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Most Popular Health Sciences & Services Doctor's Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region

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2023 Most Popular Health Sciences & Services Doctor's Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region

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Finding the Best Health Sciences & Services Doctor's Degree School for You

In 2020-2021, 35,945 health sciences and services students received a degree or certificate, making the major the #5 most popular in the country.

With all the healthcare programs available today, it can be tough to choose which one is the best 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.

To help you arm yourself with the information you need to make your decision, Healthcare Degree Search has developed this Most Popular Health Sciences & Services Doctor's Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region ranking. This report analyzed 3 schools in the Middle Atlantic Region to see which ones were the most popular doctor's degree programs for healthcare students. To create this ranking we looked at how many students graduated from the Health Sciences & Services program at each school on the list.

The colleges and universities below are the most popular for health science majors pursuing a doctor's degree.

Our 2023 rankings named California University of Pennsylvania the most popular school in the Middle Atlantic Region for health sciences and services students working on their doctor’s degree. Cal U is a moderately-sized public school located in the small suburb of California.

About 86% of the students majoring in health science at the school are women while 14% are male.

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A rank of #2 on this year’s list means Rutgers University - New Brunswick is a great place for health sciences and services students working on their doctor’s degree. Located in the city of New Brunswick, Rutgers New Brunswick is a public college with a very large student population.

About 50% of the students majoring in health science at the school are women while 50% are male.

Read full report on Health Sciences & Services at Rutgers University - New Brunswick

The in-demand doctor’s degree programs at East Stroudsburg University of Pennsylvania helped the school earn the #3 place on this year’s ranking of the most popular health sciences and services schools in the Middle Atlantic Region . East Stroudsburg University is a medium-sized public school located in the small city of East Stroudsburg.

Full Health Sciences & Services at East Stroudsburg University of Pennsylvania Report

Best Health Sciences & Services Colleges by State

Explore the best health sciences and services colleges for a specific state in the Middle Atlantic region.

State Degrees Awarded
New York 2,199
Pennsylvania 1,691
Maryland 187
New Jersey 1,471
District of Columbia 78
Delaware 175

One of 30 majors within the healthcare area of study, health sciences and services has other similar majors worth exploring.

Health Science Focus Areas

Major Annual Graduates
General Health Services/Allied Health/Health Sciences 29,840
General Health & Wellness 6,105

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 3 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).
  • Credit for the banner image above goes to Sandra M. Palumbo.

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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