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

Allied Health Professions is above average in terms of popularity with it being the #57 most popular bachelor's degree program in the country. So, you have a fair amount of options to choose from when looking for a school.

College Factual looked at 6 colleges and universities when compiling its 2024 Best Allied Health Professions Bachelor's Degree Schools in Connecticut ranking. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 348 bachelor's degrees in allied health professions during the 2020-2021 academic year.

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

Your choice of allied health professions for getting your bachelor's degree school matters. This section explores some of the factors we include in our ranking and how much they vary depending on the school you select. Below we explain some of the most important factors to consider before making your choice:

Overall Quality Is a Must

A school that excels in educating for a particular major and degree level must be a great school overall as well. To make it into this list a school must rank well in our overall Best Colleges ranking. This ranking considered factors such as graduation rates, overall graduate earnings and other educational resources to identify great colleges and universities.

Average Early-Career Salaries

Average early-career salary of those graduating with their bachelor's degree is one indicator we use in our analysis to find the schools that offer the highest-quality education. After all, your bachelor's degree won't mean much if it doesn't help you find a job that will help you earn a living.

Other Factors We Consider

In addition to the above, you should consider some of the following factors:

• Major Focus - How many resources a school devotes to allied health professions students as compared to other majors.
• Major Demand - How many other allied health professions 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 allied health professions 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 allied health professions related body.

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

One Size Does Not Fit All

When choosing the right school for you, it's important to arm yourself with all the facts you can. To that end, we've created a number of major-specific rankings, including this Best Allied Health Professions Bachelor's Degree Schools in Connecticut list to help you make the college decision.

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

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

Top Connecticut Schools for a Bachelor's in Allied Health

1

Quinnipiac University
Hamden, CT

53 Annual Graduates

$54,368 Median Starting Salary

$26,731 Median Student Debt

It's difficult to beat Quinnipiac University if you want to pursue a bachelor's degree in allied health professions. Located in the suburb of Hamden, Quinnipiac is a private not-for-profit university with a medium-sized student population.

Bachelor's recipients from the allied health professions major at Quinnipiac University make $7,556 more than the typical college graduate in this field shortly after graduation.

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

2

University of Connecticut
Storrs, CT

27 Annual Graduates

$27,000 Median Student Debt

It is hard to beat University of Connecticut if you wish to pursue a bachelor's degree in allied health professions. Located in the large suburb of Storrs, UCONN is a public university with a very large student population.More information about a bachelor’s in allied health professions from University of Connecticut

3

Sacred Heart University
Fairfield, CT

212 Annual Graduates

$21,665 Median Starting Salary

$26,000 Median Student Debt

Every student pursuing a degree in a bachelor's degree in allied health professions has to look into Sacred Heart University. Sacred Heart is a large private not-for-profit university located in the suburb of Fairfield.

Students who graduate with their bachelor's from the allied health program state that they receive average early career wages of $21,665.

More information about a bachelor’s in allied health professions from Sacred Heart University

4

University of Hartford
West Hartford, CT

32 Annual Graduates

$64,404 Median Starting Salary

$27,000 Median Student Debt

University of Hartford is one of the finest schools in the United States for getting a bachelor's degree in allied health professions. UHart is a medium-sized private not-for-profit university located in the city of West Hartford.

Bachelor's recipients from the allied health professions degree program at University of Hartford earn $17,592 more than the average graduate in this field shortly after graduation.

More information about a bachelor’s in allied health professions from University of Hartford

5

Southern Connecticut State University
New Haven, CT

7 Annual Graduates

$26,000 Median Student Debt

SCSU is a moderately-sized public university located in the city of New Haven.More information about a bachelor’s in allied health professions from Southern Connecticut State University

6

Central Connecticut State University
New Britain, CT

7 Annual Graduates

Located in the large suburb of New Britain, CCSU is a public university with a moderately-sized student population.More information about a bachelor’s in allied health professions from Central Connecticut State University

6

University of New Haven
West Haven, CT

10 Annual Graduates

Located in the large suburb of West Haven, University of New Haven is a private not-for-profit university with a moderately-sized student population.More information about a bachelor’s in allied health professions from University of New Haven

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	238	244
New Hampshire	157	31
Rhode Island	157	53
Maine	156	112
Vermont	155	32

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Rankings in Majors Related to Allied Health

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

Allied Health Focus Areas

Major	Annual Graduates
Athletic Training	131
Other Allied Health Diagnostic, Intervention, and Treatment Professions	113
Medical Radiologic Technology/Science - Radiation Therapy	43
Gene/Genetic Therapy	27
Diagnostic Medical Sonography/Sonographer and Ultrasound Technician	12
Emergency Medical Technology/Technician (EMT Paramedic)	10
Respiratory Care Therapy	8
Cardiovascular Technology/Technologist	4

Majors Similar to Allied Health

Related Major	Annual Graduates
Nursing	1,555
Other Health Professions	393
Allied Health & Medical Assisting Services	214
Health Sciences & Services	211
Communication Sciences	123
Health & Medical Administrative Services	99
Public Health	88
Pharmacy/Pharmaceutical Sciences	83
Dental Support Services	76
Mental & Social Health Services	50

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.