2023 Best Value Health Professions Doctor's Degree Schools in Florida
Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing
Finding the Best Health Professions Doctor's Degree School for You
Out of the majors we analyze each year, health professions was ranked 2nd in Florida. In fact, 49,046 were awarded in the state in 2020-2021.
Today's students have lots of options to pick from when considering higher education opportunities. With more and more schools offering online options, you could even register for a great program on the other side of the country. On top of that, there are a considerable number of trade schools that offer fast-track entry to many fields.
To help you arm yourself with the information you need to make your decision, Course Advisor has developed this Best Value Health Professions Doctor's Degree Schools in Florida ranking. This report analyzed 16 schools in Florida to see which ones offered the best value doctor'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.
Top 10 Best Health Professions Doctor's Degree Schools
Our 2023 rankings named University of Central Florida the best value school in Florida for health professions students working on their doctor’s degree. Located in the suburb of Orlando, UCF is a public college with a very large student population.
UCF graduate students pay an average of $8,872 in in-state tuition and fees each year.
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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Florida Gulf Coast University. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Best Value Health Professions Doctor’s Degree Schools in Florida list. FGCU is a large public school located in the suburb of Fort Myers.
In-state tuition fees for graduate students at FGCU are $8,971 per year.
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Out of the 16 schools in Florida that were part of this year’s ranking, University of North Florida landed the # 3 spot on the list. UNF is a large public school located in the large city of Jacksonville.
In-state tuition fees for graduate students at UNF are $10,364 per year.
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The excellent doctor’s degree programs at University of Florida helped the school earn the #4 place on this year’s ranking of the best value health professions schools in Florida. UF is a fairly large public school located in the city of Gainesville.
UF graduate students pay an average of $12,737 in in-state tuition and fees each year.
In addition to its best value ranking, and one of the reasons why the school is on the list, UF is ranked #2 for overall quality for health professions in Florida.
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Out of the 16 schools in Florida that were part of this year’s ranking, Florida Atlantic University landed the # 5 spot on the list. FAU is a very large public school located in the small city of Boca Raton.
The average tuition and fees for an in-state graduate student at FAU are $6,693 a year.
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Florida State University landed the #6 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best value doctor’s degree health professions programs. Located in the city of Tallahassee, Florida State is a public college with a fairly large student population.
The average tuition and fees for an in-state graduate student at Florida State are $11,553 a year.
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Florida International University landed the #7 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best value doctor’s degree health professions programs. Located in the large suburb of Miami, FIU is a public college with a fairly large student population.
In-state tuition fees for graduate students at FIU are $11,106 per year.
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University of South Florida - Main Campus did quite well in this year’s ranking of the best places for health professions students to get a doctor’s degree. It came in at #8 on the list. USF Tampa is a very large public school located in the city of Tampa.
USF Tampa graduate students pay an average of $10,428 in in-state tuition and fees each year.
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Florida Agricultural and Mechanical University ranked #9 on this year’s Best Value Health Professions Doctor’s Degree Schools in Florida list. Florida A&M University is a medium-sized public school located in the city of Tallahassee.
Florida A&M University graduate students pay an average of $9,876 in in-state tuition and fees each year.
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Palm Beach Atlantic University came in at #10 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Health Professions Doctor’s Degree Schools in Florida ranking. Palm Beach Atlantic is a small private not-for-profit school located in the midsize city of West Palm Beach.
In-state tuition fees for graduate students at Palm Beach Atlantic are $13,556 per year.
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| State | Degrees Awarded |
|---|---|
| North Carolina | 18,617 |
| West Virginia | 5,590 |
| Mississippi | 6,374 |
| South Carolina | 7,283 |
| Virginia | 17,510 |
| Arkansas | 6,286 |
| Alabama | 12,636 |
| Kentucky | 10,991 |
| Georgia | 15,658 |
| Tennessee | 13,576 |
| Louisiana | 7,992 |
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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.