2022 Best Value Health Professions Schools for a Master’s in the Plains States Region For Those Making $30-$48k

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 Plains States Region For Those Making $30-$48k” 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 Plains States region, there were 511 other health professions graduates with average earnings and debt of $33,788 and $12,078 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 27 other health professions graduates with average earnings and debt of $53,438 and $39,783 respectively.

For this year’s “Best Value Health Professions Schools for a Master’s in the Plains States Region For Those Making $30-$48k” ranking, we looked at 2 colleges that offer a degree in other health professions. Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent other health professions 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 other health professions program at the school and the cost of the school after aid is awarded among other things. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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When choosing the right school for you, it’s important to arm yourself with all the facts you can. To that end, we’ve created a number of major-specific rankings, including this “Best Value Health Professions Schools for a Master’s in the Plains States Region For Those Making $30-$48k” list to help you make the college decision.

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Best Value Health Professions Schools for a Master’s in the Plains States Region For Those Making $30-$48k

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Health Professions Schools for a Master’s in the Plains States Region For Those Making $30-$48k.

Top 2 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Other Health Professions (Income $30-$48k) in the Plains States Region

#1

University of Minnesota - Twin Cities

Minneapolis, Minnesota

#1 in overall quality

$28,845 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

Out of the 2 schools in the Best Value Health Professions Schools for a Master’s in the Plains States Region For Those Making $30-$48k that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Minnesota - Twin Cities landed the #1 spot on the list. UMN Twin Cities is a large public school situated in Minneapolis, Minnesota. It awarded 18 masters’s health professions degrees in 2019-2020.

UMN Twin Cities also took the #1 spot in our “Best Other Health Professions Master’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at University of Minnesota - Twin Cities are $28,845, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Read more about Other Health Professions at UMN Twin Cities

#2

University of Iowa

Iowa City, Iowa

$27,613 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Iowa. It ranked #2 on our 2022 Best Value Health Professions Schools for a Master’s in the Plains States Region For Those Making $30-$48k list. Located in Iowa City, Iowa, this large public school awarded 9 diplomas to qualified masters’s health professions students in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at Iowa, the school also landed the #0 spot in our “Best Other Health Professions Master’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region” ranking. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at Iowa are $27,613.

Read full report on Other Health Professions at University of Iowa

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