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2023 Most Popular Health Professions Undergraduate Certificate Schools in the New England Region

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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 Most Popular 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 82 schools in the New England Region to see which ones were the most popular undergraduate certificate programs for students. To create this ranking we looked at how many students graduated from the Health Professions program at each school on the list.

The colleges and universities below are the most popular for health professions majors pursuing a undergraduate certificate.

Our 2023 rankings named Lincoln Technical Institute - Lincoln the most popular school in the New England Region for health professions students working on their undergraduate certificate. Lincoln Tech - Lincoln is a fairly small private for-profit school located in the large suburb of Lincoln.

About 92% of the students majoring in health professions at the school are women while 8% are male.

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A rank of #2 on this year’s list means Porter and Chester Institute of Stratford is a great place for health professions students working on their undergraduate certificate. Porter and Chester Institute is a small private for-profit school located in the medium-sized city of Stratford.

Women make up 96% of the health professions majors at the school.

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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Lincoln Technical Institute - Somerville. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Most Popular Health Professions Undergraduate Certificate Schools in the New England Region list. Lincoln Tech - Somerville is a fairly small private for-profit school located in the suburb of Somerville.

Women make up 95% of the health professions majors at the school.

Full Health Professions at Lincoln Technical Institute - Somerville Report

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Lincoln Technical Institute - Shelton. It ranked #4 on our 2023 Most Popular Health Professions Undergraduate Certificate Schools in the New England Region list. Located in the suburb of Shelton, Lincoln Tech - Shelton is a private for-profit college with a small student population.

About 90% of the students majoring in health professions at the school are women while 10% are male.

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The in-demand undergraduate certificate programs at Vermont Technical College helped the school earn the #5 place on this year’s ranking of the most popular health professions schools in the New England Region . Located in the rural area of Randolph, Vermont Tech is a public school with a small student population.

Of the 156 students majoring in health professions at Vermont Tech, 16% are male and 84% are female.

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Lincoln Technical Institute - New Britain ranked #6 on this year’s Most Popular Health Professions Undergraduate Certificate Schools in the New England Region list. Lincoln Tech - New Britain is a fairly small private for-profit school located in the large suburb of New Britain.

About 91% of the students majoring in health professions at the school are women while 9% are male.

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American Institute - West Hartford landed the #7 spot in the 2023 rankings for the most popular undergraduate certificate health professions programs. American Institute - West Hartford is a fairly small private for-profit school located in the large suburb of West Hartford.

Women make up 98% of the health professions majors at the school.

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Signature Healthcare Brockton Hospital School of Nursing did quite well in this year’s ranking of the most popular places for health professions students to get a undergraduate certificate. It came in at #8 on the list. BHSN is a fairly small private not-for-profit school located in the suburb of Brockton.

Women make up 91% of the health professions majors at the school.

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Northern Essex Community College came in at #9 in this year’s edition of the Most Popular Health Professions Undergraduate Certificate Schools in the New England Region ranking. NECC is a small public school located in the large suburb of Haverhill.

Of the 107 students majoring in health professions at NECC, 12% are male and 88% are female.

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#10

Stone Academy-West Haven

West Haven, CT

Stone Academy-West Haven ranked #10 on this year’s Most Popular Health Professions Undergraduate Certificate Schools in the New England Region list. Located in the suburb of West Haven, Stone Academy-West Haven is a private for-profit school with a fairly small student population.

About 97% of the students majoring in health professions at the school are women while 3% are male.

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#11

Stone Academy-East Hartford

East Hartford, CT

Stone Academy-East Hartford ranked #11 on this year’s Most Popular Health Professions Undergraduate Certificate Schools in the New England Region list. Stone Academy-East Hartford is a fairly small private for-profit school located in the small city of East Hartford.

About 93% of the students majoring in health professions at the school are women while 7% are male.

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Quinsigamond Community College ranked #12 on this year’s Most Popular Health Professions Undergraduate Certificate Schools in the New England Region list. Quinsigamond Community College is a moderately-sized public school located in the midsize city of Worcester.

About 91% of the students majoring in health professions at the school are women while 9% are male.

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Honorable Mentions

Here are some additional popular schools for Health Professions students in the New England Region that almost earned our Most Popular Health Professions Undergraduate Certificate Schools in the New England Region award.

Rank College Location
13 MotoRing Technical Training Institute Seekonk, MA
14 Northeast Technical Institute Scarborough, ME
15 Cortiva Institute, Cromwell Cromwell, CT
16 Eastern Maine Community College Bangor, ME

Best Health Professions Colleges by State

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

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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