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.
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2023 Best Value Health Professions Undergraduate Certificate Schools in the Southwest Region
Check out the health professions undergraduate certificate programs at these schools if you want to get the best value for your educational dollar.
Top 15% Best Health Professions Undergraduate Certificate Schools
Our 2023 rankings named Panola College the best value school in the Southwest Region for health professions students working on their undergraduate certificate. Located in the distant town of Carthage, Panola College is a public college with a small student population.
The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state undergraduate student at Panola College are $4,680 a year.
As a testament to the quality of education it offers, Panola College also is in the top 15% of our Best Health Professions Undergraduate Certificate Schools in the Southwest Region ranking.
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 large city of Dallas, El Centro College is a public school with a fairly large student population.
El Centro College undergraduate students pay an average of $6,000 in tuition and fees each 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.
The excellent undergraduate certificate programs at Galveston College helped the school earn the #3 place on this year’s ranking of the best value health professions schools in the Southwest Region . Galveston College is a small public school located in the fringe town of Galveston.
Galveston College undergraduate students pay an average of $5,200 in tuition and fees each year.
On top of its placing in our value ranking, Galveston 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.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Central Arizona College. The school came in at #4 on this year’s Best Value Health Professions Undergraduate Certificate Schools in the Southwest Region list. Located in the rural area of Coolidge, Pinal County Community College is a public school with a small student population.
Out-of-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at Pinal County Community College are $5,160 per year.
On top of its placing in our value ranking, Pinal County Community 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.
Read full report on Health Professions at Central Arizona College
Out of the 140 schools in the Southwest Region that were part of this year’s ranking, College of the Mainland landed the # 5 spot on the list. COM is a small public school located in the midsize suburb of Texas City.
Out-of-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at COM are $3,873 per year.
Victoria College ranked #6 on this year’s Best Value Health Professions Undergraduate Certificate Schools in the Southwest Region 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.
Tyler Junior College came in at #7 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Health Professions Undergraduate Certificate Schools in the Southwest Region ranking. Located in the midsize city of Tyler, Tyler Junior College is a public school with a fairly large student population.
Out-of-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at Tyler Junior College are $4,440 per year.
Read full report on Health Professions at Tyler Junior College
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.
South Plains College undergraduate students pay an average of $4,276 in tuition and fees each year.
Alvin Community College landed the #9 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best value undergraduate certificate health professions programs. Alvin is a small public school located in the large suburb of Alvin.
Out-of-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at Alvin are $4,010 per year.
Read full report on Health Professions at Alvin Community College
Amarillo 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 #10 on the list. Amarillo College is a medium-sized public school located in the medium-sized city of Amarillo.
The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state undergraduate student at Amarillo College are $4,704 a year.
New Mexico State University - Carlsbad landed the #11 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best value undergraduate certificate health professions programs. 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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Houston Community College landed the #13 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best value undergraduate certificate health professions programs. Houston Community College is a very large public school located in the large city of Houston.
Houston Community College undergraduate students pay an average of $5,460 in tuition and fees each year.
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.
On top of its placing in our value ranking, Collin County Community College District also did well on our Best Health Professions Undergraduate Certificate Schools in the Southwest Region list. It’s in the top 10% of all schools reviewed in this analysis.
McLennan Community College landed the #15 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best value undergraduate certificate health professions programs. MCC is a moderately-sized public school located in the city of Waco.
MCC undergraduate students pay an average of $5,910 in tuition and fees each year.
In addition to its great value ranking, MCC is in the top 20% of all schools on our Best Health Professions Undergraduate Certificate Schools in the Southwest Region list.
Full Health Professions at McLennan Community College Report
University of New Mexico - Taos Campus 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 #16 on the list. Located in the rural area of Ranchos de Taos, UNM Taos is a public college with a small student population.
Out-of-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at UNM Taos are $4,752 per year.
Full Health Professions at University of New Mexico - Taos Campus Report
Wharton County Junior 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 #17 on the list. Located in the town of Wharton, Wharton County Junior College is a public school with a medium-sized student population.
Out-of-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at Wharton County Junior College are $4,872 per year.
Read full report on Health Professions at Wharton County Junior College
San Jacinto Community College landed the #18 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best value undergraduate certificate health professions programs. Located in the suburb of Pasadena, San Jacinto College is a public college with a very large student population.
The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state undergraduate student at San Jacinto College are $5,040 a year.
Full Health Professions at San Jacinto Community College Report
Angelina 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 #19 on the list. Located in the town of Lufkin, AC is a public college with a small student population.
The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state undergraduate student at AC are $5,880 a year.
Odessa 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 #20 on the list. Odessa College is a moderately-sized public school located in the medium-sized city of Odessa.
The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state undergraduate student at Odessa College are $4,398 a year.
With a ranking of #21, El Paso Community College did quite well on this year’s best value schools for health professions students working on their undergraduate certificate. Located in the city of El Paso, El Paso Community College is a public school with a very large student population.
Out-of-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at El Paso Community College are $5,314 per year.
Read full report on Health Professions at El Paso Community College
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 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 schools 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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