2022 Best Value Health Science Schools for a Doctorate in the New England Region

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In 2019-2020, 31,648 people earned their degree in health sciences and services, making the major the 42nd most popular in the United States. 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 the New England region, there were 1,786 health sciences and services graduates with average earnings and debt of $32,844 and $20,786 respectively. At the doctor’s degree level specifically, there were 24 health sciences and services graduates with average earnings and debt of $73,889 and $109,372 respectively.

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.

Some of the factors we look at when determining these rankings are overall quality of the health sciences and services program at the school and the cost of the school after aid is awarded among other things. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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Best Value Health Science Schools for a Doctorate in the New England Region

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Health Science Schools for a Doctorate in the New England Region.

Top 2 Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Health Sciences & Services in the New England Region

#1

Massachusetts College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences

Boston, Massachusetts

#1 in overall quality

$23,280 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Massachusetts College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Health Science Schools for a Doctorate in the New England Region list. Massachusetts College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences is a private not-for-profit institution located in Boston, Massachusetts. The school has a medium-sized population, and it awarded 19 doctorate’s degrees in 2019-2020.

MCPHS University also took the #1 spot in our “Best Health Sciences & Services Doctor’s Degree Schools in the New England Region” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at MCPHS University are $23,280, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Full MCPHS University Health Sciences & Services Report

#2

Brown University

Providence, Rhode Island

#1 in overall quality

$60,363 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Brown University. The school came in at #2 for the Best Value Health Science Schools for a Doctorate in the New England Region. Brown is a medium-sized school located in Providence, Rhode Island that handed out 5 doctorate’s health science degrees in 2019-2020.

Brown did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best Health Sciences & Services Doctor’s Degree Schools in the New England Region” list. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at Brown are $60,363.

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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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