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2023 Best Value Health Professions Master's Degree Schools in the Southwest Region

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

88 Colleges
$14,130 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$70,048 Avg Salary

Finding the Best Health Professions Master's Degree 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.

Today's students have lots of options to pick from when considering higher education opportunities. You can choose a traditional brick and mortar school, or with the growth of online education, you can attend a school half-way across the country without even leaving your house. Also there are many trade schools that offer short-term programs that open up more career options.

Along with in-depth profiles of schools and the programs they offer, Course Advisor has created the Best Value Health Professions Master's Degree Schools in the Southwest Region to help you in your search for the best school for you. Our analysis looked at 88 schools in the Southwest Region to see which master'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.

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 Master’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region

The following schools top our list of the Best Value Health Professions Master's Degree Colleges.

Top 15% Best Health Professions Master's Degree Schools

#1

Aspen University

Denver, CO

Our 2023 rankings named Aspen University the best value school in the Southwest Region for health professions students working on their master’s degree. Aspen University is a moderately-sized private for-profit school located in the large city of Denver.

Aspen University graduate students pay an average of $4,357 in tuition and fees each year.

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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Eastern New Mexico University - Main Campus. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Best Value Health Professions Master’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region list. ENMU - Main Campus is a small public school located in the town of Portales.

Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at ENMU - Main Campus are $7,110 per year.

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#3

MSU Texas

Wichita Falls, TX

A rank of #3 on this year’s list means MSU Texas is a great value for health professions students working on their master’s degree. MSU Texas is a moderately-sized public school located in the medium-sized city of Wichita Falls.

MSU Texas graduate students pay an average of $8,056 in tuition and fees each year.

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Out of the 88 schools in the Southwest Region that were part of this year’s ranking, West Coast University - Dallas landed the # 4 spot on the list. West Coast University - Dallas is a small private for-profit school located in the large city of Dallas.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at West Coast University - Dallas are $10,735 a year.

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#5

Parker University

Dallas, TX

The excellent master’s degree programs at Parker University helped the school earn the #5 place on this year’s ranking of the best value health professions schools in the Southwest Region . Parker University is a small private not-for-profit school located in the large city of Dallas.

Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at Parker University are $13,512 per year.

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Lubbock Christian 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 #6 on the list. LCU is a small private not-for-profit school located in the large city of Lubbock.

LCU graduate students pay an average of $9,540 in tuition and fees each year.

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The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio landed the #7 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best value master’s degree health professions programs. UT Health San Antonio is a small public school located in the city of San Antonio.

UT Health San Antonio graduate students pay an average of $13,448 in tuition and fees each year.

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Ottawa University - Phoenix came in at #8 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Health Professions Master’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region ranking. Ottawa University - Phoenix is a small private not-for-profit school located in the city of Phoenix.

Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at Ottawa University - Phoenix are $11,993 per year.

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Arizona State University - Skysong landed the #9 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best value master’s degree health professions programs. ASU - Skysong is a fairly large public school located in the city of Scottsdale.

ASU - Skysong graduate students pay an average of $9,982 in tuition and fees each year.

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West Texas A&M University came in at #9 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Health Professions Master’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region ranking. West Texas A&M University is a moderately-sized public school located in the town of Canyon.

Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at West Texas A&M University are $8,574 per year.

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#11

Oklahoma City University

Oklahoma City, OK

Oklahoma City University landed the #11 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best value master’s degree health professions programs. OCU is a small private not-for-profit school located in the large city of Oklahoma City.

OCU graduate students pay an average of $13,410 in tuition and fees each year.

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Northeastern State University landed the #12 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best value master’s degree health professions programs. Located in the remote town of Tahlequah, NSU is a public college with a medium-sized student population.

Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at NSU are $10,911 per year.

Read full report on Health Professions at Northeastern State University

#13

Grand Canyon University

Phoenix, AZ

With a ranking of #13, Grand Canyon University did quite well on this year’s best value schools for health professions students working on their master’s degree. Located in the large city of Phoenix, Grand Canyon University is a private for-profit school with a very large student population.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at Grand Canyon University are $11,538 a year.

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Honorable Mentions

Here are some additional great value schools for Health Professions students in the Southwest Region seeking value that almost earned our Best Value Health Professions Master's Degree Schools in the Southwest Region award.

Rank College Location
14 University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center Dallas, TX
15 New Mexico Highlands University Las Vegas, NM
16 Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center Lubbock, TX
17 Texas A & M University - Central Texas Killeen, TX

Best Health Professions Colleges by State

Explore the best health professions colleges for a specific state in the Southwest region.

State Degrees Awarded
Arizona 24,705
Texas 45,833
New Mexico 3,731
Oklahoma 6,642

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 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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