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2023 Best Value Health Professions Associate Degree Schools in Connecticut

Identifying Quality Schools at More Affordable Prices

12 Colleges
$12,686 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$43,116 Avg Salary

Finding the Best Health Professions Associate Degree School for You

Health Professions is one of the most popular subjects to study in Connecticut. With 7,729 degrees and certificates handed out in 2020-2021, it ranked 2nd out of all the majors we track in the state.

There are lots of options to pick from today when trying to decide which program is right for you. You can choose a traditional brick and mortar school, or with the growth of online education, you can attend a school half-way across the country without even leaving your house. Also there are many trade schools that offer short-term programs that open up more career options.

Along with in-depth profiles of schools and the programs they offer, Course Advisor has created the Best Value Health Professions Associate Degree Schools in Connecticut to help you in your search for the best school for you. This report analyzed 12 schools in Connecticut to see which ones offered the best value associate degree programs for health professions students. The goal was to highlight schools with more affordable prices than others offering similar quality experiences.

When determining this ranking, we place a high emphasis on the school's quality as well as its sticker price. Even though a college may be affordable, it may not offer value. More specifically, we discount our quality score by the published tuition and fees charged by a school. This gives the cost per unit of quality for each college. The value is determined by how much quality your dollar buys.

Our calculations use out-of-state tuition and fees in our nationwide and regional rankings. Average in-state tuition and fees are used for our statewide rankings.

2023 Best Value Health Professions Associate Degree Schools in Connecticut

The following schools top our list of the Best Value 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 value school for health professions students who want to pursue a associate degree in Connecticut. Located in the large suburb of Farmington, Tunxis Community College is a public school with a small student population.

Tunxis Community College undergraduate students pay an average of $4,596 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

Tunxis Community College also took the #4 spot in our Best Health Professions Associate Degree Schools in Connecticut rankings.

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#2

Gateway Community College

New Haven, CT

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Gateway Community College. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Best Value Health Professions Associate Degree Schools in Connecticut list. Gateway Community College is a medium-sized public school located in the medium-sized city of New Haven.

In-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at Gateway Community College are $4,496 per year.

Gateway Community College did well in our overall quality rankings, too. It placed #2 on our Best Health Professions Associate Degree Schools in Connecticut list.

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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Manchester Community College. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Best Value Health Professions Associate Degree Schools in Connecticut list. Located in the large suburb of Manchester, MCC is a public college with a small student population.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state undergraduate at MCC are $4,516 a year.

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The excellent associate degree programs at Capital Community College helped the school earn the #4 place on this year’s ranking of the best value health professions schools in Connecticut. Located in the city of Hartford, Capital Community College is a public school with a small student population.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state undergraduate at Capital Community College are $4,596 a year.

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The excellent associate degree programs at Naugatuck Valley Community College helped the school earn the #5 place on this year’s ranking of the best value health professions schools in Connecticut. Naugatuck Valley Community College is a small public school located in the medium-sized suburb of Waterbury.

Naugatuck Valley Community College undergraduate students pay an average of $4,516 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

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#6

Middlesex Community College

Middletown, CT

Middlesex Community College landed the #6 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best value associate degree health professions programs. MxCC is a small public school located in the city of Middletown.

In-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at MxCC are $4,476 per year.

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Norwalk Community College landed the #7 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best value associate degree health professions programs. Located in the city of Norwalk, NCC is a public school with a small student population.

In-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at NCC are $4,586 per year.

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Three Rivers 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 #8 on the list. Three Rivers Community College is a small public school located in the city of Norwich.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state undergraduate at Three Rivers Community College are $4,596 a year.

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Northwestern Connecticut Community College landed the #9 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best value associate degree health professions programs. NCCC is a small public school located in the town of Winsted.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state undergraduate at NCCC are $4,556 a year.

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#10

Goodwin College

East Hartford, CT

Goodwin 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 #10 on the list. Located in the city of East Hartford, Goodwin is a private not-for-profit college with a small student population.

Goodwin undergraduate students pay an average of $21,188 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

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Best Value Health Professions Colleges in the New England Region

Explore all the Best Value Health Professions Schools in the New England Area or other specific states within that region.

State Degrees Awarded
New Hampshire 5,813
Maine 2,935
Rhode Island 2,703
Massachusetts 18,440
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 12 schools only.

  • 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).

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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