2022 Best Value Health and Wellness Schools for an Associate in the Middle Atlantic Region

It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. 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 Health and Wellness Schools for an Associate in the Middle Atlantic Region” ranking is part of that endeavor.

General Health & Wellness is the 159th most popular major in the country with 5,006 degrees awarded in 2019-2020.

Across the Middle Atlantic region, there were 565 general health and wellness graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the associate degree level specifically, there were 39 general health and wellness graduates with average earnings and debt of $32,733 and $16,201 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Health and Wellness Schools for an Associate in the Middle Atlantic Region” ranking looked at 3 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in general health and wellness. This ranking identifies schools with high-quality general health and wellness programs that also have a lower cost than 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 general health and wellness program at the school. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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Best Value Health and Wellness Schools for an Associate in the Middle Atlantic Region

The colleges and universities below are the best for middle atlantic region associate degree health and wellness students.

Top 3 Best Value Associate Degree Colleges for General Health & Wellness in the Middle Atlantic Region

#1

Erie Community College

Buffalo, New York

#1 in overall quality

$5,131 Average Net Price

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Erie Community College. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Health and Wellness Schools for an Associate in the Middle Atlantic Region list. Erie Community College is located in Buffalo, New York and, has a medium-sized student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 18 associates’s health and wellness degrees to qualified students.

Erie Community College also made our “Best General Health & Wellness Associate Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region” list, coming in at #1. It costs about $5,131 for middle atlantic region associate degree health and wellness students per year to attend Erie Community College.

Read more about General Health & Wellness at Erie Community College

#2

Harrisburg Area Community College

Harrisburg, Pennsylvania

#3 in overall quality

$11,990 Average Net Price

Out of the 3 schools in the Best Value Health and Wellness Schools for an Associate in the Middle Atlantic Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Harrisburg Area Community College landed the #2 spot on the list. Harrisburg Area Community College is a public institution located in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania. The school has a fairly large population, and it awarded 6 associates’s degrees in 2019-2020.

HACC not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #3 on our “Best General Health & Wellness Associate Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region” list. The yearly cost to attend Harrisburg Area Community College is $11,990 for Middle Atlantic Region Associate Degree Health and Wellness students.

Full HACC General Health & Wellness Report

#3

Hudson Valley Community College

Troy, New York

#2 in overall quality

$8,548 Average Net Price

Out of the 3 schools in the Best Value Health and Wellness Schools for an Associate in the Middle Atlantic Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Hudson Valley Community College landed the #3 spot on the list. Hudson Valley Community College is a medium-sized public school situated in Troy, New York. It awarded 4 associates’s health and wellness degrees in 2019-2020.

HVCC also made our “Best General Health & Wellness Associate Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region” list, coming in at #2. The yearly cost to attend Hudson Valley Community College is $8,548 for Middle Atlantic Region Associate Degree Health and Wellness students.

Read full report on General Health & Wellness at Hudson Valley Community College

• Best Value Associate Degree Colleges for General Health & Wellness

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.

Credits

• Credit for the banner image above goes to Sandra M. Palumbo.

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