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2023 Best Value Health Professions Bachelor's Degree Schools in Kansas

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

16 Colleges
$19,954 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$49,058 Avg Salary

Finding the Best Health Professions Bachelor's Degree School for You

Health Professions is one of the most popular subjects to study in Kansas. With 5,886 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'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 Value Health Professions Bachelor's Degree Schools in Kansas ranking. This report analyzed 16 schools in Kansas to see which ones offered the best value bachelor's 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.

2023 Best Value Health Professions Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Kansas

The colleges and universities below are the best value schools for health professions majors pursuing a bachelor's degree.

Top 10 Best Health Professions Bachelor's Degree Schools

Our 2023 rankings named Fort Hays State University the best value school in Kansas for health professions students working on their bachelor’s degree. FHSU is a fairly large public school located in the remote town of Hays.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state undergraduate at FHSU are $5,430 a year.

FHSU also took the #5 spot in our Best Health Professions Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Kansas rankings.

Full Health Professions at Fort Hays State University Report

Out of the 16 schools in Kansas that were part of this year’s ranking, Ottawa University - Online landed the # 2 spot on the list. Located in the town of Ottawa, Ottawa University - Online is a private not-for-profit school with a small student population.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state undergraduate at Ottawa University - Online are $12,616 a year.

Ottawa University - Online also made our Best Health Professions Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Kansas list, coming in at #1.

Full Health Professions at Ottawa University - Online Report

#3

Ottawa University - Kansas City

Overland Park, KS

Out of the 16 schools in Kansas that were part of this year’s ranking, Ottawa University - Kansas City landed the # 3 spot on the list. Ottawa University - Kansas City is a fairly small private not-for-profit school located in the city of Overland Park.

In-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at Ottawa University - Kansas City are $12,869 per year.

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#4

Washburn University

Topeka, KS

The excellent bachelor’s degree programs at Washburn University helped the school earn the #4 place on this year’s ranking of the best value health professions schools in Kansas. Located in the medium-sized city of Topeka, Washburn University is a public college with a medium-sized student population.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state undergraduate at Washburn University are $8,872 a year.

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A rank of #5 on this year’s list means Emporia State University is a great value for health professions students working on their bachelor’s degree. ESU is a moderately-sized public school located in the town of Emporia.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state undergraduate at ESU are $7,001 a year.

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#6

Kansas State University

Manhattan, KS

Kansas State University did quite well in this year’s ranking of the best places for health professions students to get a bachelor’s degree. It came in at #6 on the list. K -State is a fairly large public school located in the small city of Manhattan.

K -State undergraduate students pay an average of $10,420 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

K -State did well in our overall quality rankings, too. It placed #3 on our Best Health Professions Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Kansas list.

Full Health Professions at Kansas State University Report

#7

University of Kansas

Lawrence, KS

University of Kansas came in at #7 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Health Professions Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Kansas ranking. Located in the city of Lawrence, KU is a public school with a very large student population.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state undergraduate at KU are $11,166 a year.

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

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Wichita State University did quite well in this year’s ranking of the best places for health professions students to get a bachelor’s degree. It came in at #8 on the list. Located in the city of Wichita, WSU is a public college with a fairly large student population.

In-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at WSU are $8,800 per year.

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Rasmussen University - Kansas came in at #9 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Health Professions Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Kansas ranking. Located in the rural area of Topeka, Rasmussen University - Kansas is a private for-profit college with a small student population.

Rasmussen University - Kansas undergraduate students pay an average of $13,639 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

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#10

Baker University

Baldwin City, KS

With a ranking of #10, Baker University did quite well on this year’s best value schools for health professions students working on their bachelor’s degree. Baker is a small private not-for-profit school located in the fringe town of Baldwin City.

In-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at Baker are $31,600 per year.

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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
Minnesota 25,582
Iowa 6,876
South Dakota 2,186
Missouri 16,143
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 16 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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