2023 Best Value Healthcare Undergraduate Certificate Schools in New Jersey
Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Prices
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 and bootcamps 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 Best Value Healthcare Undergraduate Certificate Schools in New Jersey ranking. This report analyzed 12 schools in New Jersey to see which ones offered the best value undergraduate certificate programs for healthcare 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. Specifically, our score for quality is discounted by the published tuition and fees charged by the given college. This gives the cost per unit of quality for each college. The more quality your dollar buys, the better the value.
For nationwide and regional rankings, we use out-of-state tuition and fees in our calculations. For statewide rankings, we use average in-state tuition and fees.
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Top Value Healthcare Undergraduate Certificate Schools in New Jersey
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Our 2023 rankings named Camden County College the best value school in New Jersey for healthcare students working on their undergraduate certificate. Located in Blackwood, New Jersey, the medium-sized public school awarded 72 diplomas to qualifed undergraduate certificate students in 2020-2021.
The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state undergraduate students at Camden County College are $3,744 a year. By the time they get their undergraduate certificate, students from this school have racked up an average of $18,147 in student loans.
Online courses are available at Camden County College, but you will need to check with the school to see if they are available for your field of interest. During the 2019-2020 year, about 95% of the undergraduates at the school took at least one online course.
The excellent undergraduate certificate programs at Rowan College at Burlington County helped the school earn the #2 place on this year’s ranking of the best value healthcare schools in New Jersey. Located in Mount Laurel, New Jersey, the medium-sized public school awarded 34 diplomas to qualifed undergraduate certificate students in 2020-2021.
RCBC undergraduate students pay an average of $6,901 in tuition and fees each year. Undergraduate Certificate recipients from this school accumulate an average of $19,328 in student debt by the time they complete their degree.
RCBC does have options available for those who want to take online 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, 59% of undergraduates took at least one course online in 2019-2020.
Out of the 12 schools in New Jersey that were part of this year’s value ranking, Salem Community College landed the # 3 spot on the list. Salem Community College is a very small public school located in Carneys Point, New Jersey that handed out 34 undergraduate certificates in 2020-2021.
Out-of-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at Salem County College are $9,060 per year. On average, undergraduate certificate students take out $18,694 in loans while pursuing their degree.
You may have the opportunity to take online classes at Salem County College. Of all the undergraduates enrolled at the school during the 2019-2020 academic year, around 89% took at least some of their classes online.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Raritan Valley Community College. It ranked #4 on our 2023 Best Value Healthcare Undergraduate Certificate Schools in New Jersey list. RVCC is a public institution located in Branchburg, New Jersey. The school has a medium-sized population, and it awarded 13 undergraduate certificates in 2020-2021.
RVCC undergraduate students pay an average of $6,912 in tuition and fees each year. Undergraduate Certificate recipients from this school accumulate an average of $23,579 in student debt by the time they complete their degree.
One thing to take note of is that RVCC does offer online classes in some areas. During the 2019-2020 year, about 81% of the undergraduates at the school took at least one online course.
The excellent undergraduate certificate programs at Bergen Community College helped the school earn the #5 place on this year’s ranking of the best value healthcare schools in New Jersey. Located in Paramus, New Jersey, the fairly large public school awarded 30 diplomas to qualifed undergraduate certificate students in 2020-2021.
Bergen Community College undergraduate students pay an average of $8,659 in tuition and fees each year. By the time they get their undergraduate certificate, students from this school have racked up an average of $19,878 in student loans.
You may have the opportunity to take online classes at Bergen Community College. In 2019-2020 about 97% of the undergraduate students at the school chose to take one or more online courses.
The excellent undergraduate certificate programs at Middlesex County College helped the school earn the #5 place on this year’s ranking of the best value healthcare schools in New Jersey. Middlesex County College is a medium-sized public school situated in Edison, New Jersey. It awarded 9 undergraduate certificates in 2020-2021.
Out-of-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at Middlesex County College are $7,992 per year.
Depending on your major, you may be able to take online classes at Middlesex County College. During the 2019-2020 year, about 63% of the undergraduates at the school took at least one online course.
Union County College ranked #7 on this year’s Best Value Healthcare Undergraduate Certificate Schools in New Jersey list. Located in Cranford, New Jersey, the medium-sized public school awarded 87 diplomas to qualifed undergraduate certificate students in 2020-2021.
The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state undergraduate students at Union County College are $10,562 a year. On average, undergraduate certificate students take out $24,845 in loans while pursuing their degree.
Depending on your major, you may be able to take online classes at Union County College. In 2019-2020 about 99% of the undergraduate students at the school chose to take one or more online courses.
Union County College also made our Best Healthcare Undergraduate Certificate Schools in New Jersey list, coming in at #3.
With a ranking of #8, Rutgers University - New Brunswick did quite well on this year’s best value schools for healthcare students working on their undergraduate certificate. Located in New Brunswick, New Jersey, the large public school handed out 7 undergraduate certificate awards in 2020-2021.
Rutgers New Brunswick undergraduate students pay an average of $33,005 in tuition and fees each year. Undergraduate Certificate recipients from this school accumulate an average of $25,831 in student debt by the time they complete their degree.
Rutgers New Brunswick does have options available for those who want to take online classes. You will need to check with the school to see if they are available for your specific major. In fact, around 37% of the undergraduate population registered for at least one online class in 2019-2020.
Rutgers New Brunswick did well in our overall quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our Best Healthcare Undergraduate Certificate Schools in New Jersey list.
With a ranking of #9, Hudson County Community College did quite well on this year’s best value schools for healthcare students working on their undergraduate certificate. This medium-sized public school is located in Jersey City, New Jersey, and it awarded 13 undergraduate certificates in 2020-2021.
Out-of-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at HCCC are $11,798 per year.
If you are interested in distance education, be sure to check with the school since HCCC does offer online classes for certain majors. In fact, around 2% of the undergraduate population registered for at least one online class in 2019-2020.
Eastwick College - Hackensack ranked #10 on this year’s Best Value Healthcare Undergraduate Certificate Schools in New Jersey list. Located in Hackensack, New Jersey, the very small private for-profit school handed out 114 undergraduate certificate awards in 2020-2021.
The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state undergraduate students at Eastwick College - Hackensack are $17,424 a year. On average, undergraduate certificate students take out $19,378 in loans while pursuing their degree.
Depending on your major, you may be able to take online classes at Eastwick College - Hackensack. In fact, around 32% of the undergraduate population registered for at least one online class in 2019-2020.
Eastwick College - Hackensack not only placed well in our value ranking, but it is also #2 on our Best Healthcare Undergraduate Certificate Schools in New Jersey list.
Eastwick College - Nutley ranked #11 on this year’s Best Value Healthcare Undergraduate Certificate Schools in New Jersey list. Located in Nutley, New Jersey, the very small private for-profit school handed out 41 undergraduate certificate awards in 2020-2021.
Eastwick College - Nutley undergraduate students pay an average of $15,327 in tuition and fees each year. On average, undergraduate certificate students take out $13,606 in loans while pursuing their degree.
Online courses are available at Eastwick College - Nutley, but you will need to check with the school to see if they are available for your field of interest. Of all the undergraduates enrolled at the school during the 2019-2020 academic year, around 67% took at least some of their classes online.
Eastwick College - Nutley also took the #4 spot in our Best Healthcare Undergraduate Certificate Schools in New Jersey rankings.
Berkeley College - Woodland Park did quite well in this year’s ranking of the best value places for healthcare students to get an undergraduate certificate. It came in at #12 on the list. Located in Woodland Park, New Jersey, the small private for-profit school handed out 115 undergraduate certificate awards in 2020-2021.
The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state undergraduate students at Berkeley College - Woodland Park are $26,085 a year. By the time they get their undergraduate certificate, students from this school have racked up an average of $16,260 in student loans.
If you are interested in distance education, be sure to check with the school since Berkeley College - Woodland Park does offer online classes for certain majors. In fact, around 94% of the undergraduate population registered for at least one online class in 2019-2020.
Berkeley College - Woodland Park not only placed well in our value ranking, but it is also #5 on our Best Healthcare Undergraduate Certificate Schools in New Jersey list.
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Notes and References
Footnotes
*These averages are for the top 12 schools only.
References
- 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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