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Best Value Health Professions Associate Degree Schools in Washington

2023 Best Value Health Professions Associate Degree Schools in Washington

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

30 Colleges
$4,542 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$43,116 Avg Salary

Finding the Best Health Professions Associate Degree School for You

Health Professions is one of the most popular subjects to study in Washington. With 10,021 degrees and certificates handed out in 2020-2021, it ranked 3rd out of all the majors we track in the state.

Today's students have lots of options to pick from when considering higher education opportunities. You can choose a traditional brick and mortar school, or with the growth of online education, you can attend a school half-way across the country without even leaving your house. Also there are many trade schools that offer short-term programs that open up more career options.

To assist you in seeing some of the education options that are available to you, Course Advisor has created its Best Value Health Professions Associate Degree Schools in Washington ranking. This report analyzed 30 schools in Washington to see which ones offered the best value associate degree programs for health professions students. The goal was to highlight schools with more affordable prices than others offering similar quality experiences.

When determining this ranking, we place a high emphasis on the school's quality as well as its sticker price. Even though a college may be affordable, it may not offer value. Specifically, our score for quality is discounted by the published tuition and fees charged by the given college. This gives the cost per unit of quality for each college. The more quality your dollar buys, the better the value.

Our calculations use out-of-state tuition and fees in our nationwide and regional rankings. For statewide rankings, we use average in-state tuition and fees.

Top 10 Best Health Professions Associate Degree Schools

#1

Bellevue College

Bellevue, WA

Our 2023 rankings named Bellevue College the best value school in Washington for health professions students working on their associate degree. BC is a fairly large public school located in the midsize city of Bellevue.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state undergraduate at BC are $4,057 a year.

BC also made our Best Health Professions Associate Degree Schools in Washington list, coming in at #1.

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The excellent associate degree programs at Spokane Community College helped the school earn the #2 place on this year’s ranking of the best value health professions schools in Washington. Spokane Community College is a medium-sized public school located in the city of Spokane.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state undergraduate at Spokane Community College are $3,826 a year.

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#3

Highline College

Des Moines, WA

The excellent associate degree programs at Highline College helped the school earn the #3 place on this year’s ranking of the best value health professions schools in Washington. Located in the suburb of Des Moines, Highline is a public school with a small student population.

Highline undergraduate students pay an average of $4,344 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

Highline also made our Best Health Professions Associate Degree Schools in Washington list, coming in at #3.

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The excellent associate degree programs at Shoreline Community College helped the school earn the #4 place on this year’s ranking of the best value health professions schools in Washington. Shoreline Community College is a small public school located in the suburb of Shoreline.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state undergraduate at Shoreline Community College are $4,166 a year.

Shoreline Community College also took the #4 spot in our Best Health Professions Associate Degree Schools in Washington rankings.

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Out of the 30 schools in Washington that were part of this year’s ranking, Everett Community College landed the # 5 spot on the list. Located in the medium-sized city of Everett, Everett Community College is a public college with a medium-sized student population.

Everett Community College undergraduate students pay an average of $4,062 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

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#6

Seattle Central College

Seattle, WA

With a ranking of #6, Seattle Central College did quite well on this year’s best value schools for health professions students working on their associate degree. Seattle Central is a small public school located in the city of Seattle.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state undergraduate at Seattle Central are $4,670 a year.

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#7

Centralia College

Centralia, WA

Centralia College landed the #7 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best value associate degree health professions programs. Centralia College is a small public school located in the distant town of Centralia.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state undergraduate at Centralia College are $4,770 a year.

Centralia College did well in our overall quality rankings, too. It placed #5 on our Best Health Professions Associate Degree Schools in Washington list.

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#8

Wenatchee Valley College

Wenatchee, WA

Wenatchee Valley 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 #8 on the list. Located in the small city of Wenatchee, WVC is a public school with a small student population.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state undergraduate at WVC are $4,320 a year.

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With a ranking of #9, Lake Washington Institute of Technology did quite well on this year’s best value schools for health professions students working on their associate degree. LWTech is a small public school located in the large suburb of Kirkland.

LWTech undergraduate students pay an average of $4,609 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

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#10

Lower Columbia College

Longview, WA

Lower Columbia College landed the #10 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best value associate degree health professions programs. LCC is a small public school located in the city of Longview.

In-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at LCC are $4,182 per year.

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Best Value Health Professions Colleges in the Far Western US Region

Explore all the Best Value Health Professions Colleges in the Far Western US Area or other specific states within that region.

State Degrees Awarded
California 54,872
Oregon 5,865
Hawaii 1,126
Nevada 4,207
Alaska 578

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.

  • 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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