2022 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Other Health Professions (Income $0-$30k) in the Southwest Region

With all of the options students have for higher education today, it can be tough to choose which direction to take. At College Factual, we’re committed to helping you make that decision by providing information such as that found in our “Best Value Health Professions Schools for a Master’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making $0-$30k” ranking.

In 2019-2020, 7,767 people earned their degree in other health professions, making the major the 100th most popular in the United States. In 2017-2018, other health professions graduates who were awarded their degree in 2015-2017, earned an average of $39,856 and had an average of $27,421 in loans still to pay off.

Across the Southwest region, there were 268 other health professions graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $14,800 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 3 other health professions graduates with average earnings and debt of $53,078 and $37,227 respectively.

The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great other health professions 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 other health professions program at the school. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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Since picking the right college can be one of the most important decisions of your life, we’ve developed the “Best Value Health Professions Schools for a Master’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making $0-$30k” ranking, along with many other major-related rankings, to help you make that decision.

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Best Value Health Professions Schools for a Master’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making $0-$30k

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Health Professions Schools for a Master’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making $0-$30k.

Top 1 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Other Health Professions (Income $0-$30k) in the Southwest Region

#1

Arizona State University - Tempe

Tempe, Arizona

#1 in overall quality

$27,048 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Arizona State University - Tempe. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Health Professions Schools for a Master’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making $0-$30k list. Located in Tempe, Arizona, this large public school handed out 3 degrees to qualified masters’s health professions students in 2019-2020.

ASU - Tempe did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best Other Health Professions Master’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at ASU - Tempe are $27,048, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Read more about Other Health Professions at ASU - Tempe

• Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Other Health Professions (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.

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