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2023 Most Popular Online Health Professions Associate Degree Schools in the Southwest Region

43 Colleges
$43,116 Avg Salary
$21,919 Avg Student Debt

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.

To assist you in seeing some of the education options that are available to you, Course Advisor has created its Most Popular Online Health Professions Associate Degree Schools in the Southwest Region ranking. This report analyzed 43 schools in the Southwest Region to see which ones were the most popular online associate degree programs for students. To create this ranking we looked at how many students graduated from schools with online programs.

Check out the online health professions associate degree programs at these schools if you want to attend one of the most popular in the Southwest Region .

Our analysis found Tulsa Community College to be the most popular school for health professions students who want to pursue an online associate degree in the Southwest Region . Located in the large city of Tulsa, Tulsa Community College is a public college with a fairly large student population.

Of the 709 students majoring in health professions at Tulsa Community College, 16% are male and 84% are female.

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A rank of #2 on this year’s list means Pima Medical Institute - Tucson is a great place for health professions students working on their online associate degree. Located in the city of Tucson, PMI Tucson is a private for-profit college with a small student population.

Women make up 79% of the health professions majors at the school.

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#3

Amarillo College

Amarillo, TX

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Amarillo College. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Most Popular Online Health Professions Associate Degree Schools in the Southwest Region list. Amarillo College is a moderately-sized public school located in the city of Amarillo.

Women make up 86% of the health professions majors at the school.

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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend The College of Health Care Professions - Northwest. It ranked #4 on our 2023 Most Popular Online Health Professions Associate Degree Schools in the Southwest Region list. CHCP - Northwest is a small private for-profit school located in the large city of Houston.

Women make up 88% of the health professions majors at the school.

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A rank of #5 on this year’s list means University of the Incarnate Word is a great place for health professions students working on their online associate degree. Located in the large city of San Antonio, UIW is a private not-for-profit school with a medium-sized student population.

Women make up 50% of the health professions majors at the school.

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#6

Bryan University

Tempe, AZ

Bryan University did quite well in this year’s ranking of the most popular online places for health professions students to get a associate degree. It came in at #6 on the list. Located in the city of Tempe, Bryan University is a private for-profit school with a small student population.

Women make up 96% of the health professions majors at the school.

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Community Care College came in at #7 in this year’s edition of the Most Popular Online Health Professions Associate Degree Schools in the Southwest Region ranking. Community Care College is a fairly small private not-for-profit school located in the city of Tulsa.

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#7

Central Texas College

Killeen, TX

Central Texas College did quite well in this year’s ranking of the most popular online places for health professions students to get a associate degree. It came in at #7 on the list. Central Texas College is a moderately-sized public school located in the midsize suburb of Killeen.

About 87% of the students majoring in health professions at the school are women while 13% are male.

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Carrington College, Phoenix North landed the #9 spot in the 2023 rankings for the most popular online associate degree health professions programs. Located in the large city of Phoenix, Carrington College, Phoenix is a private for-profit school with a small student population.

Women make up 84% of the health professions majors at the school.

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#10

San Juan College

Farmington, NM

San Juan College did quite well in this year’s ranking of the most popular online places for health professions students to get a associate degree. It came in at #10 on the list. Located in the small city of Farmington, SJC is a public college with a medium-sized student population.

Women make up 81% of the health professions majors at the school.

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Explore the most popular online 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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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).

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