2023 Best Healthcare Graduate Certificate Schools in the New England Region
It's not easy to decide which healthcare program to enroll in when you have so many options available. 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. Alternatively, you may choose a trade school or bootcamp that prepares you to enter the workforce with knowledge in a specific field.
To assist you in seeing some of the education options that are available to you, Healthcare Degree Search has created its Best Healthcare Graduate Certificate Schools in the New England Region ranking. Our analysis looked at 41 schools in the New England Region to see which graduate certificate programs offered the best educational experiences for healthcare students. To come up with a school's ranking, we analyzed numerous factors related to post-graduation wages, the quality of education offered by the school, average accumulated student debt, and more.
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Top Healthcare Graduate Certificate Schools in the New England Region of the U.S.
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Our analysis found Harvard University to be the best school for healthcare students who want to pursue a graduate certificate in the New England Region .
On average, graduate certificate students take out $19,755 in loans while pursuing their degree.
If you are interested in distance education, be sure to check with the school since Harvard does offer online graduate classes for certain majors. During the 2019-2020 year, about 96% of the graduate students at the school took at least one online course.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Boston University. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Best Healthcare Graduate Certificate Schools in the New England Region list.
Boston U does have options available for those who want to take online graduate classes. You will need to check with the school to see if they are available for your specific major. To give an idea of how popular online courses are at the school, 23% of graduates took at least one course online in 2019-2020.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Tufts University. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Best Healthcare Graduate Certificate Schools in the New England Region list.
Tufts does have options available for those who want to take online graduate classes. You will need to check with the school to see if they are available for your specific major. In 2019-2020 about 88% of the graduate students at the school chose to take one or more online courses.
The excellent graduate certificate programs at Granite State College helped the school earn the #4 place on this year’s ranking of the best healthcare schools in the New England Region .
Depending on your major, you may be able to take online graduate classes at GSC. Of all the graduate students enrolled at the school during the 2019-2020 academic year, around 92% took at least some of their classes online.
Out of the 41 schools in the New England Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Yale University landed the # 5 spot on the list.
Yale does offer online graduate classes for certain degree levels. In 2019-2020 about 98% of the graduate students at the school chose to take one or more online courses.
Fairfield University did quite well in this year’s ranking of the best places for healthcare students to get a graduate certificate. It came in at #6 on the list.
Some students may be able to take online graduate classes at Fairfield U. Of all the graduate students enrolled at the school during the 2019-2020 academic year, around 78% took at least some of their classes online.
Rivier University landed the #7 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best graduate certificate healthcare programs.
Some students may be able to take online graduate classes at Rivier. In fact, around 75% of the graduate population registered for at least one online class in 2019-2020.
Champlain College did quite well in this year’s ranking of the best places for healthcare students to get a graduate certificate. It came in at #8 on the list.
Champlain does offer online graduate classes for certain degree levels. In fact, around 99% of the graduate population registered for at least one online class in 2019-2020.
Salve Regina University did quite well in this year’s ranking of the best places for healthcare students to get a graduate certificate. It came in at #9 on the list.
By the time they get their graduate certificate, students from this school have racked up an average of $18,943 in student loans.
Online graduate courses are available at Salve Regina, but you will need to check with the school to see if they are available for your field of interest. Of all the graduate students enrolled at the school during the 2019-2020 academic year, around 91% took at least some of their classes online.
Quinnipiac University did quite well in this year’s ranking of the best places for healthcare students to get a graduate certificate. It came in at #10 on the list.
Some students may be able to take online graduate classes at Quinnipiac. In fact, around 52% of the graduate population registered for at least one online class in 2019-2020.
With a ranking of #11, University of Vermont did quite well on this year’s best schools for healthcare students working on their graduate certificate.
UVM does have options available for those who want to take online graduate classes. You will need to check with the school to see if they are available for your specific major. In 2019-2020 about 24% of the graduate students at the school chose to take one or more online courses.
University of Massachusetts Amherst landed the #12 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best graduate certificate healthcare programs.
If you are interested in distance education, be sure to check with the school since UMass Amherst does offer online graduate classes for certain majors. In 2019-2020 about 82% of the graduate students at the school chose to take one or more online courses.
Antioch University - New England landed the #13 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best graduate certificate healthcare programs.
Since the graduate programs at Antioch University - New England are primarily online school, so it is a great choice for returning adults and students who work full time.
With a ranking of #14, Husson University did quite well on this year’s best schools for healthcare students working on their graduate certificate.
Husson does have options available for those who want to take online graduate classes. You will need to check with the school to see if they are available for your specific major. In fact, around 75% of the graduate population registered for at least one online class in 2019-2020.
Sacred Heart University ranked #15 on this year’s Best Healthcare Graduate Certificate Schools in the New England Region list.
Some students may be able to take online graduate classes at Sacred Heart. Of all the graduate students enrolled at the school during the 2019-2020 academic year, around 64% took at least some of their classes online.
University of New Hampshire - Main Campus landed the #16 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best graduate certificate healthcare programs.
One thing to take note of is that UNH does offer online graduate classes in some areas. During the 2019-2020 year, about 60% of the graduate students at the school took at least one online course.
University of New England landed the #17 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best graduate certificate healthcare programs.
UNE does have options available for those who want to take online graduate classes. You will need to check with the school to see if they are available for your specific major. In 2019-2020 about 50% of the graduate students at the school chose to take one or more online courses.
With a ranking of #18, Northeastern University did quite well on this year’s best schools for healthcare students working on their graduate certificate.
You may have the opportunity to take online graduate classes at Northeastern. In fact, around 29% of the graduate population registered for at least one online class in 2019-2020.
Simmons University came in at #19 in this year’s edition of the Best Healthcare Graduate Certificate Schools in the New England Region ranking.
Interested in an online degree? Then you definitely want to check out Simmons. Every graduate student at the school took at least one class online.
University of Massachusetts - Lowell ranked #20 on this year’s Best Healthcare Graduate Certificate Schools in the New England Region list.
If you are interested in distance education, be sure to check with the school since UMass Lowell does offer online graduate classes for certain majors. Of all the graduate students enrolled at the school during the 2019-2020 academic year, around 99% took at least some of their classes online.
With a ranking of #21, Saint Joseph’s College of Maine did quite well on this year’s best schools for healthcare students working on their graduate certificate.
If you are interested in distance education, Saint Joseph’s Maine is an excellent choice, since graduate classes are offered online.
University of Saint Joseph landed the #22 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best graduate certificate healthcare programs.
Graduate Certificate recipients from USJ accumulate an average of $24,310 in student debt by the time they complete their degree.
You may have the opportunity to take online graduate classes at USJ. During the 2019-2020 year, about 21% of the graduate students at the school took at least one online course.
University of Connecticut did quite well in this year’s ranking of the best places for healthcare students to get a graduate certificate. It came in at #23 on the list.
Online graduate courses are available at UCONN, but you will need to check with the school to see if they are available for your field of interest. Of all the graduate students enrolled at the school during the 2019-2020 academic year, around 74% took at least some of their classes online.
With a ranking of #24, Endicott College did quite well on this year’s best schools for healthcare students working on their graduate certificate.
If you are interested in distance education, be sure to check with the school since Endicott does offer online graduate classes for certain majors. During the 2019-2020 year, about 84% of the graduate students at the school took at least one online course.
Assumption University landed the #25 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best graduate certificate healthcare programs.
Interested in an online degree? Then you definitely want to check out Assumption. Every graduate student at the school took at least one class online.
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Notes and References
Footnotes
*These averages are for the top 25 schools only.
References
- Read more about our ranking methodology.
- 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 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).
- Information about the national average student loan default rate is from the U.S. Department of Education and refers to data about the 2016 borrower cohort tracking period for which the cohort default rate (CDR) was 10.1%.
More about our data sources and methodologies.
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