Online Bachelors Degree Programs in Healthcare That Students Can Afford

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Colleges in the US with online bachelors degree in healthcare programs have an average tuition of $14,191 per year. There has been a 3.9% increase in the average tuition over the past few years. At these online colleges the average tuition annually in 2007 was $13,663.

Below, the chart displays the tuition range for colleges offering online healthcare programs at the bachelors level from most to least costly:

Tuition Level Number of Schools
Cheapest 25
Low cost 57
Average cost 27
Most expensive 20

The most expensive colleges that have online bachelors degree in healthcare programs require students to pay a yearly tuition of over $23,918. On the other hand, tuition ranging from $2,820 to $9,480 annually is charged by the cheapest colleges and universities. The least costly accredited online healthcare bachelors degree schools are located in Florida, Kansas, Louisiana, North Carolina, and Texas.

  • Bachelor of Science in Healthcare Management – Long-Term Care
  • Bachelor of Business Administration: Healthcare Management Concentration
  • Bachelor of Science in Healthcare Management – Community Health/Healthcare Advocacy
  • Bachelor of Science in Healthcare Administration – Applied Clinical Operations
  • Bachelor of Science in Computer and Information Science – Healthcare
  • Bachelor of Science in Business Administration – Healthcare Management
  • B.S. in Healthcare Administration: Medical Practice Management Concentration
  • Bachelor of Business Administration – Healthcare Management
  • Bachelor of Science in Criminal Justice Administration – Institutional Healthcare
  • Bachelor in Criminal Justice Administration – Institutional Healthcare

In 2011, an estimated 29% of healthcare graduates with bachelors degrees from online colleges across the country earned credentials from these cheap programs. Therefore, of the 974,995 graduates in the nation, 281,615 are from the most inexpensive colleges and universities. From 2006 to 2011, the number of healthcare graduates with bachelors degrees from the least costly online colleges has increased by 8,854 graduates per annum. However, the percentage of graduates from these colleges has decreased.

Other somewhat more costly online healthcare bachelors degree colleges charge a yearly tuition in the range of $9,482 to $11,948. An estimated 57 of the 129 online schools that offer bachelors degrees in healthcare programs in the US charge tuition in this range.

In 2011, 17.9%, or 174,782 of the country’s healthcare bachelors level graduates received their certificates from these cheap online programs. Only 53,537 students earned credentials from these colleges in 2006, which was only 5 years prior.

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1. University of West Florida Pensacola, Florida $2,820 $13,453
2. University of Louisiana Monroe, Louisiana $3,013 $10,302
3. Fort Hays State University Hays, Kansas $3,035 $11,432
4. University of North Carolina Greensboro, North Carolina $3,243 $15,004
5. University of Houston Houston, Texas $3,816 $12,072
6. West Texas A & M University Canyon, Texas $4,070 $11,510
7. University of Mississippi University, Mississippi $5,436 $13,890
8. Mississippi State University Mississippi State, Mississippi $5,461 $13,801
9. Bellevue University Bellevue, Nebraska $6,000 $6,000
10. University of Maine Fort Kent, Maine $6,330 $15,930
11. National American University Ellsworth AFB, South Dakota $6,750 $6,750
12. Georgia State University Atlanta, Georgia $7,070 $25,280
13. Arizona State University Tempe, Arizona $7,793 $20,257
14. University of Phoenix Colorado Springs, Colorado $8,040 $8,040
15. University of Connecticut Storrs, Connecticut $8,064 $24,528
16. University of Cincinnati Cincinnati, Ohio $8,493 $23,016
17. Park University Parkville, Missouri $8,848 $8,848
18. University of Phoenix Albuquerque, New Mexico $9,400 $9,400
19. University of Phoenix Columbia, South Carolina $9,480 $9,480
20. University of Phoenix Tulsa, Oklahoma $9,480 $9,480

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