Ranked #16 in popularity, health sciences & services is one of the most sought-after associate degree programs in the nation. This makes choosing the right school a hard decision.
For its 2025 ranking, College Factual looked at 2 schools in Arizona to determine which ones were the best for health sciences & services students pursuing a associate degree. Combined, these schools handed out 185 associate degrees in health sciences & services to qualified students.
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Average Earnings
One measure we use to determine the quality of a school is to look at the average salary of associate graduates during the early years of their career. This is because one of the main reasons people pursue their associate degree is to enable themselves to find better-paying positions.
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 sciences & services students as compared to other majors.
Major Demand - The number of health sciences & services students who choose to seek a associate degree at the school.
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 sciences & services students go into to obtain their associate 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 sciences & services related body.
Our full ranking methodology documents in more detail how we consider these factors to identify the best schools for health sciences & services students working on their associate degree.
More Ways to Rank Health Sciences & Services Schools
Since the program you select can have a significant impact on your future, we've developed a number of rankings, including this Best Health Sciences & Services Associate Degree Schools in Arizona list, to help you choose the best school for you.
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Any student pursuing a degree in an associate degree in health sciences & services has to check out Carrington College, Phoenix North. Located in the large city of Phoenix, Carrington College, Phoenix is a private for-profit college with a small student population.
Associate students who receive their degree from the health science program make about $36,999 for their early career.
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).
by our College Data Analytics Team
