2022 Best Value Health Science Schools for a Bachelor’s in Vermont

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 “Best Value Health Science Schools for a Bachelor’s in Vermont” ranking is part of that endeavor.

Health Sciences & Services is the 42nd most popular major in the country with 31,648 degrees awarded in 2019-2020. In 2017-2018, health sciences and services graduates who were awarded their degree in 2015-2017, earned an average of $34,571 and had an average of $24,129 in loans still to pay off.

Across Vermont, there were 39 health sciences and services graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 36 health sciences and services graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively.

For this year’s “Best Value Health Science Schools for a Bachelor’s in Vermont” ranking, we looked at 2 colleges that offer a degree in health sciences and services. The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great health sciences and services programs and cost less that schools of similar quality.

When determining these rankings, we looked at things such as overall quality of the health sciences and services program at the school and the cost to attend the school once aid has been awarded. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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Since picking the right college can be one of the most important decisions of your life, we’ve developed the “Best Value Health Science Schools for a Bachelor’s in Vermont” ranking, along with many other major-related rankings, to help you make that decision.

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Best Value Health Science Schools for a Bachelor’s in Vermont

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Health Science Schools for a Bachelor’s in Vermont.

Top 2 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Health Sciences & Services in Vermont

#1

Castleton University

Castleton, Vermont

#2 in overall quality

$17,637 Average Net Price

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Castleton University. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Health Science Schools for a Bachelor’s in Vermont list. This small school is located in Castleton, Vermont, and it awarded 1 bachelors’s health science degrees in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at Castleton, the school also landed the #2 spot in our “Best Health Sciences & Services Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Vermont” ranking. It costs about $17,637 for Vermont Bachelor’s Degree Health Science students per year to attend Castleton University.

Read full report on Health Sciences & Services at Castleton University

#2

University of Vermont

Burlington, Vermont

#1 in overall quality

$18,982 Average Net Price

Out of the 2 schools in the Best Value Health Science Schools for a Bachelor’s in Vermont that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Vermont landed the #2 spot on the list. Located in Burlington, Vermont, this fairly large public school handed out 30 diplomas to qualified bachelors’s health science students in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at UVM, the school also landed the #1 spot in our “Best Health Sciences & Services Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Vermont” ranking. It costs about $18,982 for vermont bachelor’s degree health science students per year to attend UVM.

Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 85%. The school has an impressive student loan default rate. It’s only 2.4%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.

Read full report on Health Sciences & Services at University of Vermont

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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

• *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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