2023 Best Healthcare Master's Degree Schools
Today's healthcare students have lots of options to pick from when considering higher education opportunities. As online education oppotunities continue to grow, you're not restricted to just schools in your local area anymore. Even some of the 'big name' schools are offering online courses. On top of that, there are a considerable number of trade schools and bootcamp that offer fast-track entry to many fields.
Along with in-depth profiles of schools and the programs they offer, Healthcare Degree Search has created the Best Healthcare Master's Degree Schools to help you in your search for the best school for you. Our analysis looked at 872 schools in the United States to see which master's degree programs offered the best educational experiences for healthcare students. The factors used to develop this ranking include those related to how in-demand the school us, the overall quality of the school, and post-graduation wages, and more.
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Top Healthcare Master's Degree Schools in the United States
Learn more about these excellent schools below:
Our 2023 rankings named Stanford University the best school in the United States for healthcare students working on their master’s degree.
Some students may be able to take online graduate classes at Stanford. In fact, around 10% of the graduate population registered for at least one online class in 2019-2020.
Out of the 872 schools in the United States that were part of this year’s ranking, Harvard University landed the # 2 spot on the list.
Harvard does offer online graduate classes for certain degree levels. In 2019-2020 about 96% of the graduate students at the school chose to take one or more online courses.
The excellent master’s degree programs at Saint Vincent College helped the school earn the #3 place on this year’s ranking of the best healthcare schools in the United States.
Some students may be able to take online graduate classes at Saint Vincent. Of all the graduate students enrolled at the school during the 2019-2020 academic year, around 9% took at least some of their classes online.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Wake Forest University. It ranked #4 on our 2023 Best Healthcare Master’s Degree Schools list.
Wake Forest University 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 67% of the graduate students at the school chose to take one or more online courses.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Teachers College at Columbia University. It ranked #5 on our 2023 Best Healthcare Master’s Degree Schools list.
You may have the opportunity to take online graduate classes at Teachers College. To give an idea of how popular online courses are at the school, 98% of graduates took at least one course online in 2019-2020.
With a ranking of #6, Northwestern University did quite well on this year’s best schools for healthcare students working on their master’s degree.
Depending on your major, you may be able to take online graduate classes at Northwestern. During the 2019-2020 year, about 2% of the graduate students at the school took at least one online course.
Stephens College came in at #7 in this year’s edition of the Best Healthcare Master’s Degree Schools ranking.
Some students may be able to take online graduate classes at Stephens. To give an idea of how popular online courses are at the school, 37% of graduates took at least one course online in 2019-2020.
Mount Marty University ranked #8 on this year’s Best Healthcare Master’s Degree Schools list.
Online graduate courses are available at Mount Marty, but you will need to check with the school to see if they are available for your field of interest. In fact, around 91% of the graduate population registered for at least one online class in 2019-2020.
University of California - Berkeley landed the #9 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best master’s degree healthcare programs.
UC Berkeley 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. Of all the graduate students enrolled at the school during the 2019-2020 academic year, around 90% took at least some of their classes online.
Vanderbilt University ranked #10 on this year’s Best Healthcare Master’s Degree Schools list.
Depending on your major, you may be able to take online graduate classes at Vanderbilt. During the 2019-2020 year, about 67% of the graduate students at the school took at least one online course.
With a ranking of #11, Duke University did quite well on this year’s best schools for healthcare students working on their master’s degree.
Depending on your major, you may be able to take online graduate classes at Duke. To give an idea of how popular online courses are at the school, 2% of graduates took at least one course online in 2019-2020.
Brown University did quite well in this year’s ranking of the best places for healthcare students to get a master’s degree. It came in at #12 on the list.
One thing to take note of is that Brown does offer online graduate classes in some areas. To give an idea of how popular online courses are at the school, 59% of graduates took at least one course online in 2019-2020.
Dartmouth College ranked #13 on this year’s Best Healthcare Master’s Degree Schools list.
If you are interested in distance education, be sure to check with the school since Dartmouth does offer online graduate classes for certain majors. During the 2019-2020 year, about 57% of the graduate students at the school took at least one online course.
Dominican University of California landed the #14 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best master’s degree healthcare programs.
Depending on your major, you may be able to take online graduate classes at DUofC. Of all the graduate students enrolled at the school during the 2019-2020 academic year, around 97% took at least some of their classes online.
University of Puget Sound ranked #15 on this year’s Best Healthcare Master’s Degree Schools list.
With a ranking of #16, University of Southern California did quite well on this year’s best schools for healthcare students working on their master’s degree.
USC 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. Of all the graduate students enrolled at the school during the 2019-2020 academic year, around 82% took at least some of their classes online.
University of the Pacific landed the #17 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best master’s degree healthcare programs.
Some students may be able to take online graduate classes at Pacific. To give an idea of how popular online courses are at the school, 1% of graduates took at least one course online in 2019-2020.
Elizabethtown College landed the #18 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best master’s degree healthcare programs.
If you are interested in distance education, be sure to check with the school since Etown does offer online graduate classes for certain majors. Of all the graduate students enrolled at the school during the 2019-2020 academic year, around 72% took at least some of their classes online.
With a ranking of #19, University of Pennsylvania did quite well on this year’s best schools for healthcare students working on their master’s degree.
Some students may be able to take online graduate classes at UPenn. During the 2019-2020 year, about 74% of the graduate students at the school took at least one online course.
With a ranking of #20, Elon University did quite well on this year’s best schools for healthcare students working on their master’s degree.
Montana Technological University landed the #21 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best master’s degree healthcare programs.
Montana Tech 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 61% of the graduate students at the school chose to take one or more online courses.
With a ranking of #22, Texas Wesleyan University did quite well on this year’s best schools for healthcare students working on their master’s degree.
If you are interested in distance education, be sure to check with the school since Texas Wesleyan does offer online graduate classes for certain majors. To give an idea of how popular online courses are at the school, 59% of graduates took at least one course online in 2019-2020.
With a ranking of #23, University of Wisconsin - La Crosse did quite well on this year’s best schools for healthcare students working on their master’s degree.
Online graduate courses are available at UW - La Crosse, but you will need to check with the school to see if they are available for your field of interest. In fact, around 88% of the graduate population registered for at least one online class in 2019-2020.
California State University - Monterey Bay did quite well in this year’s ranking of the best places for healthcare students to get a master’s degree. It came in at #24 on the list.
Depending on your major, you may be able to take online graduate classes at CSUMB. In fact, around 97% of the graduate population registered for at least one online class in 2019-2020.
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Yale University did quite well in this year’s ranking of the best places for healthcare students to get a master’s degree. It came in at #25 on the list.
Yale does offer online graduate classes for certain degree levels. To give an idea of how popular online courses are at the school, 98% of graduates took at least one course online in 2019-2020.
Rest of the Top 50 Best Healthcare Master's Degree Schools in the United States
Not only did these schools make the top 50 list, but they also landed in the top 15% of this year’s ranking:
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Rest of the Top 15% Best Healthcare Master's Degree Schools in the United States
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Honorable Mentions
These schools also performed well in our best healthcare schools ranking:
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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