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2022 Best Value Health Professions Schools for a Bachelor’s in the New England Region

7 Ranked Colleges
530 Degrees Awarded
$27,600 Avg Net Price*
Best Value Health Professions Schools for a Bachelor's in the New England Region

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 “Best Value Health Professions Schools for a Bachelor’s in the New England Region” ranking.

In 2019-2020, 7,767 people earned their degree in other health professions, making the major the 100th most popular in the United States. In 2017-2018, other health professions graduates who were awarded their degree in 2015-2017, earned an average of $39,856 and had an average of $27,421 in loans still to pay off.

Across the New England region, there were 1,053 other health professions graduates with average earnings and debt of $31,200 and $21,281 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 530 other health professions graduates with average earnings and debt of $41,041 and $24,492 respectively.

For this year’s “Best Value Health Professions Schools for a Bachelor’s in the New England Region” ranking, we looked at 7 colleges that offer a degree in other health professions. This ranking identifies schools with high-quality other health professions programs that also have a lower cost than schools of similar quality.

To come up with these rankings, we looked at factors such as the cost to attend the school after aid is awarded and overall quality of the other health professions program at the school. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.

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Best Value Health Professions Schools for a Bachelor’s in the New England Region

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Health Professions Schools for a Bachelor’s in the New England Region.

Top 7 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Other Health Professions in the New England Region

#1

Worcester State University

Worcester, Massachusetts

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Worcester State University. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Health Professions Schools for a Bachelor’s in the New England Region list. This medium-sized school is located in Worcester, Massachusetts, and it awarded 25 bachelors’s health professions degrees in 2019-2020.

Worcester State also made our “Best Other Health Professions Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the New England Region” list, coming in at #3. The estimated yearly cost for Worcester State is $19,492 for New England Region Bachelor’s Degree Health Professions students.

Read full report on Other Health Professions at Worcester State University

#2

Goodwin College

East Hartford, Connecticut

Out of the 7 schools in the Best Value Health Professions Schools for a Bachelor’s in the New England Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Goodwin College landed the #2 spot on the list. Goodwin College is a private not-for-profit institution located in East Hartford, Connecticut. The school has a small population, and it awarded 24 bachelors’s degrees in 2019-2020.

Goodwin not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #6 on our “Best Other Health Professions Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the New England Region” list. The estimated yearly cost for Goodwin is $18,290 for New England Region Bachelor’s Degree Health Professions students.

Read full report on Other Health Professions at Goodwin College

#3

University of Bridgeport

Bridgeport, Connecticut

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Bridgeport. It ranked #3 on our 2022 Best Value Health Professions Schools for a Bachelor’s in the New England Region list. Located in Bridgeport, Connecticut, this small private not-for-profit school awarded 31 diplomas to qualified bachelors’s health professions students in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our new england region bachelor’s degree health professions students list, UBridgeport has also earned the #7 rank in our “Best Other Health Professions Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the New England Region” ranking. It costs about $22,600 for New England Region Bachelor’s Degree Health Professions students per year to attend University of Bridgeport.

Full University of Bridgeport Other Health Professions Report

#4

Curry College

Milton, Massachusetts

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Curry College. It ranked #4 on our 2022 Best Value Health Professions Schools for a Bachelor’s in the New England Region list. Curry College is a small school located in Milton, Massachusetts that handed out 26 bachelors’s health professions degrees in 2019-2020.

Curry also made our “Best Other Health Professions Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the New England Region” list, coming in at #5. The yearly cost to attend Curry College is $27,739 for new england region bachelor’s degree health professions students.

Read full report on Other Health Professions at Curry

#5

Merrimack College

North Andover, Massachusetts
#4 in overall quality

Out of the 7 schools in the Best Value Health Professions Schools for a Bachelor’s in the New England Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Merrimack College landed the #5 spot on the list. This medium-sized school is located in North Andover, Massachusetts, and it awarded 31 bachelors’s health professions degrees in 2019-2020.

Merrimack also took the #4 spot in our “Best Other Health Professions Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the New England Region” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for Merrimack is $33,650 for New England Region Bachelor’s Degree Health Professions students.

The student loan default rate at the school is 4.3%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.

Read more about Other Health Professions at Merrimack

#6

Quinnipiac University

Hamden, Connecticut

Quinnipiac University landed the #6 spot on the 2022 Best Value Health Professions Schools for a Bachelor’s in the New England Region ranking. This medium-sized school is located in Hamden, Connecticut, and it awarded 355 bachelors’s health professions degrees in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at Quinnipiac, the school also landed the #1 spot in our “Best Other Health Professions Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the New England Region” ranking. The yearly cost to attend Quinnipiac is $41,104 for new england region bachelor’s degree health professions students.

With a freshman retention rate of 89%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its students. The 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 Other Health Professions at Quinnipiac University

#7

Boston University

Boston, Massachusetts
#2 in overall quality

Boston University came in at #7 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Health Professions Schools for a Bachelor’s in the New England Region ranking. Boston U is a large school located in Boston, Massachusetts that handed out 38 bachelors’s health professions degrees in 2019-2020.

Boston U also made our “Best Other Health Professions Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the New England Region” list, coming in at #2. The yearly cost to attend Boston University is $30,259 for new england region bachelor’s degree health professions students.

With a freshman retention rate of 92%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its students. The student loan default rate at the school is 1.4%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%. The student-to-faculty ratio of 10 to 1 is a sign that students will have more opportunities to engage with their professors one-on-one.

Read more about Other Health Professions at Boston U

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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.

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