2023 Best Value Health Professions Undergraduate Certificate Schools in the Southwest Region
Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing
Finding the Best Health Professions Undergraduate 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.
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 Undergraduate Certificate Schools in the Southwest Region to help you in your search for the best school for you. Our analysis looked at 140 schools in the Southwest Region to see which undergraduate 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 15% Best Health Professions Undergraduate Certificate Schools
Our analysis found Panola College to be the best value school for health professions students who want to pursue a undergraduate certificate in the Southwest Region . Located in the town of Carthage, Panola College is a public school with a small student population.
Out-of-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at Panola College are $4,680 per year.
On top of its placing in our value ranking, Panola College also did well on our Best Health Professions Undergraduate Certificate Schools in the Southwest Region list. It’s in the top 15% of all schools reviewed in this analysis.
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Out of the 140 schools in the Southwest Region that were part of this year’s ranking, El Centro College landed the # 2 spot on the list. Located in the city of Dallas, El Centro College is a public college with a very large student population.
The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state undergraduate student at El Centro College are $6,000 a year.
El Centro College not only placed well in our value ranking, but it is also #5 on our Best Health Professions Undergraduate Certificate Schools in the Southwest Region list.
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A rank of #3 on this year’s list means Galveston College is a great value for health professions students working on their undergraduate certificate. Galveston College is a small public school located in the fringe town of Galveston.
The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state undergraduate student at Galveston College are $5,200 a year.
As a testament to the quality of education it offers, Galveston College also is in the top 15% of our Best Health Professions Undergraduate Certificate Schools in the Southwest Region ranking.
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The excellent undergraduate certificate programs at Central Arizona College helped the school earn the #4 place on this year’s ranking of the best value health professions schools in the Southwest Region . Located in the rural area of Coolidge, Pinal County Community College is a public college with a small student population.
Pinal County Community College undergraduate students pay an average of $5,160 in tuition and fees each year.
Pinal County Community College also claimed a spot on our Best Health Professions Undergraduate Certificate Schools in the Southwest Region list. It’s in the top 15% of all schools in this category.
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The excellent undergraduate certificate programs at College of the Mainland helped the school earn the #5 place on this year’s ranking of the best value health professions schools in the Southwest Region . COM is a small public school located in the midsize suburb of Texas City.
COM undergraduate students pay an average of $3,873 in tuition and fees each year.
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Victoria College did quite well in this year’s ranking of the best places for health professions students to get a undergraduate certificate. It came in at #6 on the list. Victoria College is a small public school located in the city of Victoria.
Out-of-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at Victoria College are $4,872 per year.
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Tyler Junior College ranked #7 on this year’s Best Value Health Professions Undergraduate Certificate Schools in the Southwest Region list. Located in the city of Tyler, Tyler Junior College is a public school with a large student population.
Tyler Junior College undergraduate students pay an average of $4,440 in tuition and fees each year.
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South Plains College came in at #8 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Health Professions Undergraduate Certificate Schools in the Southwest Region ranking. Located in the town of Levelland, South Plains College is a public college with a moderately-sized student population.
Out-of-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at South Plains College are $4,276 per year.
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Alvin Community College came in at #9 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Health Professions Undergraduate Certificate Schools in the Southwest Region ranking. Alvin is a small public school located in the large suburb of Alvin.
Alvin undergraduate students pay an average of $4,010 in tuition and fees each year.
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Amarillo College landed the #10 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best value undergraduate certificate health professions programs. Amarillo College is a medium-sized public school located in the city of Amarillo.
Out-of-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at Amarillo College are $4,704 per year.
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With a ranking of #11, New Mexico State University - Carlsbad did quite well on this year’s best value schools for health professions students working on their undergraduate certificate. NMSU Carlsbad is a small public school located in the rural area of Carlsbad.
Out-of-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at NMSU Carlsbad are $4,008 per year.
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With a ranking of #13, Houston Community College did quite well on this year’s best value schools for health professions students working on their undergraduate certificate. Houston Community College is a very large public school located in the city of Houston.
The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state undergraduate student at Houston Community College are $5,460 a year.
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With a ranking of #14, Collin County Community College District did quite well on this year’s best value schools for health professions students working on their undergraduate certificate. Collin County Community College District is a very large public school located in the midsize suburb of McKinney.
Collin County Community College District undergraduate students pay an average of $5,104 in tuition and fees each year.
Collin County Community College District also claimed a spot on our Best Health Professions Undergraduate Certificate Schools in the Southwest Region list. It’s in the top 10% of all schools in this category.
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McLennan Community College ranked #15 on this year’s Best Value Health Professions Undergraduate Certificate Schools in the Southwest Region list. MCC is a moderately-sized public school located in the city of Waco.
Out-of-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at MCC are $5,910 per year.
MCC excels when it comes to quality. It’s ranked in the top 20% of all schools on our Best Health Professions Undergraduate Certificate Schools in the Southwest Region list.
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University of New Mexico - Taos Campus ranked #16 on this year’s Best Value Health Professions Undergraduate Certificate Schools in the Southwest Region list. Located in the rural area of Ranchos de Taos, UNM Taos is a public school with a small student population.
Out-of-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at UNM Taos are $4,752 per year.
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With a ranking of #17, Wharton County Junior College did quite well on this year’s best value schools for health professions students working on their undergraduate certificate. Located in the town of Wharton, Wharton County Junior College is a public college with a moderately-sized student population.
Wharton County Junior College undergraduate students pay an average of $4,872 in tuition and fees each year.
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San Jacinto Community College did quite well in this year’s ranking of the best places for health professions students to get a undergraduate certificate. It came in at #18 on the list. Located in the suburb of Pasadena, San Jacinto College is a public school with a very large student population.
Out-of-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at San Jacinto College are $5,040 per year.
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Angelina College ranked #19 on this year’s Best Value Health Professions Undergraduate Certificate Schools in the Southwest Region list. Located in the town of Lufkin, AC is a public school with a small student population.
The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state undergraduate student at AC are $5,880 a year.
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Odessa College landed the #20 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best value undergraduate certificate health professions programs. Odessa College is a medium-sized public school located in the midsize city of Odessa.
Out-of-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at Odessa College are $4,398 per year.
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El Paso Community College came in at #21 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Health Professions Undergraduate Certificate Schools in the Southwest Region ranking. Located in the city of El Paso, El Paso Community College is a public school with a fairly large student population.
Out-of-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at El Paso Community College are $5,314 per year.
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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 Undergraduate Certificate Schools in the Southwest Region award.
| Rank | College | Location |
|---|---|---|
| 22 | Kilgore College | Kilgore, TX |
| 23 | Navarro College | Corsicana, TX |
| 24 | Lone Star College System | The Woodlands, TX |
| 25 | Midland College | Midland, TX |
| 26 | Temple College | Temple, TX |
| 27 | New Mexico State University - Dona Ana | Las Cruces, NM |
| 28 | North Central Texas College | Gainesville, 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 |
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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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