by our College Data Analytics Team
It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. College Factual was founded, in part, to help students make the decision as to what would be the best school for them. Our “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Health Professions Major in Rhode Island” ranking is part of that endeavor.
With 977,800 degrees handed out in 2020-2021, health professions is the 2nd most popular major in the United States. In 2019-2020, health professions graduates who were awarded their degree in 2017-2019, earned an average of $47,927 and had an average of $20,846 in loans still to pay off.
Across Rhode Island, there were 3,317 health professions graduates with average earnings and debt of $54,829 and $21,428 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 457 health professions graduates with average earnings and debt of $58,718 and $0 respectively.
This year’s “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Health Professions Major in Rhode Island” ranking looked at 8 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in health professions. The colleges and universities that top this list are recognized because their health professions program is one of the largest majors offered at the school.
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The health professions school you choose to invest your time and money in matters. To help you make the decision that is right for you, we’ve developed a number of major-specific rankings, including this list of “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Health Professions Major in Rhode Island”.
You can create your own custom comparison that focuses on the factors most important to you using our tool, College Combat. If you’re torn between two schools, you can use it to help you see how they stack up against one another. Bookmark it so you can compare any new schools that might interest you.
The following schools top our list of the Best “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Health Professions Major in Rhode Island”.
Out of the 8 schools in the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Health Professions Major in Rhode Island that were part of this year’s ranking, Salve Regina University landed the #1 spot on the list. This small school is located in Newport, Rhode Island, and it awarded 43 masters’s health professions degrees in 2020-2021.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 1.4%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Bryant University. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Health Professions Major in Rhode Island list. Bryant University is a private not-for-profit institution located in Smithfield, Rhode Island. The school has a small population, and it awarded 47 masters’s degrees in 2020-2021.
Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 89%. The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 0.9%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Brown University. The school came in at #3 for the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Health Professions Major in Rhode Island. Located in Providence, Rhode Island, this fairly large private not-for-profit school awarded 120 degrees to qualified masters’s health professions students in 2020-2021.
The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 92%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. With a undergrad student-to-faculty ratio of 6 to 1, it’s easy to see that the school is committed to helping their undergraduates succeed. The low undergrad student loan default rate of 0.8% 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%.
Out of the 8 schools in the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Health Professions Major in Rhode Island that were part of this year’s ranking, New England Institute of Technology landed the #4 spot on the list. New England Tech is a small private not-for-profit school situated in East Greenwich, Rhode Island. It awarded 43 masters’s health professions degrees in 2020-2021.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 2.2% 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%. 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.
Out of the 8 schools in the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Health Professions Major in Rhode Island that were part of this year’s ranking, Johnson & Wales University - Providence landed the #5 spot on the list. Located in Providence, Rhode Island, this medium-sized private not-for-profit school handed out 62 degrees to qualified masters’s health professions students in 2020-2021.
Full Johnson & Wales University - Providence Health Professions Report
Rhode Island College came in at #6 in this year’s edition of the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Health Professions Major in Rhode Island ranking. Rhode Island College is a medium-sized school located in Providence, Rhode Island that handed out 52 masters’s health professions degrees in 2020-2021.
Read full report on Health Professions at Rhode Island College
With a ranking of #7, University of Rhode Island did quite well on the 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Health Professions Major in Rhode Island list. Located in Kingston, Rhode Island, this fairly large public school awarded 90 degrees to qualified masters’s health professions students in 2020-2021.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 4.3%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%. Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 85%.
Johnson & Wales University - Online did quite well in the 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Health Professions Major in Rhode Island ranking, coming in at #8. Providence, Rhode Island is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out masters’s health professions degrees to 6 students in 2020-2021.
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