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2023 Best Value Health Professions Associate Degree Schools in North Dakota

Identifying Quality Schools at More Affordable Prices

5 Colleges
$6,518 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$43,116 Avg Salary

Finding the Best Health Professions Associate Degree School for You

Health Professions is the most popular major in North Dakota with 2,083 degrees and certificates handed out in 2020-2021.

There are lots of options to pick from today when trying to decide which program is right for you. 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.

The Best Value Health Professions Associate Degree Schools in North Dakota ranking is one of many tools that Course Advisor has developed to help you make your educational decision. This report analyzed 5 schools in North Dakota 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. More specifically, we discount our quality score by the published tuition and fees charged by a school. This gives the cost per unit of quality for each college. The value is determined by how much quality your dollar buys.

Our calculations use out-of-state tuition and fees in our nationwide and regional rankings. Average in-state tuition and fees are used for our statewide rankings.

2023 Best Value Health Professions Associate Degree Schools in North Dakota

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

Best North Dakota Schools for Affordable Quality for an Associate in Health Professions

Our 2023 rankings named North Dakota State College of Science the best value school in North Dakota for health professions students working on their associate degree. North Dakota State College of Science is a small public school located in the town of Wahpeton.

In-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at North Dakota State College of Science are $5,646 per year.

North Dakota State College of Science also took the #3 spot in our Best Health Professions Associate Degree Schools in North Dakota rankings.

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#2

Bismarck State College

Bismarck, ND

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Bismarck State College. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Best Value Health Professions Associate Degree Schools in North Dakota list. Located in the small city of Bismarck, BSC is a public school with a small student population.

In-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at BSC are $4,926 per year.

BSC also made our Best Health Professions Associate Degree Schools in North Dakota list, coming in at #1.

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#2

Lake Region State College

Devils Lake, ND

A rank of #2 on this year’s list means Lake Region State College is a great value for health professions students working on their associate degree. Lake Region State College is a small public school located in the remote town of Devils Lake.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state undergraduate at Lake Region State College are $5,000 a year.

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The excellent associate degree programs at Dakota College at Bottineau helped the school earn the #4 place on this year’s ranking of the best value health professions schools in North Dakota. Located in the remote area of Bottineau, MSU-Bottineau is a public college with a small student population.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state undergraduate at MSU-Bottineau are $5,173 a year.

In addition to its best value ranking, and one of the reasons why the school is on the list, MSU-Bottineau is ranked #4 for overall quality for health professions in North Dakota.

Full Health Professions at Dakota College at Bottineau Report

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Rasmussen University - North Dakota. It ranked #5 on our 2023 Best Value Health Professions Associate Degree Schools in North Dakota list. Located in the medium-sized city of Fargo, Rasmussen University - North Dakota is a private for-profit college with a small student population.

Rasmussen University - North Dakota undergraduate students pay an average of $11,847 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

Rasmussen University - North Dakota also took the #2 spot in our Best Health Professions Associate Degree Schools in North Dakota rankings.

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Best Value Health Professions Colleges in the Plains States Region

Explore all the Best Value Health Professions Colleges 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
Missouri 16,143
Nebraska 4,665

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 5 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).

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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