2022 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Health Sciences & Services in the Middle Atlantic Region
It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. One of our goals at College Factual is to give you as much information as we can - such as our “Best Value Health Science Schools for a Master’s in the Middle Atlantic Region” ranking - to help you make that decision.
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 the Middle Atlantic region, there were 5,577 health sciences and services graduates with average earnings and debt of $38,430 and $21,646 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 129 health sciences and services graduates with average earnings and debt of $60,887 and $46,998 respectively.
For this year’s “Best Value Health Science Schools for a Master’s in the Middle Atlantic Region” ranking, we looked at 8 colleges that offer a degree in health sciences and services. This ranking identifies schools with high-quality health sciences and services programs that also have a lower cost than 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. See our ranking methodology to learn more.
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Best Value Health Science Schools for a Master’s in the Middle Atlantic Region
The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Health Science Schools for a Master’s in the Middle Atlantic Region.
Top 8 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Health Sciences & Services in the Middle Atlantic Region
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Towson University. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Health Science Schools for a Master’s in the Middle Atlantic Region list. Located in Towson, Maryland, this large public school handed out 34 degrees to qualified masters’s health science students in 2019-2020.
As a testament to the quality of education offered at Towson, the school also landed the #2 spot in our “Best Health Sciences & Services Master’s Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region” ranking. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at Towson University are $18,972.
Out of the 8 schools in the Best Value Health Science Schools for a Master’s in the Middle Atlantic Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Fairleigh Dickinson University - Florham Campus landed the #2 spot on the list. Located in Madison, New Jersey, this small private not-for-profit school handed out 18 degrees to qualified masters’s health science students in 2019-2020.
FDU did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #6 on our “Best Health Sciences & Services Master’s Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at FDU are $10,674, but some majors have different tuition rates.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Rowan University. The school came in at #3 for the Best Value Health Science Schools for a Master’s in the Middle Atlantic Region. Rowan University is located in Glassboro, New Jersey and, has a fairly large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 17 masters’s health science degrees to qualified students.
Rowan did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #5 on our “Best Health Sciences & Services Master’s Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at Rowan University are $15,787, but some majors have different tuition rates.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Canisius College. The school came in at #4 for the Best Value Health Science Schools for a Master’s in the Middle Atlantic Region. Canisius College is a small school located in Buffalo, New York that handed out 13 masters’s health science degrees in 2019-2020.
Canisius also took the #8 spot in our “Best Health Sciences & Services Master’s Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region” ranking. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at Canisius are $15,870.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Rutgers University - New Brunswick. It ranked #5 on our 2022 Best Value Health Science Schools for a Master’s in the Middle Atlantic Region list. Located in New Brunswick, New Jersey, this large public school handed out 2 diplomas to qualified masters’s health science students in 2019-2020.
Rutgers New Brunswick also made our “Best Health Sciences & Services Master’s Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region” list, coming in at #3. Average graduate tuition and fees at Rutgers University - New Brunswick are $32,132, but some majors have different tuition rates.
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With a ranking of #6, University of Delaware did quite well on the 2022 Best Value Health Science Schools for a Master’s in the Middle Atlantic Region list. UD is located in Newark, Delaware and, has a large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 10 masters’s health science degrees to qualified students.
As a testament to the quality of education offered at UD, the school also landed the #1 spot in our “Best Health Sciences & Services Master’s Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at University of Delaware are $35,192, but some majors have different tuition rates.
New Jersey City University ranked #7 on this year’s Best Value Health Science Schools for a Master’s in the Middle Atlantic Region list. NJCU is a medium-sized school located in Jersey City, New Jersey that handed out 33 masters’s health science degrees in 2019-2020.
NJCU also took the #7 spot in our “Best Health Sciences & Services Master’s Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at New Jersey City University are $26,610, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.
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Drexel University came in at #8 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Health Science Schools for a Master’s in the Middle Atlantic Region ranking. Drexel is a large private not-for-profit school situated in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. It awarded 2 masters’s health science degrees in 2019-2020.
Drexel also made our “Best Health Sciences & Services Master’s Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region” list, coming in at #4. Average graduate tuition and fees at Drexel University are $37,074, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.
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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%.
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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.
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