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Best Value Health Professions Doctor's Degree Schools in Missouri

2023 Best Value Health Professions Doctor's Degree Schools in Missouri

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

14 Colleges
$18,991 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$81,655 Avg Salary

Finding the Best Health Professions Doctor's 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.

Along with in-depth profiles of schools and the programs they offer, Course Advisor has created the Best Value Health Professions Doctor's Degree Schools in Missouri to help you in your search for the best school for you. Our analysis looked at 14 schools in Missouri to see which doctor's degree programs offered the best value experiences for health professions students with the aim of identifying those quality schools that are more affordable than some of their counterparts.

Our ranking of value is based on the quality of a program as defined in our per sticker price dollar. 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.

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

Top 10 Best Health Professions Doctor's Degree Schools

Our analysis found Southwest Baptist University to be the best value school for health professions students who want to pursue a doctor’s degree in Missouri. Located in the distant town of Bolivar, Southwest Baptist University is a private not-for-profit college with a small student population.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state graduate student at Southwest Baptist University are $5,388 a year.

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A rank of #2 on this year’s list means Missouri State University - Springfield is a great value for health professions students working on their doctor’s degree. Missouri State is a fairly large public school located in the medium-sized city of Springfield.

Missouri State graduate students pay an average of $6,858 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

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#3

Logan University

Chesterfield, MO

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Logan University. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Best Value Health Professions Doctor’s Degree Schools in Missouri list. Located in the large suburb of Chesterfield, Logan University is a private not-for-profit college with a small student population.

In-state tuition fees for graduate students at Logan University are $8,100 per year.

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#4

Webster University

Saint Louis, MO

The excellent doctor’s degree programs at Webster University helped the school earn the #4 place on this year’s ranking of the best value health professions schools in Missouri. Webster is a moderately-sized private not-for-profit school located in the suburb of Saint Louis.

Webster graduate students pay an average of $13,500 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, Webster is ranked #2 for overall quality for health professions in Missouri.

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A rank of #5 on this year’s list means Midwestern Baptist Theological Seminary is a great value for health professions students working on their doctor’s degree. MBTS is a small private not-for-profit school located in the city of Kansas City.

MBTS graduate students pay an average of $6,950 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

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With a ranking of #6, University of Missouri - Columbia did quite well on this year’s best value schools for health professions students working on their doctor’s degree. Mizzou is a very large public school located in the midsize city of Columbia.

In-state tuition fees for graduate students at Mizzou are $11,255 per year.

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University of Missouri - Kansas City 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 #7 on the list. Located in the large city of Kansas City, UMKC is a public school with a large student population.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state graduate student at UMKC are $11,745 a year.

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With a ranking of #8, Goldfarb School of Nursing at Barnes-Jewish College did quite well on this year’s best value schools for health professions students working on their doctor’s degree. Goldfarb School of Nursing is a small private not-for-profit school located in the city of Saint Louis.

In-state tuition fees for graduate students at Goldfarb School of Nursing are $10,872 per year.

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University of Missouri - St Louis came in at #9 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Health Professions Doctor’s Degree Schools in Missouri ranking. UMSL is a fairly large public school located in the large suburb of Saint Louis.

In-state tuition fees for graduate students at UMSL are $12,528 per year.

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#10

Rockhurst University

Kansas City, MO

Rockhurst University ranked #10 on this year’s Best Value Health Professions Doctor’s Degree Schools in Missouri list. Located in the city of Kansas City, Rockhurst is a private not-for-profit college with a small student population.

Rockhurst graduate students pay an average of $17,104 in in-state tuition and fees each 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
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 14 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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