2023 Most Popular Doctor’s Degree Colleges for General Health Services/Allied Health/Health Sciences 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 “Most Well Attended Health Studies Major in the New England Region for a Doctorate” ranking, we looked at 2 colleges that offer a degree in general health services/allied health/health sciences. The schools that top this list are recognized because they have one of the most popular general health services/allied health/health sciences programs in the United States.

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Most Well Attended Health Studies Major in the New England Region for a Doctorate

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

Top 2 Most Popular 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

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Massachusetts College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences. The school came in at #1 for the Most Well Attended Health Studies Major in the New England Region for a Doctorate. This medium-sized school is located in Boston, Massachusetts, and it awarded 9 doctorate’s health studies degrees in 2020-2021.

The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 1.7%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.

Full MCPHS University General Health Services/Allied Health/Health Sciences Report

2

Brown University
Providence, Rhode Island

#2 overall quality in New England

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Brown University. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Most Well Attended Health Studies Major in the New England Region for a Doctorate list. Located in Providence, Rhode Island, this fairly large private not-for-profit school awarded 4 degrees to qualified doctorate’s health studies students in 2020-2021.

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%. With a undergrad student-to-faculty ratio of 6 to 1, it’s easy to see that the school is committed to helping their undergraduates succeed.

Read more about General Health Services/Allied Health/Health Sciences at Brown University

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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.