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2023 Best Value Health/Medical Prep Programs Undergraduate Certificate Schools in the New England Region

Identifying Quality Schools at More Affordable Prices

2 Colleges
$37,692 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$22,060 Avg Salary

Finding the Best Health/Medical Prep Programs Undergraduate Certificate School for You

Health/Medical Prep Programs is the #14 most popular major in the country with 9,210 degrees and certificates awarded in 2020-2021.

It's not easy to decide which healthcare program to enroll in when you have so many options available. With more and more schools offering online options, you could even register for a great program on the other side of the country. On top of that, there are a considerable number of trade schools that offer fast-track entry to many fields.

The Best Value Health/Medical Prep Programs Undergraduate Certificate Schools in the New England Region ranking is one of many tools that Healthcare Degree Search has developed to help you make your educational decision. This report analyzed 2 schools in the New England Region to see which ones offered the best value undergraduate certificate programs for medical prep students. The goal was to highlight schools with more affordable prices than others offering similar quality experiences.

This ranking is not just a list of inexpensive schools. We also consider each school's quality, since we believe a low-quality school may not be a 'bargain' at any price. 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.

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

2023 Best Value Health/Medical Prep Programs Undergraduate Certificate Schools in the New England Region

The following schools top our list of the Best Value Health/Medical Prep Programs Undergraduate Certificate Colleges.

Best New England Region Schools for Affordable Quality for an Award Taking 1 to 4 Years in Health/Medical Prep Programs

Our analysis found University of Massachusetts - Dartmouth to be the best value school for health/medical prep programs students who want to pursue a undergraduate certificate in the New England Region . Located in the midsize suburb of North Dartmouth, UMass Dartmouth is a public college with a moderately-sized student population.

UMass Dartmouth undergraduate students pay an average of $30,153 in tuition and fees each year.

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#2

Sacred Heart University

Fairfield, CT

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Sacred Heart University. The school came in at #2 on this year’s Best Value Health/Medical Prep Programs Undergraduate Certificate Schools in the New England Region list. Located in the large suburb of Fairfield, Sacred Heart is a private not-for-profit college with a medium-sized student population.

Sacred Heart undergraduate students pay an average of $45,230 in tuition and fees each year.

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Best Health/Medical Prep Programs Colleges by State

Explore the best health/medical prep programs colleges for a specific state in the New England region.

State Degrees Awarded
Massachusetts 351
Connecticut 7
New Hampshire 2
Maine 2
Vermont 16

Health/Medical Prep Programs is one of 30 different types of healthcare programs to choose from.

Medical Prep Focus Areas

Major Annual Graduates
Other Health/Medical Preparatory Programs 4,010
Pre-Nursing Studies 2,489
Pre-Medicine/Pre-Medical Studies 2,010
Pre-Physical Therapy Studies 257
Pre-Pharmacy Studies 167
Pre-Occupational Therapy Studies 108
Pre-Dentistry Studies 85
Pre-Physician Assistant 76
Pre-Art Therapy 4
Pre-Optometry Studies 3
Pre-Chiropractic Studies 1

Majors Similar to Medical Prep

Related 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

Notes and References

*These averages are for the top 2 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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