2023 Best Value Health Professions Graduate Certificate Schools in the New England Region
Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing
Finding the Best Health Professions Graduate Certificate 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 help you arm yourself with the information you need to make your decision, Course Advisor has developed this Best Value Health Professions Graduate Certificate Schools in the New England Region ranking. Our analysis looked at 46 schools in the New England Region to see which graduate certificate programs offered the best value experiences for health professions students with the aim of identifying those quality schools that are more affordable than some of their counterparts.
Our ranking of value is based on the quality of a program as defined in our per sticker price dollar. Specifically, our score for quality is discounted by the published tuition and fees charged by the given college. This gives the cost per unit of quality for each college. The more quality your dollar buys, the better the value.
In our regional and nationwide rankings, out-of-state tution and fees are used in our calculations. For statewide rankings, we use average in-state tuition and fees.
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Our 2023 rankings named American Sentinel University the best value school in the New England Region for health professions students working on their graduate certificate. Located in the suburb of Aurora, American Sentinel University is a private for-profit college with a small student population.
The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at American Sentinel University are $6,920 a year.
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Out of the 46 schools in the New England Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Granite State College landed the # 2 spot on the list. GSC is a small public school located in the fringe town of Concord.
The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at GSC are $10,620 a year.
As a testament to the quality of education it offers, GSC also is in the top 20% of our Best Health Professions Graduate Certificate Schools in the New England Region ranking.
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A rank of #3 on this year’s list means Worcester State University is a great value for health professions students working on their graduate certificate. Located in the city of Worcester, Worcester State is a public school with a medium-sized student population.
The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at Worcester State are $5,796 a year.
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The excellent graduate certificate programs at Fitchburg State University helped the school earn the #4 place on this year’s ranking of the best value health professions schools in the New England Region . Located in the medium-sized suburb of Fitchburg, Fitchburg State is a public school with a medium-sized student population.
The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at Fitchburg State are $6,012 a year.
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Out of the 46 schools in the New England Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Rivier University landed the # 5 spot on the list. Located in the city of Nashua, Rivier is a private not-for-profit school with a small student population.
Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at Rivier are $12,195 per year.
In addition to its great value ranking, Rivier is in the top 15% of all schools on our Best Health Professions Graduate Certificate Schools in the New England Region list.
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Salve Regina University did quite well in this year’s ranking of the best places for health professions students to get a graduate certificate. It came in at #6 on the list. Located in the large suburb of Newport, Salve Regina is a private not-for-profit school with a small student population.
Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at Salve Regina are $11,730 per year.
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Saint Joseph’s College of Maine ranked #7 on this year’s Best Value Health Professions Graduate Certificate Schools in the New England Region list. Located in the rural area of Standish, Saint Joseph's Maine is a private not-for-profit college with a small student population.
Saint Joseph’s Maine graduate students pay an average of $9,766 in tuition and fees each year.
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Champlain College did quite well in this year’s ranking of the best places for health professions students to get a graduate certificate. It came in at #8 on the list. Champlain is a small private not-for-profit school located in the small city of Burlington.
The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at Champlain are $14,310 a year.
In addition to its great value ranking, Champlain is in the top 20% of all schools on our Best Health Professions Graduate Certificate Schools in the New England Region list.
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Endicott College came in at #9 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Health Professions Graduate Certificate Schools in the New England Region ranking. Endicott is a small private not-for-profit school located in the suburb of Beverly.
The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at Endicott are $12,746 a year.
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Fairfield University did quite well in this year’s ranking of the best places for health professions students to get a graduate certificate. It came in at #10 on the list. Fairfield U is a medium-sized private not-for-profit school located in the suburb of Fairfield.
Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at Fairfield U are $19,498 per year.
Fairfield U also claimed a spot on our Best Health Professions Graduate Certificate Schools in the New England Region list. It’s in the top 10% of all schools in this category.
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Explore the best health professions schools 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 |
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Notes and References
*These averages are for the top 25 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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