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Best Health Professions Associate Degree Schools in Ohio

2023 Best Health Professions Associate Degree Schools in Ohio

66 Colleges
$43,116 Avg Salary
$21,919 Avg Student Debt

Finding the Best Health Professions Associate Degree School for You

Health Professions is the most popular major in Ohio with 28,247 degrees and certificates handed out in 2020-2021.

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The Best Health Professions Associate Degree Schools in Ohio ranking is one of many tools that Course Advisor has developed to help you make your educational decision. This report analyzed 66 schools in Ohio to see which ones offered the best associate degree programs for students. To come up with a school's ranking, we analyzed numerous factors related to post-graduation wages, the quality of education offered by the school, average accumulated student debt, and more.

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2023 Best Health Professions Associate Degree Schools in Ohio

Check out the health professions associate degree programs at these schools if you want to get the best education that money can buy.

Top 10 Best Health Professions Associate Degree Schools

Our 2023 rankings named Ohio Medical Career College the best school in Ohio for health professions students working on their associate degree. Ohio Medical Career College is a small private for-profit school located in the midsize city of Dayton.

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A rank of #2 on this year’s list means Herzing University - Akron is a great place for health professions students working on their associate degree. Herzing Akron is a fairly small private not-for-profit school located in the suburb of Akron.

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#3

Kettering College

Kettering, OH

A rank of #3 on this year’s list means Kettering College is a great place for health professions students working on their associate degree. Located in the city of Kettering, Kettering College is a private not-for-profit school with a fairly small student population.

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#4

Ross College-Sylvania

Sylvania, OH

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Ross College-Sylvania. The school came in at #4 on this year’s Best Health Professions Associate Degree Schools in Ohio list. Ross College-Sylvania is a fairly small private for-profit school located in the suburb of Sylvania.

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The excellent associate degree programs at Galen College of Nursing - Cincinnati helped the school earn the #5 place on this year’s ranking of the best health professions schools in Ohio. Galen College of Nursing - Cincinnati is a small private for-profit school located in the large suburb of Cincinnati.

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James A Rhodes State College did quite well in this year’s ranking of the best places for health professions students to get a associate degree. It came in at #6 on the list. Located in the small suburb of Lima, Rhodes State College is a public school with a small student population.

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Ohio Dominican University landed the #7 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best associate degree health professions programs. ODU is a small private not-for-profit school located in the large city of Columbus.

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#8

Mercy College of Ohio

Toledo, OH

Mercy College of Ohio landed the #8 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best associate degree health professions programs. Located in the large city of Toledo, Mercy College is a private not-for-profit school with a small student population.

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Bowling Green State University - Firelands ranked #9 on this year’s Best Health Professions Associate Degree Schools in Ohio list. BGSU-Firelands is a small public school located in the rural area of Huron.

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#10

Xavier University

Cincinnati, OH

Xavier University landed the #10 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best associate degree health professions programs. Located in the large city of Cincinnati, Xavier is a private not-for-profit school with a medium-sized student population.

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Honorable Mentions

These are some additional schools worth mentioning that are also great but just didn't quite make the cut to earn our top Best Health Professions Associate Degree Schools in Ohio award.

Rank College Location
11 Ohio University - Southern Campus Ironton, OH
12 Professional Skills Institute Maumee, OH
13 Ohio University - Zanesville Campus Zanesville, OH

Best Health Professions Colleges in the Great Lakes Region

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State Degrees Awarded
Indiana 17,552
Michigan 17,976
Illinois 34,790
Wisconsin 11,436

Health Professions Majors to Study

Major Annual Graduates
Nursing 322,592
Health & Medical Administrative Services 89,359
Allied Health & Medical Assisting Services 84,492
Practical Nursing & Nursing Assistants 84,274
Allied Health Professions 82,308
Public Health 40,596
Health Sciences & Services 35,945
Rehabilitation & Therapeutic Professions 29,833
Mental & Social Health Services 29,053
Medicine 28,629
Dental Support Services 26,399
Communication Sciences 22,298
Pharmacy/Pharmaceutical Sciences 20,393
Clinical/Medical Laboratory Science 18,901
Somatic Bodywork & Therapeutic Services 10,751
Health/Medical Prep Programs 9,210
Other Health Professions 7,984
Dentistry 6,770
Dietetics & Clinical Nutrition Services 6,158
Bioethics/Medical Ethics 5,115
Alternative Medicine & Systems 3,564
Chiropractic 2,658
Health Aids/Attendants/Orderlies 2,374
Medical Illustration & Informatics 2,089
Optometry 1,822
Advanced Dentistry & Oral Sciences 1,775
Ophthalmic & Optometric Support Services 960
Medical Science 909
Movement & Mind-Body Therapies 294
Alternative Medical Support Services 227
Energy & Biologically Based Therapies 68

Notes and References

*These averages are for the top 25 schools only.

  • Read more about our ranking methodology.
  • 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 the rest 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).

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