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Most Popular Public Health Associate Degree Schools in the New England Region

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2023 Most Popular Public Health Associate Degree Schools in the New England Region

4 Colleges
$30,540 Avg Salary
$23,619 Avg Student Debt

Finding the Best Public Health Associate Degree School for You

In 2020-2021, 40,596 public health students received a degree or certificate, making the major the #4 most popular in the country.

There are so many healthcare programs in today's world that it can tough to figure out which one is the right one 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.

The Most Popular Public Health Associate Degree 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. Our analysis looked at 4 schools in the New England Region to see which associate degree programs were the most popular for healthcare students. To create this ranking we looked at how many students graduated from the Public Health program at each school on the list.

The following schools top our list of the Most Popular Public Health Associate Degree Colleges.

#1

Quincy College

Quincy, MA

Our 2023 rankings named Quincy College the most popular school in the New England Region for public health students working on their associate degree. Located in the suburb of Quincy, Quincy College is a public school with a small student population.

Of the 15 students majoring in public health at Quincy College, 7% are male and 93% are female.

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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Quinsigamond Community College. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Most Popular Public Health Associate Degree Schools in the New England Region list. Located in the city of Worcester, Quinsigamond Community College is a public college with a moderately-sized student population.

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#3

Massachusetts Bay Community College

Wellesley Hills, MA

The in-demand associate degree programs at Massachusetts Bay Community College helped the school earn the #3 place on this year’s ranking of the most popular public health schools in the New England Region . MassBay Community College is a small public school located in the suburb of Wellesley Hills.

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A rank of #3 on this year’s list means Middlesex Community College is a great place for public health students working on their associate degree. Middlesex Community College is a medium-sized public school located in the large suburb of Bedford.

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Best Public Health Colleges by State

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State Degrees Awarded
Massachusetts 1,567
Connecticut 366
New Hampshire 553
Maine 171
Vermont 72
Rhode Island 172

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

Public Health Concentrations

Major Annual Graduates
General Public Health 22,778
Public Health Education and Promotion 4,563
Other Public Health 3,432
Health Services Administration 3,119
Community Health and Preventive Medicine 2,272
International Public Health/International Health 1,599
Environmental Health 1,344
Behavioral Aspects of Health 814
Health/Medical Physics 258
Occupational Health and Industrial Hygiene 211
Maternal and Child Health 163
Patient Safety and Healthcare Quality 43

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 4 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 Article 25 Flickr.

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