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2022 Best Value Health Professions Schools for an Associate in the Southeast Region For Those Making $48-$75k

8 Ranked Colleges
523 Degrees Awarded
$33,325 Avg Salary
Best Value Health Professions Schools for an Associate in the Southeast Region For Those Making $48-$75k

It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. College Factual has developed its “Best Value Health Professions Schools for an Associate in the Southeast Region For Those Making $48-$75k” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.

Other Health Professions is the 100th most popular major in the country with 7,767 degrees awarded in 2019-2020. 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 Southeast region, there were 1,826 other health professions graduates with average earnings and debt of $35,853 and $34,824 respectively. At the associate degree level specifically, there were 523 other health professions graduates with average earnings and debt of $31,631 and $18,547 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Health Professions Schools for an Associate in the Southeast Region For Those Making $48-$75k” ranking analyzed 8 colleges that offered 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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Best Value Health Professions Schools for an Associate in the Southeast Region For Those Making $48-$75k

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Health Professions Schools for an Associate in the Southeast Region For Those Making $48-$75k.

Top 8 Best Value Associate Degree Colleges for Other Health Professions (Income $48-$75k) in the Southeast Region

#1

American Public University System

Charles Town, West Virginia

Out of the 8 schools in the Best Value Health Professions Schools for an Associate in the Southeast Region For Those Making $48-$75k that were part of this year’s ranking, American Public University System landed the #1 spot on the list. This large school is located in Charles Town, West Virginia, and it awarded 399 associates’s health professions degrees in 2019-2020.

American Military University also took the #1 spot in our “Best Other Health Professions Associate Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” ranking. It costs about $8,461 for Southeast Region Associate Degree Health Professions students whose families make $48-$75k per year to attend American Public University System.

Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 98%.

Read more about Other Health Professions at American Military University

#3 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Southwest Tennessee Community College. It ranked #2 on our 2022 Best Value Health Professions Schools for an Associate in the Southeast Region For Those Making $48-$75k list. Southwest Tennessee Community College is located in Memphis, Tennessee and, has a medium-sized student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 3 associates’s health professions degrees to qualified students.

In addition to being on our southeast region associate degree health professions students whose families make $48-$75k list, Southwest has also earned the #3 rank in our “Best Other Health Professions Associate Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” ranking. The yearly cost to attend Southwest is $6,444 for southeast region associate degree health professions students whose families make $48-$75k.

Read more about Other Health Professions at Southwest

#3

Jackson State Community College

Jackson, Tennessee
#2 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Jackson State Community College. The school came in at #3 for the Best Value Health Professions Schools for an Associate in the Southeast Region For Those Making $48-$75k. Located in Jackson, Tennessee, this small public school handed out 44 degrees to qualified associates’s health professions students in 2019-2020.

JSCC not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #2 on our “Best Other Health Professions Associate Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” list. It costs about $9,352 for southeast region associate degree health professions students whose families make $48-$75k per year to attend Jackson State Community College.

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#4 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Volunteer State Community College. The school came in at #4 for the Best Value Health Professions Schools for an Associate in the Southeast Region For Those Making $48-$75k. VSCC is a medium-sized school located in Gallatin, Tennessee that handed out 34 associates’s health professions degrees in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at VSCC, the school also landed the #4 spot in our “Best Other Health Professions Associate Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” ranking. It costs about $8,563 for Southeast Region Associate Degree Health Professions students whose families make $48-$75k per year to attend Volunteer State Community College.

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#5

Roane State Community College

Harriman, Tennessee
#5 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Roane State Community College. The school came in at #5 for the Best Value Health Professions Schools for an Associate in the Southeast Region For Those Making $48-$75k. Roane State Community College is a medium-sized school located in Harriman, Tennessee that handed out 20 associates’s health professions degrees in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our southeast region associate degree health professions students whose families make $48-$75k list, Roane State Community College has also earned the #5 rank in our “Best Other Health Professions Associate Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” ranking. The yearly cost to attend Roane State Community College is $5,718 for southeast region associate degree health professions students whose families make $48-$75k.

Read full report on Other Health Professions at Roane State Community College

#6

Chattanooga State Community College

Chattanooga, Tennessee

Chattanooga State Community College landed the #6 spot on the 2022 Best Value Health Professions Schools for an Associate in the Southeast Region For Those Making $48-$75k ranking. Chattanooga State Community College is a medium-sized public school situated in Chattanooga, Tennessee. It awarded 12 associates’s health professions degrees in 2019-2020.

Chattanooga State Community College also took the #7 spot in our “Best Other Health Professions Associate Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” ranking. The yearly cost to attend Chattanooga State Community College is $8,581 for southeast region associate degree health professions students whose families make $48-$75k.

Read more about Other Health Professions at Chattanooga State Community College

#7

Dyersburg State Community College

Dyersburg, Tennessee
#6 in overall quality

With a ranking of #7, Dyersburg State Community College did quite well on the 2022 Best Value Health Professions Schools for an Associate in the Southeast Region For Those Making $48-$75k list. This small school is located in Dyersburg, Tennessee, and it awarded 3 associates’s health professions degrees in 2019-2020.

DSCC also made our “Best Other Health Professions Associate Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” list, coming in at #6. The estimated yearly cost for Dyersburg State Community College is $7,527 for Southeast Region Associate Degree Health Professions students whose families make $48-$75k.

Read full report on Other Health Professions at DSCC

#8

Northeast State Community College

Blountville, Tennessee

Northeast State Community College came in at #8 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Health Professions Schools for an Associate in the Southeast Region For Those Making $48-$75k ranking. Northeast State Technical Community College is a medium-sized school located in Blountville, Tennessee that handed out 8 associates’s health professions degrees in 2019-2020.

Northeast State Technical Community College not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #8 on our “Best Other Health Professions Associate Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” list. The estimated yearly cost for Northeast State Technical Community College is $7,790 for southeast region associate degree health professions students whose families make $48-$75k.

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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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