by our College Data Analytics Team
When pursuing a degree in today’s world, students have many different options to choose from. At College Factual, we’re committed to helping you make that decision by providing information such as that found in our “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Health Science Major in Connecticut” ranking.
Health Sciences & Services is the 34th most popular major in the country with 35,945 degrees awarded in 2020-2021. In 2019-2020, health sciences and services graduates who were awarded their degree in 2017-2019, earned an average of $35,887 and had an average of $24,736 in loans still to pay off.
Across Connecticut, there were 212 health sciences and services graduates with average earnings and debt of $29,683 and $27,000 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 211 health sciences and services graduates with average earnings and debt of $42,551 and $25,342 respectively.
This year’s “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Health Science Major in Connecticut” ranking looked at 7 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in health sciences and services. That schools that top this list have a program in health sciences and services in which the largest percentage of students at the school are enrolled.
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Since picking the right college can be one of the most important decisions of your life, we’ve developed the “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Health Science Major in Connecticut” ranking, along with many other major-related rankings, to help you make that decision.
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The colleges and universities below are the best for connecticut bachelor’s degree health science students.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Eastern Connecticut State University. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Health Science Major in Connecticut list. Located in Willimantic, Connecticut, this small public school handed out 66 diplomas to qualified bachelors’s health science students in 2020-2021.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Hartford. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Health Science Major in Connecticut list. Located in West Hartford, Connecticut, this medium-sized private not-for-profit school handed out 94 degrees to qualified bachelors’s health science students in 2020-2021.
With a undergrad student-to-faculty ratio of 8 to 1, it’s easy to see that the school is committed to helping their undergraduates succeed.
Out of the 7 schools in the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Health Science Major in Connecticut that were part of this year’s ranking, Mitchell College landed the #3 spot on the list. Mitchell College is a private not-for-profit institution located in New London, Connecticut. The school has a small population, and it awarded 4 bachelors’s degrees in 2020-2021.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Southern Connecticut State University. The school came in at #4 for the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Health Science Major in Connecticut. Southern Connecticut State University is a medium-sized school located in New Haven, Connecticut that handed out 28 bachelors’s health science degrees in 2020-2021.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of New Haven. It ranked #5 on our 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Health Science Major in Connecticut list. University of New Haven is a medium-sized private not-for-profit school situated in West Haven, Connecticut. It awarded 16 bachelors’s health science degrees in 2020-2021.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 3.7% 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%.
Read full report on Health Sciences & Services at University of New Haven
University of Saint Joseph ranked #6 on this year’s Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Health Science Major in Connecticut list. University of Saint Joseph is a private not-for-profit institution located in West Hartford, Connecticut. The school has a small population, and it awarded 3 bachelors’s degrees in 2020-2021.
Since the school has a undergrad student-to-faculty ratio of 7 to 1, those pursuing a degree will have more opportunities to interact with their professors. The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 2.6%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
Read full report on Health Sciences & Services at University of Saint Joseph
Albertus Magnus College did quite well in the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Health Science Major in Connecticut ranking, coming in at #7. Albertus Magnus College is a small school located in New Haven, Connecticut that handed out 0 bachelors’s health science degrees in 2020-2021.
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