2023 Most Popular Online Healthcare Basic Certificate Schools in the New England Region
When it comes to higher education, there are a lot of options for healthcare students. As online education opportunities 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. Also there are many trade schools and bootcamps that offer short-term programs that open up more career options.
To assist you in seeing some of the education options that are available to you, Healthcare Degree Search has created its Most Popular Online Healthcare Basic Certificate Schools in the New England Region ranking. This report analyzed 13 schools in the New England Region to see which ones had the most popular online basic certificate programs for healthcare students. To create this ranking we looked at how many students graduated from schools with online programs.
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Most Popular Online Healthcare Basic Certificate Schools in the New England Region of the U.S.
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Our 2023 rankings named Laboure College the most popular school in the New England Region for healthcare students working on their basic certificate. This small private not-for-profit school is located in Milton, Massachusetts, and it awarded 44 basic certificates in 2020-2021.
Laboure College does not offer a discount to in-state students, so the average tuition and fees for all undergraduates is $32,813. This amount may be reduced if you receive financial aid. Of those students who received their degree, 77% were women.
Laboure College is primarily an online school, so it is a great choice for returning adults and students who work full time.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Saint Joseph’s College of Maine. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Most Popular Online Healthcare Basic Certificate Schools in the New England Region list. Saint Joseph’s College of Maine is a small private not-for-profit school located in Standish, Maine that handed out 36 basic certificates in 2020-2021.
Of those students who received their degree, 39% were women.
Of all the undergraduates enrolled at the school during the 2019-2020 academic year, around 29% took at least some of their classes online.
The excellent basic certificate programs at University of Rhode Island helped the school earn the #3 place on this year’s ranking of the most popular healthcare schools in the New England Region . Located in Kingston, Rhode Island, the fairly large public school handed out 20 basic certificate awards in 2020-2021.
In-state students pay an average of $15,332 in tuition and fees if they attend URI full time. Those students who come from outside the state pay an average of $33,354. Around 50% of those degree recipients were women.
To give an idea of how popular online courses are at the school, 93% of undergraduates took at least one course online in 2019-2020.
A rank of #4 on this year’s list means NHTI-Concord’s Community College is a great place for healthcare students working on their basic certificate. This small public school is located in Concord, New Hampshire, and it awarded 16 basic certificates in 2020-2021.
In-state students pay an average of $7,200 in tuition and fees if they attend NHTI full time. Out-of-state students pay an average of $15,450. Of those students who received their degree, 69% were women.
In 2019-2020 about 78% of the undergraduate students at the school chose to take one or more online courses.
You’ll be in good company if you attend Champlain College. The school came in at #5 on this year’s Most Popular Online Healthcare Basic Certificate Schools in the New England Region list. Champlain College is a small private not-for-profit school located in Burlington, Vermont that handed out 8 basic certificates in 2020-2021.
If you want to attend Champlain, expect to pay an average of $42,984 in tuition and fees. Of course, this could be reduced if you receive financial aid. Of those students who received their degree, 88% were women.
Of all the undergraduates enrolled at the school during the 2019-2020 academic year, around 46% took at least some of their classes online.
Assumption University came in at #6 in this year’s edition of the Most Popular Online Healthcare Basic Certificate Schools in the New England Region ranking. Assumption University is a small private not-for-profit school located in Worcester, Massachusetts that handed out 5 basic certificates in 2020-2021.
If you want to attend Assumption, expect to pay an average of $45,900 in tuition and fees. Of course, this could be reduced if you receive financial aid. Around 100% of those degree recipients were women.
Assumption is one of the schools on our list that is primarily online. Each undergraduate student at the school took at least one class online.
With a ranking of #6, Massachusetts College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences did quite well on this year’s most popular schools for healthcare students working on their basic certificate. MCPHS University is a medium-sized private not-for-profit school situated in Boston, Massachusetts. It awarded 5 basic certificates in 2020-2021.
If you want to attend MCPHS University, expect to pay an average of $35,810 in tuition and fees. Of course, this could be reduced if you receive financial aid. Of those students who received their degree, 80% were women.
In 2019-2020 about 42% of the undergraduate students at the school chose to take one or more online courses.
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Charter Oak State College ranked #8 on this year’s Most Popular Online Healthcare Basic Certificate Schools in the New England Region list. Located in New Britain, Connecticut, the small public school handed out 3 basic certificate awards in 2020-2021.
In-state students pay an average of $8,254 in tuition and fees if they attend Charter Oak State College full time. Those students who come from outside the state pay an average of $10,654. Around 67% of those degree recipients were women.
Interested in an online degree? Then you definitely want to check out Charter Oak State College. Every undergraduate student at the school took at least one class online.
University of Massachusetts Amherst did quite well in this year’s ranking of the most popular places for healthcare students to get a basic certificate. It came in at #9 on the list. University of Massachusetts Amherst is a large public school located in Amherst, Massachusetts that handed out 17 basic certificates in 2020-2021.
Students from Massachusetts who attend UMass Amherst full time pay an average of $16,439 in tuition and fees. If you are from out of state, expect to pay an average of $36,964. Around 82% of those degree recipients were women.
During the 2019-2020 year, about 100% of the undergraduates at the school took at least one online course.
Kennebec Valley Community College did quite well in this year’s ranking of the most popular places for healthcare students to get a basic certificate. It came in at #9 on the list. Located in Fairfield, Maine, the small public school awarded 93 diplomas to qualifed basic certificate students in 2020-2021.
Students from Maine who attend Kennebec Valley Community College full time pay an average of $3,865 in tuition and fees. Out-of-state students pay an average of $6,745. Around 73% of those degree recipients were women.
To give an idea of how popular online courses are at the school, 63% of undergraduates took at least one course online in 2019-2020.
Sacred Heart University ranked #11 on this year’s Most Popular Online Healthcare Basic Certificate Schools in the New England Region list. This medium-sized private not-for-profit school is located in Fairfield, Connecticut, and it awarded 2 basic certificates in 2020-2021.
If you want to attend Sacred Heart, expect to pay an average of $45,230 in tuition and fees. Of course, this could be reduced if you receive financial aid. Of those students who received their degree, 100% were women.
Of all the undergraduates enrolled at the school during the 2019-2020 academic year, around 70% took at least some of their classes online.
With a ranking of #12, Johnson & Wales University - Online did quite well on this year’s most popular schools for healthcare students working on their basic certificate.
JWU Online is one of the schools on our list that is primarily online. Each undergraduate student at the school took at least one class online.
University of Maine at Augusta ranked #12 on this year’s Most Popular Online Healthcare Basic Certificate Schools in the New England Region list.
Students from Maine who attend UMA full time pay an average of $8,378 in tuition and fees. Out-of-state students pay an average of $19,238.
During the 2019-2020 year, about 86% of the undergraduates at the school took at least one online course.
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Notes and References
Footnotes
*These averages are for the top 13 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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