2024 Best Allied Health Professions Master's Degree Schools in Connecticut

If you pursue a master's degree in allied health professions, you won't be alone. The field of study is the #18 most popular program in the country. This makes choosing the right school a hard decision.

In 2024, College Factual analyzed 5 schools in order to identify the top ones for its Best Allied Health Professions Master's Degree Schools in Connecticut ranking. Combined, these schools handed out 269 master's degrees in allied health professions to qualified students.

What's on this page: * Our Methodology

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Choosing a Great Allied Health Professions School for Your Master's Degree

Your choice of allied health professions for getting your master's degree school matters. Important measures of a quality allied health program can vary widely even among the top schools. When choosing a school we recommend considering some of the following factors:

Quality Overall Is Important

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

Average Earnings

To determine the overall quality of a graduate school, one factor we look at is the average early-career salary of those receiving their master's degree from the school. This is because one of the main reasons people pursue their master's 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 much a school focuses on allied health professions students vs. other majors.
• Major Demand - The number of allied health professions students who choose to seek a master's 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 allied health professions students go into to obtain their master'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 allied health professions related body.

Our full ranking methodology documents in more detail how we consider these factors to identify the best colleges for allied health professions students working on their master's degree.

More Ways to Rank Allied Health Professions Schools

Since picking the right college can be one of the most important decisions of your life, we've developed the Best Allied Health Professions Master's Degree Schools in Connecticut ranking, along with many other major-related rankings, to help you make that decision.

Best Schools for Master’s Students to Study Allied Health Professions in Connecticut

The following list ranks the best colleges and universities for pursuing a master's degree in allied health professions.

Top Connecticut Schools for a Master's in Allied Health

1

Yale University
New Haven, CT

96 Annual Graduates

$115,929 Median Starting Salary

Yale University is one of the finest schools in the country for getting a master's degree in allied health professions. Yale is a fairly large private not-for-profit university located in the city of New Haven.

Those allied health professions students who get their master's degree from Yale University earn $10,812 more than the average allied health graduate.

More information about a master’s in allied health professions from Yale University

2

Quinnipiac University
Hamden, CT

50 Annual Graduates

$87,682 Median Starting Salary

Quinnipiac University is a great option for students interested in a master's degree in allied health professions. Quinnipiac is a moderately-sized private not-for-profit university located in the large suburb of Hamden.

Students who graduate with their master's from the allied health program report average early career wages of $87,682.

More information about a master’s in allied health professions from Quinnipiac University

3

Sacred Heart University
Fairfield, CT

44 Annual Graduates

It's hard to beat Sacred Heart University if you wish to pursue a master's degree in allied health professions. Located in the large suburb of Fairfield, Sacred Heart is a private not-for-profit university with a large student population.More information about a master’s in allied health professions from Sacred Heart University

4

University of Saint Joseph
West Hartford, CT

37 Annual Graduates

University of Saint Joseph is a good decision for students interested in a master's degree in allied health professions. Located in the suburb of West Hartford, USJ is a private not-for-profit university with a small student population.More information about a master’s in allied health professions from University of Saint Joseph

5

University of Bridgeport
Bridgeport, CT

37 Annual Graduates

$111,740 Median Starting Salary

UBridgeport is a small private not-for-profit university located in the midsize city of Bridgeport.

Master's recipients from the allied health professions degree program at University of Bridgeport make $6,623 above the standard college graduate with the same degree shortly after graduation.

More information about a master’s in allied health professions from University of Bridgeport

Best Allied Health Professions Colleges in the New England Region

Explore all the Best Allied Health Professions Colleges in the New England Area or other specific states within that region.

State	Colleges	Degrees Awarded
Massachusetts	222	508
Rhode Island	127	81
New Hampshire	108	30
Vermont	91	0
Maine	90	46

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Allied Health Professions Related Rankings by Major

One of 34 majors within the Health Professions area of study, Allied Health Professions has other similar majors worth exploring.

Allied Health Concentrations

Major	Annual Graduates
Physician Assistant	257
Athletic Training	11
Radiologic Technology	1

Most Popular Related Majors

Related Major	Annual Graduates
Nursing	506
Rehabilitation & Therapeutic Professions	174
Public Health	139
Health & Medical Administrative Services	117
Mental & Social Health Services	105
Communication Sciences	84
Other Health Professions	41
Medical Illustration & Informatics	27
Alternative Medicine & Systems	19
Advanced Dentistry & Oral Sciences	15

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.