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2023 Best Health Professions Associate Degree Schools in Missouri

27 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 Missouri with 16,143 degrees and certificates handed out in 2020-2021.

It's not easy to decide which program to enroll in when you have so many options available. You're no longer limited to schools in your local area, either, since online programs are becoming more prevalent. Or you may find the programs at a trade school to be a better alternative for you.

To help you arm yourself with the information you need to make your decision, Course Advisor has developed this Best Health Professions Associate Degree Schools in Missouri ranking. Our analysis looked at 27 schools in Missouri to see which associate degree programs offered the best educational experiences for students. Factors related to overall quality of the school, post-graduation earnings, average student debt, and more accumulated were considered when coming up with this list.

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2023 Best Health Professions Associate Degree Schools in Missouri

The following schools top our list of the Best Health Professions Associate Degree Colleges.

Top 10 Best Health Professions Associate Degree Schools

#1

Rockhurst University

Kansas City, MO

Our 2023 rankings named Rockhurst University the best school in Missouri for health professions students working on their associate degree. Located in the large city of Kansas City, Rockhurst is a private not-for-profit college with a small student population.

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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend State Technical College of Missouri. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Best Health Professions Associate Degree Schools in Missouri list. STC is a small public school located in the rural area of Linn.

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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend WellSpring School of Allied Health - Kansas City. The school came in at #3 on this year’s Best Health Professions Associate Degree Schools in Missouri list. WellSpring - Kansas City is a small private for-profit school located in the city of Kansas City.

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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Southeast Missouri Hospital College of Nursing and Health Sciences. It ranked #4 on our 2023 Best Health Professions Associate Degree Schools in Missouri list. Located in the city of Cape Girardeau, Southeast Health is a private not-for-profit college with a fairly small student population.

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#5

Concorde Career Colleges

Kansas City, MO

The excellent associate degree programs at Concorde Career Colleges helped the school earn the #5 place on this year’s ranking of the best health professions schools in Missouri. Concorde Career Colleges is a fairly small private for-profit school located in the large city of Kansas City.

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Central Methodist University - College of Liberal Arts & Sciences 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 distant town of Fayette, CMU CLAS is a private not-for-profit college with a small student population.

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#7

Columbia College

Columbia, MO

With a ranking of #7, Columbia College did quite well on this year’s best schools for health professions students working on their associate degree. Columbia College Missouri is a moderately-sized private not-for-profit school located in the medium-sized city of Columbia.

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#8

Cox College

Springfield, MO

With a ranking of #8, Cox College did quite well on this year’s best schools for health professions students working on their associate degree. Cox College is a small private not-for-profit school located in the midsize city of Springfield.

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Missouri Southern State University ranked #9 on this year’s Best Health Professions Associate Degree Schools in Missouri list. Missouri Southern is a small public school located in the city of Joplin.

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Bolivar Technical College came in at #10 in this year’s edition of the Best Health Professions Associate Degree Schools in Missouri ranking. Located in the distant town of Bolivar, Bolivar Technical College is a private not-for-profit school with a small student population.

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Best Health Professions Colleges in the Plains States Region

Explore all the Best Health Professions Schools in the Plains States Area or other specific states within that region.

State Degrees Awarded
Kansas 5,886
Minnesota 25,582
Iowa 6,876
South Dakota 2,186
Nebraska 4,665
North Dakota 2,083

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).

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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