2023 Best Other Health Professions Associate Degree Colleges for Veterans in the New England Region
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Ranked Colleges
175
Degrees Awarded
$28,200
Avg Cost*
Veterans have lots of options to chooose from today when trying to decide which college to attend. Our mission at College Factual is to arm you with as much information as we can to help you make that decision. Our “Most Veteran Friendly in the New England Region for Health Professions for an Associate” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.
Other Health Professions is the 102nd most popular major in the country with 7,984 degrees awarded in 2020-2021. In 2019-2020, other health professions graduates who were awarded their degree in 2017-2019, earned an average of $45,061 and had an average of $24,616 in loans still to pay off.
Across the New England region, there were 927 other health professions graduates with average earnings and debt of $45,813 and $28,818 respectively. At the associate degree level specifically, there were 175 other health professions graduates with average earnings and debt of $38,618 and $16,599 respectively.
This year’s “Most Veteran Friendly in the New England Region for Health Professions for an Associate” ranking looked at 2 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in other health professions. Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent other health professions programs, but they also offer a lot of support to veterans and active service members.
To come up with these rankings, we looked at factors such as veteran satisfaction, veteran affordability, and overall quality of the other health professions program at the school. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.
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Since the program you select can have a significant impact on your future, we’ve developed a number of rankings, including this “Most Veteran Friendly in the New England Region for Health Professions for an Associate” list, to help you choose the best school for you.
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Most Veteran Friendly in the New England Region for Health Professions for an Associate
The following schools top our list of the Best “Most Veteran Friendly in the New England Region for Health Professions for an Associate”.
Top 2 Best Other Health Professions Associate Degree Colleges for Veterans in the New England Region
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Goodwin College. The school came in at #1 for the Most Veteran Friendly in the New England Region for Health Professions for an Associate. Located in East Hartford, Connecticut, this small private not-for-profit school awarded 164 diplomas to qualified associates’s health professions students in 2020-2021.
Goodwin did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best Other Health Professions Associate Degree Schools in the New England Region” list.According to our most recent data, Goodwin supports 3,312 students, and 107 of those are GI Bill® students, of which 71 are Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average tuition and fees award for the Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients was $14,237. To help with additional expenses, 9 students qualified for the Yellow Ribbon Program. Goodwin does offer credit for military training for eligible students.
[Read full report on veteran student life at Goodwin College]](/colleges/goodwin-college/student-life/veterans/)
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Berkshire Community College. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Most Veteran Friendly in the New England Region for Health Professions for an Associate list. BCC is a small school located in Pittsfield, Massachusetts that handed out 11 associates’s health professions degrees in 2020-2021.
BCC did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #2 on our “Best Other Health Professions Associate Degree Schools in the New England Region” list.According to our most recent data, BCC supports 1,465 students, and 34 of those are GI Bill® students, of which 21 are Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average tuition and fees award for the Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients was $4,231. To help with additional expenses, 2 students received funds through the Yellow Ribbon Program. BCC offers credit for military training for eligible students.
With a undergrad student-to-faculty ratio of 10 to 1, it’s easy to see that the school is committed to helping their undergraduates succeed.
[Read full report on veteran student life at Berkshire Community College]](/colleges/berkshire-community-college/student-life/veterans/)
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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).
- Veteran-specific data can be found at the U.S. Department of Veteran Affairs.
- 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
- *Avg Salary and Avg 4-Year Grad Rate are for the top schools only.
- **GI Bill® student total includes all chapters of the GI Bill® program (e.g., Post-9/11, Montgomery GI Bill, Reserve Education Assistance Program, and Veteran Readiness and Employment)
- 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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