list. The estimated yearly cost for University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign is $8,464 for bachelor’s degree health science students whose families make $30-$48k.

With a freshman retention rate of 94%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its students. The student loan default rate at the school is 2.4%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.

Read full report on Health Sciences & Services at UIUC

#10 in overall quality

With a ranking of #9, California State University - Long Beach did quite well on the 2022 Best Value Health Science Schools for a Bachelor’s For Those Making $30-$48k list. California State University - Long Beach is a large school located in Long Beach, California that handed out 307 bachelors’s health science degrees in 2019-2020.

CSULB also took the #10 spot in our “Best Health Sciences & Services Bachelor’s Degree Schools” ranking. The yearly cost to attend California State University - Long Beach is $7,595 for bachelor’s degree health science students whose families make $30-$48k.

The school has an impressive student loan default rate. It’s only 1.6%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%. The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 89%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.

Full CSULB Health Sciences & Services Report

California State University - Fresno ranked #10 on this year’s Best Value Health Science Schools for a Bachelor’s For Those Making $30-$48k list. Fresno, California is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelors’s health science degrees to 198 students in 2019-2020.

The yearly cost to attend California State University - Fresno is $3,731 for Bachelor’s Degree Health Science students whose families make $30-$48k.

With a freshman retention rate of 87%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its students. The low student loan default rate of 4.7% 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%.

Full California State University - Fresno Health Sciences & Services Report

The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley ranked #11 on this year’s Best Value Health Science Schools for a Bachelor’s For Those Making $30-$48k list. UT Rio Grande Valley is located in Edinburg, Texas and, has a large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 24 bachelors’s health science degrees to qualified students.

The estimated yearly cost for The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley is $3,473 for bachelor’s degree health science students whose families make $30-$48k.

The low student loan default rate of 4.8% 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%.

Read full report on Health Sciences & Services at UT Rio Grande Valley

California State University - Fullerton did quite well in the 2022 Best Value Health Science Schools for a Bachelor’s For Those Making $30-$48k ranking, coming in at #12. Located in Fullerton, California, this large public school handed out 362 diplomas to qualified bachelors’s health science students in 2019-2020.

On top of its placing in this ranking, Cal State Fullerton also did well on our “Best Health Sciences & Services Bachelor’s Degree Schools” list. It’s in the top 20% of all schools in this category. It costs about $6,100 for bachelor’s degree health science students whose families make $30-$48k per year to attend California State University - Fullerton.

With a freshman retention rate of 89%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its students. 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 full report on Health Sciences & Services at Cal State Fullerton

California State University - Stanislaus did quite well in the 2022 Best Value Health Science Schools for a Bachelor’s For Those Making $30-$48k ranking, coming in at #13. This fairly large school is located in Turlock, California, and it awarded 30 bachelors’s health science degrees in 2019-2020.

The estimated yearly cost for Stan State is $3,958 for bachelor’s degree health science students whose families make $30-$48k.

The school has an impressive student loan default rate. It’s only 4.3%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%. Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 87%.

Full California State University - Stanislaus Health Sciences & Services Report

#14

University of Central Florida

Orlando, Florida

University of Central Florida landed the #14 spot on the 2022 Best Value Health Science Schools for a Bachelor’s For Those Making $30-$48k ranking. This large school is located in Orlando, Florida, and it awarded 824 bachelors’s health science degrees in 2019-2020.

On top of its placing in this ranking, UCF also did well on our “Best Health Sciences & Services Bachelor’s Degree Schools” list. It’s in the top 20% of all schools reviewed in that analysis. The yearly cost to attend UCF is $7,847 for Bachelor’s Degree Health Science students whose families make $30-$48k.

Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 92%. The school has an impressive student loan default rate. It’s only 4.2%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.

Read full report on Health Sciences & Services at UCF

#15

University of Minnesota - Rochester

Rochester, Minnesota

With a ranking of #15, University of Minnesota - Rochester did quite well on the 2022 Best Value Health Science Schools for a Bachelor’s For Those Making $30-$48k list. University of Minnesota - Rochester is located in Rochester, Minnesota and, has a small student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 117 bachelors’s health science degrees to qualified students.

In addition to being on our bachelor’s degree health science students whose families make $30-$48k list, UMN Rochester has also earned the #13 rank in our “Best Health Sciences & Services Bachelor’s Degree Schools” ranking. It costs about $7,813 for bachelor’s degree health science students whose families make $30-$48k per year to attend UMN Rochester.

The school has an impressive student loan default rate. It’s only 2.2%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.

Full University of Minnesota - Rochester Health Sciences & Services Report

#16

Florida State University

Tallahassee, Florida
Top 15% in overall quality

Florida State University landed the #16 spot on the 2022 Best Value Health Science Schools for a Bachelor’s For Those Making $30-$48k ranking. Florida State University is located in Tallahassee, Florida and, has a large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 81 bachelors’s health science degrees to qualified students.

Florida State excels when it comes to health science quality. It’s in the top 15% of all schools reviewed in that analysis. The yearly cost to attend Florida State is $6,816 for Bachelor’s Degree Health Science students whose families make $30-$48k.

The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 95%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. The low student loan default rate of 3.5% 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%.

Read full report on Health Sciences & Services at Florida State

#17

Northern Kentucky University

Highland Heights, Kentucky

Northern Kentucky University ranked #17 on this year’s Best Value Health Science Schools for a Bachelor’s For Those Making $30-$48k list. NKU is a fairly large public school situated in Highland Heights, Kentucky. It awarded 59 bachelors’s health science degrees in 2019-2020.

The estimated yearly cost for Northern Kentucky University is $6,295 for Bachelor’s Degree Health Science students whose families make $30-$48k.

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#18

York College

Jamaica, New York

With a ranking of #18, York College did quite well on the 2022 Best Value Health Science Schools for a Bachelor’s For Those Making $30-$48k list. York is a medium-sized school located in Jamaica, New York that handed out 163 bachelors’s health science degrees in 2019-2020.

The yearly cost to attend York College is $3,967 for bachelor’s degree health science students whose families make $30-$48k.

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#19

University of Minnesota - Crookston

Crookston, Minnesota
Top 20% in overall quality

University of Minnesota - Crookston landed the #19 spot on the 2022 Best Value Health Science Schools for a Bachelor’s For Those Making $30-$48k ranking. Crookston, Minnesota is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelors’s health science degrees to 17 students in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education it offers, UMN Crookston is also in the top of our “Best Health Sciences & Services Bachelor’s Degree Schools” ranking. It’s in the top 20% of all schools reviewed in that analysis. It costs about $7,948 for Bachelor’s Degree Health Science students whose families make $30-$48k per year to attend UMN Crookston.

Full UMN Crookston Health Sciences & Services Report

#20

University of North Florida

Jacksonville, Florida

University of North Florida landed the #20 spot on the 2022 Best Value Health Science Schools for a Bachelor’s For Those Making $30-$48k ranking. Jacksonville, Florida is the setting for this fairly large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelors’s health science degrees to 194 students in 2019-2020.

The estimated yearly cost for University of North Florida is $5,942 for Bachelor’s Degree Health Science 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%.

Read full report on Health Sciences & Services at UNF

#21

Boston University

Boston, Massachusetts

Boston University landed the #21 spot on the 2022 Best Value Health Science Schools for a Bachelor’s For Those Making $30-$48k ranking. Located in Boston, Massachusetts, this large private not-for-profit school handed out 181 degrees to qualified bachelors’s health science students in 2019-2020.

Boston U did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #4 on our “Best Health Sciences & Services Bachelor’s Degree Schools” list. The estimated yearly cost for Boston University is $13,256 for Bachelor’s Degree Health Science students whose families make $30-$48k.

The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 92%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. The impressive student-to-faculty ratio of 10 to 1 means that students may have more opportunities to work more closely with their professors than they would at other schools. The school has an impressive student loan default rate. It’s only 1.4%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.

Read full report on Health Sciences & Services at Boston University

#22

California State University - San Bernardino

San Bernardino, California

California State University - San Bernardino landed the #22 spot on the 2022 Best Value Health Science Schools for a Bachelor’s For Those Making $30-$48k ranking. California State University - San Bernardino is a fairly large public school situated in San Bernardino, California. It awarded 155 bachelors’s health science degrees in 2019-2020.

The yearly cost to attend CSUSB is $5,869 for bachelor’s degree health science students whose families make $30-$48k.

With a freshman retention rate of 85%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its students.

Full CSUSB Health Sciences & Services Report

#23

University of Wisconsin - La Crosse

La Crosse, Wisconsin
#16 in overall quality

University of Wisconsin - La Crosse came in at #23 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Health Science Schools for a Bachelor’s For Those Making $30-$48k ranking. UW - La Crosse is a fairly large public school situated in La Crosse, Wisconsin. It awarded 3 bachelors’s health science degrees in 2019-2020.

UW - La Crosse also took the #16 spot in our “Best Health Sciences & Services Bachelor’s Degree Schools” ranking. The yearly cost to attend UW - La Crosse is $9,795 for bachelor’s degree health science students whose families make $30-$48k.

The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 86%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. The low student loan default rate of 1.6% 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%.

Read more about Health Sciences & Services at UW - La Crosse

California State University - Sacramento landed the #24 spot on the 2022 Best Value Health Science Schools for a Bachelor’s For Those Making $30-$48k ranking. California State University - Sacramento is a large school located in Sacramento, California that handed out 183 bachelors’s health science degrees in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on this list, Sac State is in the top on our “Best Health Sciences & Services Bachelor’s Degree Schools” list. It’s ranked in the top 15% of all schools on our “Best Health Sciences & Services Bachelor’s Degree Schools” list. It costs about $7,823 for Bachelor’s Degree Health Science students whose families make $30-$48k per year to attend Sac State.

The student loan default rate at the school is 4.6%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.

Read more about Health Sciences & Services at California State University - Sacramento

#25

Texas A&M University - College Station

College Station, Texas
#1 in overall quality

Texas A&M University - College Station ranked #25 on this year’s Best Value Health Science Schools for a Bachelor’s For Those Making $30-$48k list. This large school is located in College Station, Texas, and it awarded 300 bachelors’s health science degrees in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our bachelor’s degree health science students whose families make $30-$48k list, Texas A&M College Station has also earned the #1 rank in our “Best Health Sciences & Services Bachelor’s Degree Schools” ranking. The yearly cost to attend Texas A&M University - College Station is $13,270 for Bachelor’s Degree Health Science students whose families make $30-$48k.

Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 94%. The school has an impressive student loan default rate. It’s only 2.9%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.

Read full report on Health Sciences & Services at Texas A&M University - College Station

Rest of the Best 43 in Best Value Health Science Schools for a Bachelor’s For Those Making $30-$48k

Not only did these schools make the top 43 list, but they also landed in the top 15% of this year’s ranking:

#26

University of Minnesota - Twin Cities

Minneapolis, Minnesota
#28

Florida Gulf Coast University

Fort Myers, Florida
#29

Texas Woman's University

Denton, Texas
#30

Florida Atlantic University

Boca Raton, Florida
#31

University of Wisconsin - River Falls

River Falls, Wisconsin
#33

Indiana University - South Bend

South Bend, Indiana
#37

University of Houston

Houston, Texas
#38

Eastern Washington University

Cheney, Washington
#40

Louisiana Tech University

Ruston, Louisiana
#41

San Diego State University

San Diego, California

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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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