2023 Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Health Studies Major in the New England Region

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General Health Services/Allied Health/Health Sciences is the 33rd most popular major in the country with 29,840 degrees awarded in 2020-2021.

Across the New England region, there were 1,690 general health services/allied health/health sciences graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the doctor’s degree level specifically, there were 13 general health services/allied health/health sciences graduates with average earnings and debt of $78,293 and $0 respectively.

For this year’s “Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Health Studies Major in the New England Region” ranking, we looked at 2 colleges that offer a degree in general health services/allied health/health sciences. The colleges and universities that top this list are recognized because their general health services/allied health/health sciences program is one of the largest majors offered at the school.

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Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Health Studies Major in the New England Region

The colleges and universities below are the best for new england region doctor’s degree health studies students.

Top 2 Most Focused Doctor’s Degree Colleges for General Health Services/Allied Health/Health Sciences in the New England Region

1

Massachusetts College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences
Boston, Massachusetts

#19 overall quality in New England

Out of the 2 schools in the Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Health Studies Major in the New England Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Massachusetts College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences landed the #1 spot on the list. Located in Boston, Massachusetts, this medium-sized private not-for-profit school awarded 9 degrees to qualified doctorate’s health studies students in 2020-2021.

The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 1.7%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.

Read more about General Health Services/Allied Health/Health Sciences at Massachusetts College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences

2

Brown University
Providence, Rhode Island

#2 overall quality in New England

Out of the 2 schools in the Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Health Studies Major in the New England Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Brown University landed the #2 spot on the list. Located in Providence, Rhode Island, this fairly large private not-for-profit school awarded 4 diplomas to qualified doctorate’s health studies students in 2020-2021.

The undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio of 6 to 1 is a sign that students will have more opportunities to engage with their professors one-on-one. The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 92%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. The low undergrad student loan default rate of 0.8% is a good sign that students have an easier time paying off their loans than they might at other schools. For comparison, the national default rate is 10.1%.

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• Most Focused Doctor’s Degree Colleges for General Health Services/Allied Health/Health Sciences

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.