2023 Best Value Health Professions Master's Degree Schools in Pennsylvania
Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing
Finding the Best Health Professions Master's Degree School for You
Health Professions is the most popular major in Pennsylvania with 32,882 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. 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 Master's Degree Schools in Pennsylvania ranking. This report analyzed 57 schools in Pennsylvania to see which ones offered the best value master's degree programs for health professions students. The goal was to highlight schools with more affordable prices than others offering similar quality experiences.
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 Master's Degree Schools
Our 2023 rankings named La Salle University the best value school in Pennsylvania for health professions students working on their master’s degree. Located in the large city of Philadelphia, La Salle is a private not-for-profit school with a small student population.
La Salle graduate students pay an average of $1,455 in in-state tuition and fees each year.
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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Lake Erie College of Osteopathic Medicine. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Best Value Health Professions Master’s Degree Schools in Pennsylvania list. Located in the small city of Erie, LECOM is a private not-for-profit college with a small student population.
The average tuition and fees for an in-state graduate student at LECOM are $14,511 a year.
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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Saint Vincent College. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Best Value Health Professions Master’s Degree Schools in Pennsylvania list. Located in the suburb of Latrobe, Saint Vincent is a private not-for-profit college with a small student population.
In-state tuition fees for graduate students at Saint Vincent are $14,748 per year.
In addition to its great value ranking, Saint Vincent is in the top 10% of all schools on our Best Health Professions Master’s Degree Schools in Pennsylvania list.
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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend York College of Pennsylvania. The school came in at #4 on this year’s Best Value Health Professions Master’s Degree Schools in Pennsylvania list. YCP is a small private not-for-profit school located in the suburb of York.
YCP graduate students pay an average of $11,646 in in-state tuition and fees each year.
In addition to its great value ranking, YCP is in the top 20% of all schools on our Best Health Professions Master’s Degree Schools in Pennsylvania list.
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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Marywood University. The school came in at #5 on this year’s Best Value Health Professions Master’s Degree Schools in Pennsylvania list. Marywood is a small private not-for-profit school located in the city of Scranton.
In-state tuition fees for graduate students at Marywood are $11,438 per year.
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With a ranking of #6, University of Scranton did quite well on this year’s best value schools for health professions students working on their master’s degree. Located in the small city of Scranton, University of Scranton is a private not-for-profit college with a small student population.
The average tuition and fees for an in-state graduate student at University of Scranton are $11,630 a year.
As a testament to the quality of education it offers, University of Scranton also is in the top 15% of our Best Health Professions Master’s Degree Schools in Pennsylvania ranking.
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La Roche University did quite well in this year’s ranking of the best places for health professions students to get a master’s degree. It came in at #7 on the list. La Roche is a small private not-for-profit school located in the suburb of Pittsburgh.
La Roche graduate students pay an average of $12,619 in in-state tuition and fees each year.
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Lock Haven University landed the #8 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best value master’s degree health professions programs. Located in the distant town of Lock Haven, LHU is a public school with a small student population.
The average tuition and fees for an in-state graduate student at LHU are $12,519 a year.
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Slippery Rock University of Pennsylvania came in at #9 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Health Professions Master’s Degree Schools in Pennsylvania ranking. SRU is a moderately-sized public school located in the distant town of Slippery Rock.
In-state tuition fees for graduate students at SRU are $12,659 per year.
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Holy Family University did quite well in this year’s ranking of the best places for health professions students to get a master’s degree. It came in at #10 on the list. Located in the city of Philadelphia, Holy Family is a private not-for-profit school with a small student population.
The average tuition and fees for an in-state graduate student at Holy Family are $12,181 a year.
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| State | Degrees Awarded |
|---|---|
| New Jersey | 12,728 |
| New York | 45,482 |
| Maryland | 10,796 |
| Delaware | 2,277 |
| District of Columbia | 3,705 |
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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.