2023 Best Value Health Professions Graduate Certificate Schools in the Plains States Region
Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing
Finding the Best Health Professions Graduate Certificate School for You
In 2020-2021, 977,800 health professions students received a degree or certificate, making the major the #2 most popular in the country.
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The Best Value Health Professions Graduate Certificate Schools in the Plains States Region ranking is one of many tools that Course Advisor has developed to help you make your educational decision. Our analysis looked at 47 schools in the Plains States Region to see which graduate certificate 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.
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 Graduate Certificate Schools
Our 2023 rankings named Stephens College the best value school in the Plains States Region for health professions students working on their graduate certificate. Stephens is a fairly small private not-for-profit school located in the medium-sized city of Columbia.
Stephens graduate students pay an average of $9,230 in tuition and fees each year.
Stephens did well in our overall quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our Best Health Professions Graduate Certificate Schools in the Plains States Region list.
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Out of the 47 schools in the Plains States Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Morningside College landed the # 2 spot on the list. Located in the city of Sioux City, Morningside is a private not-for-profit college with a small student population.
Morningside graduate students pay an average of $6,516 in tuition and fees each year.
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A rank of #3 on this year’s list means Mount Marty University is a great value for health professions students working on their graduate certificate. Mount Marty is a small private not-for-profit school located in the remote town of Yankton.
The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at Mount Marty are $9,650 a year.
On top of its placing in our value ranking, Mount Marty also did well on our Best Health Professions Graduate Certificate Schools in the Plains States Region list. It’s in the top 20% of all schools reviewed in this analysis.
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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Clarkson College. The school came in at #4 on this year’s Best Value Health Professions Graduate Certificate Schools in the Plains States Region list. Clarkson College is a small private not-for-profit school located in the city of Omaha.
Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at Clarkson College are $12,294 per year.
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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Minnesota State University - Moorhead. It ranked #5 on our 2023 Best Value Health Professions Graduate Certificate Schools in the Plains States Region list. MSU Moorhead is a medium-sized public school located in the midsize suburb of Moorhead.
MSU Moorhead graduate students pay an average of $11,052 in tuition and fees each year.
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Winona State University came in at #6 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Health Professions Graduate Certificate Schools in the Plains States Region ranking. Winona State is a medium-sized public school located in the distant town of Winona.
The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at Winona State are $12,836 a year.
In addition to its great value ranking, Winona State is in the top 20% of all schools on our Best Health Professions Graduate Certificate Schools in the Plains States Region list.
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Park University did quite well in this year’s ranking of the best places for health professions students to get a graduate certificate. It came in at #7 on the list. Park University is a medium-sized private not-for-profit school located in the suburb of Parkville.
Park University graduate students pay an average of $6,435 in tuition and fees each year.
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Graceland University - Lamoni landed the #8 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best value graduate certificate health professions programs. Graceland Lamoni is a small private not-for-profit school located in the rural area of Lamoni.
Graceland Lamoni graduate students pay an average of $11,187 in tuition and fees each year.
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Saint Mary’s University of Minnesota ranked #9 on this year’s Best Value Health Professions Graduate Certificate Schools in the Plains States Region list. Located in the town of Winona, SMU MN is a private not-for-profit college with a small student population.
Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at SMU MN are $10,890 per year.
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Mayo Clinic School of Medicine did quite well in this year’s ranking of the best places for health professions students to get a graduate certificate. It came in at #9 on the list. Located in the midsize city of Rochester, Mayo Clinic School of Medicine is a private not-for-profit school with a small student population.
Mayo Clinic School of Medicine graduate students pay an average of $22,716 in tuition and fees each year.
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Explore the best health professions schools for a specific state in the Plains States region.
| State | Degrees Awarded |
|---|---|
| Kansas | 5,886 |
| Minnesota | 25,582 |
| Iowa | 6,876 |
| South Dakota | 2,186 |
| Missouri | 16,143 |
| Nebraska | 4,665 |
| North Dakota | 2,083 |
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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).
More about our data sources and methodologies.
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