2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Medical Prep Major in Massachusetts

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In 2020-2021, 9,210 people earned their degree in health/medical prep programs, making the major the 104th most popular in the United States. In 2019-2020, health/medical prep programs graduates who were awarded their degree in 2017-2019, earned an average of $28,184 and had an average of $21,459 in loans still to pay off.

Across Massachusetts, there were 354 health/medical prep programs graduates with average earnings and debt of $29,764 and $27,938 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 53 health/medical prep programs graduates with average earnings and debt of $64,084 and $0 respectively.

For this year’s “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Medical Prep Major in Massachusetts” ranking, we looked at 2 colleges that offer a degree in health/medical prep programs. The colleges and universities that top this list are recognized because their health/medical prep programs program is one of the largest majors offered at the school.

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Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Medical Prep Major in Massachusetts

The colleges and universities below are the best for massachusetts master’s degree medical prep students.

Top 2 Most Focused Master’s Degree Colleges for Health/Medical Prep Programs in Massachusetts

1

Regis College
Weston, Massachusetts

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Regis College. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Medical Prep Major in Massachusetts list. Located in Weston, Massachusetts, this small private not-for-profit school awarded 15 diplomas to qualified masters’s medical prep students in 2020-2021.

The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 3.9%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%. Since the school has a undergrad student-to-faculty ratio of 10 to 1, those pursuing a degree will have more opportunities to interact with their professors.

Read more about Health/Medical Prep Programs at Regis College

2

Boston University
Boston, Massachusetts

#5 overall quality in Massachusetts

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Boston University. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Medical Prep Major in Massachusetts list. This large school is located in Boston, Massachusetts, and it awarded 38 masters’s medical prep degrees in 2020-2021.

With a freshman retention rate of 92%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students. The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 1.4%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%. With a undergrad student-to-faculty ratio of 10 to 1, it’s easy to see that the school is committed to helping their undergraduates succeed.

Read more about Health/Medical Prep Programs at Boston U

• Most Focused Master’s Degree Colleges for Health/Medical Prep Programs in the New England Region
• Most Focused Master’s Degree Colleges for Health/Medical Prep Programs

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

• *Avg Salary and Avg 4-Year Grad Rate 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.