Best Value / By Major

Best Value Colleges for Health Services/Allied Health/Health Sciences, General

Schools ranked by payback period — how quickly you recoup your investment through higher earnings.

50

Schools Ranked

$33,615

Avg. Earnings

1.9 yrs

Best Payback

11,870

Graduates

How we calculate value: Payback = (4 years of net price) / (major earnings - $35k baseline). A 2-year payback means you recoup your investment in 2 years through higher earnings vs. not attending college.

#	School	Net Price/yr	Major Earnings	Payback
1	Northern Kentucky University Highland Heights, KY · Public	$9,505	$54,653	1.9 yrs
2	Carroll University Waukesha, WI · Private	$22,237	$74,576	2.2 yrs
3	Rutgers University-Camden Camden, NJ · Public	$15,952	$57,318	2.9 yrs
4	University of Minnesota-Rochester Rochester, MN · Public	$11,340	$49,270	3.2 yrs
5	West Chester University of Pennsylvania West Chester, PA · Public	$19,085	$57,589	3.4 yrs
6	University of Minnesota-Twin Cities Minneapolis, MN · Public	$12,911	$49,270	3.6 yrs
7	Rutgers University-New Brunswick New Brunswick, NJ · Public	$20,927	$57,318	3.8 yrs
8	Mercy College of Ohio Toledo, OH · Private	$18,639	$50,439	4.8 yrs
9	Nova Southeastern University Fort Lauderdale, FL · Private	$27,150	$54,322	5.6 yrs
10	Northwestern State University of Louisiana Natchitoches, LA · Public	$14,621	$45,529	5.6 yrs
11	California State University-Sacramento Sacramento, CA · Public	$12,602	$42,682	6.6 yrs
12	University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign Champaign, IL · Public	$11,505	$41,565	7 yrs
13	Arkansas State University Jonesboro, AR · Public	$14,698	$43,128	7.2 yrs
14	Missouri State University-Springfield Springfield, MO · Public	$15,950	$42,682	8.3 yrs
15	Siena Heights University Adrian, MI · Private	$21,296	$45,198	8.4 yrs
16	California State University-Fresno Fresno, CA · Public	$8,030	$38,289	9.8 yrs
17	University of the Incarnate Word San Antonio, TX · Private	$23,172	$44,170	10.1 yrs
18	Southern New Hampshire University Manchester, NH · Private	$41,757	$50,856	10.5 yrs
19	San Francisco State University San Francisco, CA · Public	$16,065	$40,768	11.1 yrs
20	California State University-East Bay Hayward, CA · Public	$15,615	$39,686	13.3 yrs
21	National University San Diego, CA · Private	$23,427	$39,729	19.8 yrs
22	Stony Brook University Stony Brook, NY · Public	$19,344	$38,455	22.4 yrs
23	University of Missouri-Kansas City Kansas City, MO · Public	$15,768	$37,640	23.9 yrs
24	Towson University Towson, MD · Public	$17,667	$37,568	27.5 yrs
25	Florida Gulf Coast University Fort Myers, FL · Public	$11,133	$36,560	28.5 yrs
26	Thomas Jefferson University Philadelphia, PA · Private	$23,635	$37,568	36.8 yrs
27	La Salle University Philadelphia, PA · Private	$20,975	$36,852	45.3 yrs
28	University of Michigan-Flint Flint, MI · Public	$13,218	$36,141	46.3 yrs
29	Texas Woman's University Denton, TX · Public	$10,508	$35,740	56.8 yrs
30	Saint Louis University Saint Louis, MO · Private	$19,225	$36,141	67.4 yrs
31	University of Nevada-Reno Reno, NV · Public	$15,106	$35,653	92.5 yrs
32	Boston University Boston, MA · Private	$18,458	$35,653	113.1 yrs
33	Monmouth University West Long Branch, NJ · Private	$28,313	$32,391	N/A
34	University of Florida Gainesville, FL · Public	$8,394	$23,166	N/A
35	San Diego State University San Diego, CA · Public	$14,698	$28,327	N/A
36	The University of Tampa Tampa, FL · Private	$29,375	$28,598	N/A
37	Wheaton College Wheaton, IL · Private	$18,373	$34,704	N/A
38	Franklin Pierce University Rindge, NH · Private	$27,716	$25,967	N/A
39	University of Missouri-Columbia Columbia, MO · Public	$13,715	$33,624	N/A
40	California State University-Chico Chico, CA · Public	$16,738	$33,043	N/A
41	University of New England Biddeford, ME · Private	$32,345	$31,236	N/A
42	The University of Texas at Dallas Richardson, TX · Public	$14,583	$26,353	N/A
43	Bay Path University Longmeadow, MA · Private	$24,041	$32,391	N/A
44	Stockton University Galloway, NJ · Public	$21,350	$23,842	N/A
45	Slippery Rock University of Pennsylvania Slippery Rock, PA · Public	$19,050	$30,047	N/A
46	DePaul University Chicago, IL · Private	$28,577	$33,459	N/A
47	Utica University Utica, NY · Private	$22,122	$25,194	N/A
48	Otterbein University Westerville, OH · Private	$21,572	$33,993	N/A
49	Carroll College Helena, MT · Private	$21,482	$30,119	N/A
50	University of South Dakota Vermillion, SD · Public	$19,548	$34,660	N/A

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Payback uses earnings by major from the College Scorecard's field-of-study file, last updated June 2026, against net price from the June 2026 release. Scorecard publishes the two separately, so they are different vintages.