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2022 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Radiologic Technology in the New England Region

6 Ranked Colleges
102 Degrees Awarded
$29,800 Avg Net Price*
Best Value Radiography Schools for a Bachelor's in the New England Region

When it comes to choosing a college, students have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. College Factual was founded, in part, to help students make the decision as to what would be the best school for them. Our “Best Value Radiography Schools for a Bachelor’s in the New England Region” ranking is part of that endeavor.

In 2019-2020, 9,366 people earned their degree in radiologic technology, making the major the 95th most popular in the United States.

Across the New England region, there were 415 radiologic technology graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 102 radiologic technology graduates with average earnings and debt of $41,041 and $24,492 respectively.

For this year’s “Best Value Radiography Schools for a Bachelor’s in the New England Region” ranking, we looked at 6 colleges that offer a degree in radiologic technology. The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great radiologic technology programs and cost less that schools of similar quality.

To come up with these rankings, we looked at factors such as the cost to attend the school after aid is awarded and overall quality of the radiologic technology program at the school. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.

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Best Value Radiography Schools for a Bachelor’s in the New England Region

The colleges and universities below are the best for new england region bachelor’s degree radiography students.

Top 6 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Radiologic Technology in the New England Region

#1

Rhode Island College

Providence, Rhode Island
#5 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Rhode Island College. The school came in at #1 for the Best Value Radiography Schools for a Bachelor’s in the New England Region. Rhode Island College is a public institution located in Providence, Rhode Island. The school has a medium-sized population, and it awarded 22 bachelors’s degrees in 2019-2020.

RIC not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #5 on our “Best Radiologic Technology Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the New England Region” list. It costs about $10,922 for New England Region Bachelor’s Degree Radiography students per year to attend RIC.

Read full report on Radiologic Technology at RIC

#2

Vermont Technical College

Randolph, Vermont
#6 in overall quality

Out of the 6 schools in the Best Value Radiography Schools for a Bachelor’s in the New England Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Vermont Technical College landed the #2 spot on the list. Vermont Technical College is a small public school situated in Randolph, Vermont. It awarded 5 bachelors’s radiography degrees in 2019-2020.

Vermont Tech also made our “Best Radiologic Technology Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the New England Region” list, coming in at #6. The yearly cost to attend Vermont Tech is $20,684 for New England Region Bachelor’s Degree Radiography students.

Since the school has a student-to-faculty ratio of 9 to 1, those pursuing a degree will have more opportunities to interact with their professors.

Read more about Radiologic Technology at Vermont Tech

#1 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Massachusetts College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences. The school came in at #3 for the Best Value Radiography Schools for a Bachelor’s in the New England Region. MCPHS University is a medium-sized private not-for-profit school situated in Boston, Massachusetts. It awarded 6 bachelors’s radiography degrees in 2019-2020.

MCPHS University not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #1 on our “Best Radiologic Technology Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the New England Region” list. It costs about $37,712 for new england region bachelor’s degree radiography students per year to attend MCPHS University.

The school has an impressive student loan default rate. It’s only 2.4%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.

Read more about Radiologic Technology at MCPHS University

#3 in overall quality

Out of the 6 schools in the Best Value Radiography Schools for a Bachelor’s in the New England Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Saint Joseph’s College of Maine landed the #4 spot on the list. Saint Joseph’s College of Maine is a private not-for-profit institution located in Standish, Maine. The school has a small population, and it awarded 24 bachelors’s degrees in 2019-2020.

Saint Joseph’s Maine not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #3 on our “Best Radiologic Technology Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the New England Region” list. It costs about $26,929 for New England Region Bachelor’s Degree Radiography students per year to attend Saint Joseph’s College of Maine.

The school has an impressive student loan default rate. It’s only 4.8%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.

Read full report on Radiologic Technology at Saint Joseph’s College of Maine

#5

Sacred Heart University

Fairfield, Connecticut
#4 in overall quality

Out of the 6 schools in the Best Value Radiography Schools for a Bachelor’s in the New England Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Sacred Heart University landed the #5 spot on the list. Sacred Heart is a medium-sized school located in Fairfield, Connecticut that handed out 9 bachelors’s radiography degrees in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at Sacred Heart, the school also landed the #4 spot in our “Best Radiologic Technology Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the New England Region” ranking. The yearly cost to attend Sacred Heart University is $41,191 for new england region bachelor’s degree radiography students.

Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 87%. The student loan default rate at the school is 3.9%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.

Full Sacred Heart Radiologic Technology Report

#6

Quinnipiac University

Hamden, Connecticut
#2 in overall quality

With a ranking of #6, Quinnipiac University did quite well on the 2022 Best Value Radiography Schools for a Bachelor’s in the New England Region list. Hamden, Connecticut is the setting for this medium-sized institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out bachelors’s radiography degrees to 25 students in 2019-2020.

Quinnipiac did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #2 on our “Best Radiologic Technology Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the New England Region” list. The yearly cost to attend Quinnipiac University is $41,104 for New England Region Bachelor’s Degree Radiography students.

The low student loan default rate of 2.6% is a good sign that students have an easier time paying off their loans than they might at other schools. For comparison, the national default rate is 10.1%. The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 89%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.

Read full report on Radiologic Technology at Quinnipiac University

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Notes and References

References

  • 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 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).
  • Information about the national average student loan default rate is from the U.S. Department of Education and refers to data about the 2016 borrower cohort tracking period for which the cohort default rate (CDR) was 10.1%.

Read more about our data sources and methodologies

Footnotes

  • *Average salary, average net price, and average tuition and fees are for the top schools only.
  • Some schools otherwise deserving of recognition may have been removed from this ranking in the event that new data identified post-publication warranted it, or at the request of the school.

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