2023 Most Popular Health Professions Master's Degree Schools in the Plains States Region
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.
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The Most Popular Health Professions Master's 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 121 schools in the Plains States Region to see which ones were the most popular master's degree programs for students. To create this ranking we looked at how many students graduated from the Health Professions program at each school on the list.
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2023 Most Popular Health Professions Master’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region
The following schools top our list of the Most Popular Health Professions Master's Degree Colleges.
Top 15% Most Popular Health Professions Master's Degree Schools
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Capella University. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Most Popular Health Professions Master’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region list. Located in the city of Minneapolis, Capella University is a private for-profit school with a very large student population.
Of the 2,832 students majoring in health professions at Capella University, 11% are male and 89% are female.
A rank of #3 on this year’s list means Maryville University of Saint Louis is a great place for health professions students working on their master’s degree. Maryville U is a large private not-for-profit school located in the large suburb of Saint Louis.
Women make up 88% of the health professions majors at the school.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Minnesota - Twin Cities. It ranked #4 on our 2023 Most Popular Health Professions Master’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region list. Located in the large city of Minneapolis, UMN Twin Cities is a public college with a fairly large student population.
Women make up 81% of the health professions majors at the school.
A rank of #5 on this year’s list means Saint Louis University is a great place for health professions students working on their master’s degree. Located in the large city of Saint Louis, SLU is a private not-for-profit school with a fairly large student population.
Women make up 77% of the health professions majors at the school.
A T Still University of Health Sciences ranked #6 on this year’s Most Popular Health Professions Master’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region list. Located in the remote town of Kirksville, A T Still University of Health Sciences is a private not-for-profit college with a small student population.
Women make up 69% of the health professions majors at the school.
University of Missouri - Columbia landed the #7 spot in the 2023 rankings for the most popular master’s degree health professions programs. Mizzou is a fairly large public school located in the city of Columbia.
Of the 268 students majoring in health professions at Mizzou, 19% are male and 81% are female.
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University of Iowa came in at #8 in this year’s edition of the Most Popular Health Professions Master’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region ranking. Located in the city of Iowa City, Iowa is a public school with a very large student population.
About 72% of the students majoring in health professions at the school are women while 28% are male.
St Catherine University ranked #9 on this year’s Most Popular Health Professions Master’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region list. St. Kate's is a small private not-for-profit school located in the large city of Saint Paul.
About 93% of the students majoring in health professions at the school are women while 7% are male.
With a ranking of #10, University of Nebraska Medical Center did quite well on this year’s most popular schools for health professions students working on their master’s degree. UNMC is a small public school located in the city of Omaha.
Women make up 77% of the health professions majors at the school.
Read full report on Health Professions at University of Nebraska Medical Center
University of Missouri - Kansas City ranked #11 on this year’s Most Popular Health Professions Master’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region list. Located in the large city of Kansas City, UMKC is a public college with a large student population.
About 89% of the students majoring in health professions at the school are women while 11% are male.
Washington University in St Louis ranked #12 on this year’s Most Popular Health Professions Master’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region list. Located in the large suburb of Saint Louis, WUSTL is a private not-for-profit school with a fairly large student population.
Of the 181 students majoring in health professions at WUSTL, 26% are male and 74% are female.
Full Health Professions at Washington University in St Louis Report
Graceland University - Lamoni ranked #13 on this year’s Most Popular Health Professions Master’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region list. Graceland Lamoni is a small private not-for-profit school located in the rural area of Lamoni.
Women make up 83% of the health professions majors at the school.
Full Health Professions at Graceland University - Lamoni Report
With a ranking of #14, Missouri State University - Springfield did quite well on this year’s most popular schools for health professions students working on their master’s degree. Missouri State is a fairly large public school located in the medium-sized city of Springfield.
Of the 166 students majoring in health professions at Missouri State, 31% are male and 69% are female.
Read full report on Health Professions at Missouri State University - Springfield
University of Kansas did quite well in this year’s ranking of the most popular places for health professions students to get a master’s degree. It came in at #15 on the list. Located in the small city of Lawrence, KU is a public college with a fairly large student population.
About 80% of the students majoring in health professions at the school are women while 20% are male.
University of North Dakota ranked #16 on this year’s Most Popular Health Professions Master’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region list. UND is a fairly large public school located in the city of Grand Forks.
About 85% of the students majoring in health professions at the school are women while 15% are male.
Read full report on Health Professions at University of North Dakota
Saint Mary’s University of Minnesota did quite well in this year’s ranking of the most popular places for health professions students to get a master’s degree. It came in at #17 on the list. Located in the distant town of Winona, SMU MN is a private not-for-profit school with a small student population.
About 74% of the students majoring in health professions at the school are women while 26% are male.
Full Health Professions at Saint Mary’s University of Minnesota Report
Rockhurst University came in at #18 in this year’s edition of the Most Popular Health Professions Master’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region ranking. Located in the large city of Kansas City, Rockhurst is a private not-for-profit college with a small student population.
Of the 157 students majoring in health professions at Rockhurst, 7% are male and 93% are female.
Honorable Mentions
Here are some additional popular schools for Health Professions students in the Plains States Region that almost earned our Most Popular Health Professions Master's Degree Schools in the Plains States Region award.
| Rank | College | Location |
|---|---|---|
| 19 | Webster University | Saint Louis, MO |
| 20 | University of South Dakota | Vermillion, SD |
| 21 | Logan University | Chesterfield, MO |
| 22 | The College of Saint Scholastica | Duluth, MN |
| 23 | Lindenwood University | Saint Charles, MO |
| 23 | Des Moines University - Osteopathic Medical Center | Des Moines, IA |
Best Health Professions Colleges by State
Explore the best 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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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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