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Best Health Professions Associate Degree Schools in the New England Region

2023 Best Health Professions Associate Degree Schools in the New England Region

49 Colleges
$43,116 Avg Salary
$21,919 Avg Student Debt

Finding the Best Health Professions Associate Degree School for You

In 2020-2021, 977,800 health professions students received a degree or certificate, making the major the #2 most popular in the country.

It's not easy to decide which program to enroll in when you have so many options available. You're no longer limited to schools in your local area, either, since online programs are becoming more prevalent. Or you may find the programs at a trade school to be a better alternative for you.

To assist you in seeing some of the education options that are available to you, Course Advisor has created its Best Health Professions Associate Degree Schools in the New England Region ranking. This report analyzed 49 schools in the New England Region to see which ones offered the best associate degree programs for students. Factors related to overall quality of the school, post-graduation earnings, average student debt, and more accumulated were considered when coming up with this list.

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2023 Best Health Professions Associate Degree Schools in the New England Region

The following schools top our list of the Best Health Professions Associate Degree Colleges.

Top 10 Best Health Professions Associate Degree Schools

#1

Tunxis Community College

Farmington, CT

Our analysis found Tunxis Community College to be the best school for health professions students who want to pursue a associate degree in the New England Region . Tunxis Community College is a small public school located in the suburb of Farmington.

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#2

Bay State College

Boston, MA

The excellent associate degree programs at Bay State College helped the school earn the #2 place on this year’s ranking of the best health professions schools in the New England Region . Located in the city of Boston, Bay State College is a private for-profit college with a small student population.

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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Mount Wachusett Community College. The school came in at #3 on this year’s Best Health Professions Associate Degree Schools in the New England Region list. MWCC is a small public school located in the rural area of Gardner.

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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Benjamin Franklin Institute of Technology. It ranked #4 on our 2023 Best Health Professions Associate Degree Schools in the New England Region list. Located in the city of Boston, BFIT is a private not-for-profit college with a fairly small student population.

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#5

Fisher College

Boston, MA

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Fisher College. It ranked #5 on our 2023 Best Health Professions Associate Degree Schools in the New England Region list. Fisher College is a small private not-for-profit school located in the large city of Boston.

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#6

Gateway Community College

New Haven, CT

Gateway Community College did quite well in this year’s ranking of the best places for health professions students to get a associate degree. It came in at #6 on the list. Located in the city of New Haven, Gateway Community College is a public school with a moderately-sized student population.

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Maine College of Health Professions landed the #7 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best associate degree health professions programs. MCHP is a fairly small private not-for-profit school located in the city of Lewiston.

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New England Institute of Technology came in at #8 in this year’s edition of the Best Health Professions Associate Degree Schools in the New England Region ranking. Located in the large suburb of East Greenwich, New England Tech is a private not-for-profit college with a small student population.

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North Shore Community College ranked #9 on this year’s Best Health Professions Associate Degree Schools in the New England Region list. Located in the suburb of Danvers, North Shore Community College is a public college with a small student population.

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Lawrence Memorial Hospital School of Nursing did quite well in this year’s ranking of the best places for health professions students to get a associate degree. It came in at #10 on the list. Lawrence Memorial is a small private not-for-profit school located in the suburb of Medford.

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Best Health Professions Colleges by State

Explore the best health professions colleges for a specific state in the New England region.

State Degrees Awarded
New Hampshire 5,813
Maine 2,935
Rhode Island 2,703
Massachusetts 18,440
Connecticut 7,729
Vermont 1,087

Health Professions Majors to Study

Major Annual Graduates
Nursing 322,592
Health & Medical Administrative Services 89,359
Allied Health & Medical Assisting Services 84,492
Practical Nursing & Nursing Assistants 84,274
Allied Health Professions 82,308
Public Health 40,596
Health Sciences & Services 35,945
Rehabilitation & Therapeutic Professions 29,833
Mental & Social Health Services 29,053
Medicine 28,629
Dental Support Services 26,399
Communication Sciences 22,298
Pharmacy/Pharmaceutical Sciences 20,393
Clinical/Medical Laboratory Science 18,901
Somatic Bodywork & Therapeutic Services 10,751
Health/Medical Prep Programs 9,210
Other Health Professions 7,984
Dentistry 6,770
Dietetics & Clinical Nutrition Services 6,158
Bioethics/Medical Ethics 5,115
Alternative Medicine & Systems 3,564
Chiropractic 2,658
Health Aids/Attendants/Orderlies 2,374
Medical Illustration & Informatics 2,089
Optometry 1,822
Advanced Dentistry & Oral Sciences 1,775
Ophthalmic & Optometric Support Services 960
Medical Science 909
Movement & Mind-Body Therapies 294
Alternative Medical Support Services 227
Energy & Biologically Based Therapies 68

Notes and References

*These averages are for the top 25 schools only.

  • Read more about our ranking methodology.
  • 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 the rest 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).

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