Ranked #30 in popularity, health sciences & services is one of the most sought-after bachelor's degree programs in the nation. This means there are lots of options to choose from when you decide to get your degree.
College Factual reviewed 2 schools in West Virginia to determine which ones were the best for bachelor's degree seekers in the field of health sciences & services. Combined, these schools handed out 106 bachelor's degrees in health sciences & services to qualified students.
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Early-Career Earnings
One measure we use to determine the quality of a school is to look at the average salary of bachelor's graduates during the early years of their career. That is, everyone wants their bachelor's degree to be worth something, and salaries are one measure of determining that.
Other Factors We Consider
In addition to the above, you should consider some of the following factors:
Major Focus - How much a school focuses on health sciences & services students vs. other majors.
Major Demand - How many other health sciences & services students want to attend this school to pursue a bachelor's degree.
Educational Resources - The amount of money and other resources allocated to students while they are pursuing their degree. These resources include such things as number of students per instructor and education expenditures per student.
Student Debt - How easy is it for health sciences & services to pay back their student loans after receiving their bachelor's degree.
Accreditation - Whether a school is regionally accredited and/or accredited by a recognized health sciences & services related body.
Our complete ranking methodology documents in more detail how we consider these factors to identify the best schools for health sciences & services students working on their bachelor's degree.
The health science school you choose to invest your time and money in matters. To help you make the decision that is right for you, we've developed a number of major-specific rankings, including this list of the Best Health Sciences & Services Bachelor's Degree Schools in West Virginia.
In addition to our rankings, you can take two colleges and compare them based on the criteria that matters most to you in our unique tool, College Combat.
Test it out when you get a chance! You may also want to bookmark the link and share it with others who are trying to make the college decision.
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Shepherd University is a good option for students interested in a bachelor's degree in health sciences & services. Shepherd University is a small public university located in the rural area of Shepherdstown.
Bachelor's students who receive their degree from the health science program make around $39,351 in the first couple years of working.
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
