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

56 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. As online education oppotunities continue to grow, you're not restricted to just schools in your local area anymore. Even some of the 'big name' schools are offering online courses. Also, there are a number of trade schools with offerings that you might find attractive.

The Most Popular Online Health Professions Associate Degree Schools in the Plains States Region ranking is one of many tools that Course Advisor has developed to help you make your educational decision. This report analyzed 56 schools in the Plains States 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 Plains States Region .

#1

Grantham University

Lenexa, KS

Our 2023 rankings named Grantham University the most popular online school in the Plains States Region for health professions students working on their associate degree. Grantham University is a medium-sized private for-profit school located in the city of Lenexa.

Women make up 93% of the health professions majors at the school.

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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Northwest Technical College. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Most Popular Online Health Professions Associate Degree Schools in the Plains States Region list. NTC is a small public school located in the town of Bemidji.

Women make up 93% of the health professions majors at the school.

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#3

Columbia College

Columbia, MO

The in-demand online associate degree programs at Columbia College helped the school earn the #3 place on this year’s ranking of the best health professions schools in the Plains States Region . Columbia College Missouri is a medium-sized private not-for-profit school located in the city of Columbia.

Women make up 89% of the health professions majors at the school.

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Out of the 56 online programs at schools in the Plains States Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Minnesota West Community and Technical College landed the # 4 spot on the list. Located in the town of Granite Falls, Minnesota West is a public college with a small student population.

About 83% of the students majoring in health professions at the school are women while 17% are male.

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#5

Rockhurst University

Kansas City, MO

Out of the 56 online programs at schools in the Plains States Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Rockhurst University landed the # 5 spot on the list. Located in the large city of Kansas City, Rockhurst is a private not-for-profit school with a small student population.

Of the 52 students majoring in health professions at Rockhurst, 6% are male and 94% are female.

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#6

Bryan University

Springfield, MO

Bryan University ranked #6 on this year’s Most Popular Online Health Professions Associate Degree Schools in the Plains States Region list. Bryan University is a fairly small private for-profit school located in the medium-sized city of Springfield.

Of the 39 students majoring in health professions at Bryan University, 15% are male and 85% are female.

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St Louis College of Health Careers-Fenton ranked #7 on this year’s Most Popular Online Health Professions Associate Degree Schools in the Plains States Region list. SLCHC is a fairly small private for-profit school located in the large suburb of Fenton.

Of the 78 students majoring in health professions at SLCHC, 10% are male and 90% are female.

Full Health Professions at St Louis College of Health Careers-Fenton Report

Minnesota State Community and Technical College came in at #8 in this year’s edition of the Most Popular Online Health Professions Associate Degree Schools in the Plains States Region ranking. M State is a medium-sized public school located in the remote town of Fergus Falls.

Women make up 82% of the health professions majors at the school.

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#9

Century College

White Bear Lake, MN

Century 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 #9 on the list. Century College is a medium-sized public school located in the suburb of White Bear Lake.

Women make up 83% 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 Plains States region.

State Degrees Awarded
Kansas 5,886
Minnesota 25,582
Iowa 6,876
South Dakota 2,186
Missouri 16,143
Nebraska 4,665
North Dakota 2,083

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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 27 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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