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2023 Best Value Health Professions Undergraduate Certificate Schools in the New England Region

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

65 Colleges
$11,785 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$27,865 Avg Salary

Finding the Best Health Professions Undergraduate 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.

The Best Value Health Professions Undergraduate Certificate Schools in the New England Region ranking is one of many tools that Course Advisor has developed to help you make your educational decision. This report analyzed 65 schools in the New England Region to see which ones offered the best value undergraduate certificate programs for health professions students. The goal was to highlight schools with more affordable prices than others offering similar quality experiences.

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.

2023 Best Value Health Professions Undergraduate Certificate Schools in the New England Region

The following schools top our list of the Best Value Health Professions Undergraduate Certificate Colleges.

Top 10 Best Health Professions Undergraduate Certificate Schools

Our analysis found North Shore Community College to be the best value school for health professions students who want to pursue a undergraduate certificate in the New England Region . Located in the large suburb of Danvers, North Shore Community College is a public college with a small student population.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state undergraduate student at North Shore Community College are $10,920 a year.

In addition to its great value ranking, North Shore Community College is in the top 15% of all schools on our Best Health Professions Undergraduate Certificate Schools in the New England Region list.

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The excellent undergraduate certificate programs at Mount Wachusett Community College helped the school earn the #2 place on this year’s ranking of the best value health professions schools in the New England Region . MWCC is a small public school located in the rural area of Gardner.

MWCC undergraduate students pay an average of $10,588 in tuition and fees each year.

MWCC also claimed a spot on our Best Health Professions Undergraduate Certificate Schools in the New England Region list. It’s in the top 20% of all schools in this category.

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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Eastern Maine Community College. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Best Value Health Professions Undergraduate Certificate Schools in the New England Region list. Located in the small city of Bangor, Eastern Maine Community College is a public college with a small student population.

Out-of-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at Eastern Maine Community College are $6,745 per year.

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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Greenfield Community College. It ranked #4 on our 2023 Best Value Health Professions Undergraduate Certificate Schools in the New England Region list. Greenfield Community College is a small public school located in the distant town of Greenfield.

Greenfield Community College undergraduate students pay an average of $11,762 in tuition and fees each year.

In addition to its great value ranking, Greenfield Community College is in the top 20% of all schools on our Best Health Professions Undergraduate Certificate Schools in the New England Region list.

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The excellent undergraduate certificate programs at Northern Maine Community College helped the school earn the #5 place on this year’s ranking of the best value health professions schools in the New England Region . Northern Maine Community College is a fairly small public school located in the remote town of Presque Isle.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state undergraduate student at Northern Maine Community College are $6,710 a year.

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Northern Essex Community College ranked #6 on this year’s Best Value Health Professions Undergraduate Certificate Schools in the New England Region list. NECC is a small public school located in the suburb of Haverhill.

Out-of-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at NECC are $11,328 per year.

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#7

Great Bay Community College

Portsmouth, NH

Great Bay Community College came in at #7 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Health Professions Undergraduate Certificate Schools in the New England Region ranking. Great Bay Community College is a small public school located in the suburb of Portsmouth.

Out-of-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at Great Bay Community College are $15,450 per year.

Great Bay Community College not only placed well in our value ranking, but it is also #4 on our Best Health Professions Undergraduate Certificate Schools in the New England Region list.

Full Health Professions at Great Bay Community College Report

With a ranking of #8, Springfield Technical Community College did quite well on this year’s best value schools for health professions students working on their undergraduate certificate. Located in the medium-sized city of Springfield, STCC is a public college with a small student population.

Out-of-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at STCC are $10,728 per year.

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Middlesex Community College came in at #9 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Health Professions Undergraduate Certificate Schools in the New England Region ranking. Located in the large suburb of Bedford, Middlesex Community College is a public school with a medium-sized student population.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state undergraduate student at Middlesex Community College are $12,120 a year.

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#10

Quincy College

Quincy, MA

Quincy College came in at #10 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Health Professions Undergraduate Certificate Schools in the New England Region ranking. Quincy College is a small public school located in the large suburb of Quincy.

Quincy College undergraduate students pay an average of $7,176 in tuition and fees each year.

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Honorable Mentions

These are some additional schools worth mentioning that are also great but just didn't quite make the cut to earn our top Best Value Health Professions Undergraduate Certificate Schools in the New England Region award.

Rank College Location
11 NHTI-Concord’s Community College Concord, NH
12 Quinsigamond Community College Worcester, MA
13 Charter Oak State College New Britain, CT

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.

  • 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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