2025 Best Health/Medical Prep Programs Bachelor's Degree Schools in the Plains States Region

If you plan on getting your bachelor's degree in health/medical prep programs, you won't be alone since the degree program is ranked #96 in the country in terms of popularity. So, you have a fair amount of options to choose from when looking for a school.

In 2025, College Factual analyzed 4 schools in order to identify the top ones for its Best Health/Medical Prep Programs Bachelor's Degree Schools in the Plains States Region ranking. Combined, these schools handed out 122 bachelor's degrees in health/medical prep programs to qualified students.

What's on this page: * Our Methodology

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Choosing a Great Health/Medical Prep Programs School for Your Bachelor's Degree

Your choice of health/medical prep programs for getting your bachelor's degree school matters. Important measures of a quality medical prep program can vary widely even among the top schools. Below we explain some of the most important factors to consider before making your choice:

Overall Quality Is a Must

The overall quality of a bachelor's degree school is important to ensure a good education, not just how well they do in a particular major. To take this into account we include a school's overall Best Colleges ranking which itself looks at a combination of various factors like degree completion, educational resources, student body caliber and post-graduation earnings for the school as a whole.

Average Early-Career Salaries

Average early-career salary of those graduating with their bachelor's degree is one indicator we use in our analysis to find the schools that offer the highest-quality education. After all, your bachelor's degree won't mean much if it doesn't help you find a job that will help you earn a living.

Other Factors We Consider

The metrics below are just some of the other metrics that we use to determine our rankings.

• Major Focus - How many resources a school devotes to health/medical prep programs students as compared to other majors.
• Major Demand - How many other health/medical prep programs students want to attend this school to pursue a bachelor's degree.
• Educational Resources - How many resources are allocated to students. These resources may include educational expenditures per student, number of students per instructor, and graduation rate among other things.
• Student Debt - How much debt health/medical prep programs students go into to obtain their bachelor's degree and how well they are able to pay back that debt.
• Accreditation - Whether a school is regionally accredited and/or accredited by a recognized health/medical prep programs related body.

Our complete ranking methodology documents in more detail how we consider these factors to identify the best colleges for health/medical prep programs students working on their bachelor's degree.

One Size Does Not Fit All

Since picking the right college can be one of the most important decisions of your life, we've developed the Best Health/Medical Prep Programs Bachelor's Degree Schools in the Plains States Region ranking, along with many other major-related rankings, to help you make that decision.

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Best Schools for Bachelor’s Students to Study Health/Medical Prep Programs in the Plains States Region

Below you'll see a list of the best colleges and universities for pursuing a bachelor's degree in health/medical prep programs.

Top Plains States Region Schools for a Bachelor's in Medical Prep

1

Grand View University
Des Moines, IA

13 Annual Graduates

It is difficult to beat Grand View University if you wish to pursue a bachelor's degree in health/medical prep programs. Located in the midsize city of Des Moines, Grand View University is a private not-for-profit university with a small student population.More information about a bachelor’s in health/medical prep programs from Grand View University

2

Kansas State University
Manhattan, KS

15 Annual Graduates

Kansas State University is one of the finest schools in the country for getting a bachelor's degree in health/medical prep programs. Located in the city of Manhattan, K -State is a public university with a large student population.More information about a bachelor’s in health/medical prep programs from Kansas State University

3

University of Northwestern - St Paul
Saint Paul, MN

13 Annual Graduates

Every student who is interested in a bachelor's degree in health/medical prep programs needs to check out University of Northwestern - St Paul. Located in the suburb of Saint Paul, Northwestern is a private not-for-profit university with a small student population.More information about a bachelor’s in health/medical prep programs from University of Northwestern - St Paul

4

Southwestern College
Winfield, KS

14 Annual Graduates

Southwestern College is a great decision for students interested in a bachelor's degree in health/medical prep programs. Located in the distant town of Winfield, SC is a private not-for-profit college with a small student population.More information about a bachelor’s in health/medical prep programs from Southwestern College

Best Health/Medical Prep Programs Colleges by State

Explore the best health/medical prep programs colleges for a specific state in the Plains States Region .

State	Colleges	Degrees Awarded
Missouri	228	12
Minnesota	215	27
Iowa	197	26
Kansas	184	26
Nebraska	180	1
North Dakota	149	14
South Dakota	148	5

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Rankings in Majors Related to Medical Prep

One of 34 majors within the Health Professions area of study, Health/Medical Prep Programs has other similar majors worth exploring.

Medical Prep Concentrations

Major	Annual Graduates
Other Health/Medical Preparatory Programs	61
Pre-Medicine/Pre-Medical Studies	25
Pre-Physical Therapy Studies	18
Pre-Nursing Studies	14
Pre-Occupational Therapy Studies	2
Pre-Physician Assistant	2

Most Popular Majors Related to Medical Prep

Related Major	Annual Graduates
Nursing	16,158
Health Sciences & Services	1,570
Health & Medical Administrative Services	1,301
Allied Health Professions	916
Communication Sciences	882
Public Health	622
Dental Support Services	285
Pharmacy/Pharmaceutical Sciences	285
Clinical/Medical Laboratory Science	280
Mental & Social Health Services	228

Notes and References

• The bars on the spread charts above show the distribution of the schools on this list +/- one standard deviation from the mean.
• 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.