2023 Most Focused Associate Degree Colleges for General Health & Wellness in the Middle Atlantic Region

With all of the options students have for higher education today, it can be tough to choose which direction to take. College Factual was founded, in part, to help students make the decision as to what would be the best school for them. Our “Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Health and Wellness Major in the Middle Atlantic Region” ranking is part of that endeavor.

General Health & Wellness is the 141st most popular major in the country with 6,105 degrees awarded in 2020-2021.

Across the Middle Atlantic region, there were 537 general health and wellness graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the associate degree level specifically, there were 33 general health and wellness graduates with average earnings and debt of $35,164 and $17,633 respectively.

For this year’s “Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Health and Wellness Major in the Middle Atlantic Region” ranking, we looked at 4 colleges that offer a degree in general health and wellness. That schools that top this list have a program in general health and wellness in which the largest percentage of students at the school are enrolled.

Check out our ranking methodology for more information.

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Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Health and Wellness Major in the Middle Atlantic Region

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

Top 4 Most Focused Associate Degree Colleges for General Health & Wellness in the Middle Atlantic Region

1

Erie Community College
Buffalo, New York

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Erie Community College. The school came in at #1 for the Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Health and Wellness Major in the Middle Atlantic Region. Erie Community College is a public institution located in Buffalo, New York. The school has a medium-sized population, and it awarded 14 associates’s degrees in 2020-2021.

Read more about General Health & Wellness at Erie Community College

2

SUNY Westchester Community College
Valhalla, New York

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend SUNY Westchester Community College. The school came in at #2 for the Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Health and Wellness Major in the Middle Atlantic Region. Located in Valhalla, New York, this medium-sized public school handed out 8 degrees to qualified associates’s health and wellness students in 2020-2021.

Read full report on General Health & Wellness at SUNY Westchester Community College

3

Hudson Valley Community College
Troy, New York

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Hudson Valley Community College. The school came in at #3 for the Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Health and Wellness Major in the Middle Atlantic Region. This medium-sized school is located in Troy, New York, and it awarded 5 associates’s health and wellness degrees in 2020-2021.

Full Hudson Valley Community College General Health & Wellness Report

4

Harrisburg Area Community College
Harrisburg, Pennsylvania

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Harrisburg Area Community College. The school came in at #4 for the Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Health and Wellness Major in the Middle Atlantic Region. Harrisburg Area Community College is a fairly large public school situated in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania. It awarded 6 associates’s health and wellness degrees in 2020-2021.

Read full report on General Health & Wellness at HACC

• Most Focused 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

• *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.

Credits

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