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Best Value Colleges for Health/Medical Preparatory Programs

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

39

Schools Ranked

$30,498

Avg. Earnings

2.7 yrs

Best Payback

2,580

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	Eastern Kentucky University Richmond, KY · Public	$14,287	$55,840	2.7 yrs
2	Austin Peay State University Clarksville, TN · Public	$16,859	$41,937	9.7 yrs
3	Ball State University Muncie, IN · Public	$15,158	$39,729	12.8 yrs
4	Kent State University at Kent Kent, OH · Public	$19,508	$37,568	30.4 yrs
5	Commonwealth University of Pennsylvania Bloomsburg, PA · Public	$18,004	$37,208	32.6 yrs
6	Drexel University Philadelphia, PA · Private	$33,921	$31,853	N/A
7	MCPHS University Boston, MA · Private	$38,606	$26,353	N/A
8	University of Dayton Dayton, OH · Private	$25,633	$20,921	N/A
9	Miami University-Oxford Oxford, OH · Public	$23,513	$21,508	N/A
10	Ohio State University-Main Campus Columbus, OH · Public	$13,273	$27,280	N/A
11	Baylor University Waco, TX · Private	$31,907	$28,478	N/A
12	Cleveland State University Cleveland, OH · Public	$18,468	$28,236	N/A
13	Grand Valley State University Allendale, MI · Public	$15,277	$27,640	N/A
14	Indiana University-Indianapolis Indianapolis, IN · Public	$13,306	$32,284	N/A
15	University of Notre Dame Notre Dame, IN · Private	$14,020	$21,508	N/A
16	Northern Illinois University Dekalb, IL · Public	$13,778	$29,016	N/A
17	Oregon State University Corvallis, OR · Public	$21,716	$28,598	N/A
18	Oregon State University-Cascades Campus Bend, OR · Public	$20,523	$28,598	N/A
19	Arizona State University Campus Immersion Tempe, AZ · Public	$15,561	$34,206	N/A
20	Averett University Danville, VA · Private	$44,714	$25,709	N/A
21	Western Washington University Bellingham, WA · Public	$16,819	$29,685	N/A
22	Saginaw Valley State University University Center, MI · Public	$14,265	$29,685	N/A
23	Aurora University Aurora, IL · Private	$15,645	$33,993	N/A
24	Benedictine University Lisle, IL · Private	$26,188	$21,964	N/A
25	University of South Alabama Mobile, AL · Public	$17,568	$26,546	N/A
26	Guilford College Greensboro, NC · Private	$21,683	$28,598	N/A
27	Marshall University Huntington, WV · Public	$9,256	$24,035	N/A
28	University of Utah Salt Lake City, UT · Public	$13,842	$33,987	N/A
29	Dominican University River Forest, IL · Private	$18,838	$30,771	N/A
30	Boise State University Boise, ID · Public	$16,204	$29,685	N/A
31	The University of Montana Missoula, MT · Public	$15,281	$28,960	N/A
32	Lee University Cleveland, TN · Private	$17,876	$28,960	N/A
33	University of Iowa Iowa City, IA · Public	$18,026	$28,462	N/A
34	La Sierra University Riverside, CA · Private	$23,355	$25,194	N/A
35	University of Oklahoma-Norman Campus Norman, OK · Public	$21,725	$24,730	N/A
36	Georgia Southern University Statesboro, GA · Public	$16,181	$24,421	N/A
37	Campbell University Buies Creek, NC · Private	$22,356	$23,649	N/A
38	Augustana College Rock Island, IL · Private	$19,064	$20,140	N/A
39	Duquesne University Pittsburgh, PA · Private	$27,431	$35,060	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.