2023 Most Popular Online Healthcare Graduate 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.
Along with in-depth profiles of schools and the programs they offer, Healthcare Degree Search has created the Most Popular Online Healthcare Graduate Certificate Schools in the New England Region to help you in your search for the best school for you. Our analysis looked at 22 schools in the New England Region to see which online graduate certificate programs were the most popular 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 Graduate Certificate Schools in the New England Region of the U.S.
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Our analysis found Massachusetts College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences to be the most popular school for healthcare students who want to pursue a graduate certificate in the New England Region . Located in Boston, Massachusetts, the medium-sized private not-for-profit school handed out 38 graduate certificate awards in 2020-2021.
By the time they get their graduate certificate, students from this school have racked up an average of $24,008 in student loans. Of those students who received their degree, 66% were women.
Around 45% of the graduate population registered for at least one online class in 2019-2020.
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The excellent graduate certificate programs at University of New Hampshire - Main Campus helped the school earn the #2 place on this year’s ranking of the most popular healthcare schools in the New England Region . University of New Hampshire - Main Campus is a fairly large public school located in Durham, New Hampshire that handed out 60 graduate certificates in 2020-2021.
Around 85% of those degree recipients were women.
Of all the graduate students enrolled at the school during the 2019-2020 academic year, around 60% took at least some of their classes online.
A rank of #3 on this year’s list means University of Massachusetts Amherst is a great place for healthcare students working on their graduate certificate. University of Massachusetts Amherst is a large public school located in Amherst, Massachusetts that handed out 33 graduate certificates in 2020-2021.
Around 88% of those degree recipients were women.
Around 82% of the graduate population registered for at least one online class in 2019-2020.
You’ll be in good company if you attend Antioch University - New England. The school came in at #4 on this year’s Most Popular Online Healthcare Graduate Certificate Schools in the New England Region list. Located in Keene, New Hampshire, the small private not-for-profit school handed out 15 graduate certificate awards in 2020-2021.
Around 93% of those degree recipients were women.
Interested in an online degree? Then you definitely want to check out Antioch University - New England. Every graduate student at the school took at least one class online.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Saint Joseph’s College of Maine. It ranked #5 on our 2023 Most Popular Online Healthcare Graduate Certificate Schools in the New England Region list. This small private not-for-profit school is located in Standish, Maine, and it awarded 12 graduate certificates in 2020-2021.
Of those students who received their degree, 58% were women.
Since the graduate programs at Saint Joseph’s Maine are primarily online school, so it is a great choice for returning adults and students who work full time.
Champlain College came in at #6 in this year’s edition of the Most Popular Online Healthcare Graduate Certificate Schools in the New England Region ranking. This small private not-for-profit school is located in Burlington, Vermont, and it awarded 11 graduate certificates in 2020-2021.
Of those students who received their degree, 64% were women.
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.
Salve Regina University ranked #7 on this year’s Most Popular Online Healthcare Graduate Certificate Schools in the New England Region list. Salve Regina is located in Newport, Rhode Island and has a small student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 10 graduate certificates to qualified students.
On average, graduate certificate students take out $18,943 in loans while pursuing their degree. Of those students who received their degree, 90% were women.
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.
With a ranking of #7, University of Vermont did quite well on this year’s most popular schools for healthcare students working on their graduate certificate. This fairly large public school is located in Burlington, Vermont, and it awarded 11 graduate certificates in 2020-2021.
Of those students who received their degree, 82% were women.
Of all the graduate students enrolled at the school during the 2019-2020 academic year, around 24% took at least some of their classes online.
Assumption University ranked #9 on this year’s Most Popular Online Healthcare Graduate Certificate Schools in the New England Region list. Worcester, Massachusetts is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out graduate certificates to 8 students in 2020-2021.
Of those students who received their degree, 100% were women.
Since the graduate programs at Assumption are online, the school is an excellent choice for graduate students who need more flexibility than what is offered at some other schools.
Husson University landed the #9 spot in the 2023 rankings for the most popular graduate certificate healthcare programs. Husson is a small private not-for-profit school situated in Bangor, Maine. It awarded 8 graduate certificates in 2020-2021.
Of those students who received their degree, 63% were women.
Around 75% of the graduate population registered for at least one online class in 2019-2020.
With a ranking of #9, Southern New Hampshire University did quite well on this year’s most popular schools for healthcare students working on their graduate certificate. Located in Manchester, New Hampshire, the large private not-for-profit school handed out 8 graduate certificate awards in 2020-2021.
Around 88% of those degree recipients were women.
Of all the graduate students enrolled at the school during the 2019-2020 academic year, around 95% took at least some of their classes online.
Tufts University did quite well in this year’s ranking of the most popular places for healthcare students to get a graduate certificate. It came in at #12 on the list. Tufts is a private not-for-profit institution located in Medford, Massachusetts. The school has a fairly large population, and it awarded 104 graduate certificates in 2020-2021.
Around 61% of those degree recipients were women.
To give an idea of how popular online courses are at the school, 88% of graduates took at least one course online in 2019-2020.
University of Saint Joseph ranked #13 on this year’s Most Popular Online Healthcare Graduate Certificate Schools in the New England Region list. Located in West Hartford, Connecticut, the small private not-for-profit school handed out 28 graduate certificate awards in 2020-2021.
Graduate Certificate recipients from USJ accumulate an average of $24,310 in student debt by the time they complete their degree. Of those students who received their degree, 86% were women.
To give an idea of how popular online courses are at the school, 21% of graduates took at least one course online in 2019-2020.
Granite State College landed the #13 spot in the 2023 rankings for the most popular graduate certificate healthcare programs. GSC is a small public school situated in Concord, New Hampshire. It awarded 5 graduate certificates in 2020-2021.
Of those students who received their degree, 100% were women.
In 2019-2020 about 92% of the graduate students at the school chose to take one or more online courses.
American Sentinel University came in at #15 in this year’s edition of the Most Popular Online Healthcare Graduate Certificate Schools in the New England Region ranking. American Sentinel University is a private for-profit institution located in Aurora, Connecticut. The school has a small population, and it awarded 4 graduate certificates in 2020-2021.
Around 25% of those degree recipients were women.
Since the graduate programs at American Sentinel University are online, the school is an excellent choice for graduate students who need more flexibility than what is offered at some other schools.
With a ranking of #16, Rivier University did quite well on this year’s most popular schools for healthcare students working on their graduate certificate. Rivier is a small private not-for-profit school situated in Nashua, New Hampshire. It awarded 20 graduate certificates in 2020-2021.
Around 85% of those degree recipients were women.
During the 2019-2020 year, about 75% of the graduate students at the school took at least one online course.
Post University ranked #16 on this year’s Most Popular Online Healthcare Graduate Certificate Schools in the New England Region list. This fairly large private for-profit school is located in Waterbury, Connecticut, and it awarded 3 graduate certificates in 2020-2021.
Graduate Certificate recipients from Post University accumulate an average of $28,300 in student debt by the time they complete their degree. Around 100% of those degree recipients were women.
To give an idea of how popular online courses are at the school, 96% of graduates took at least one course online in 2019-2020.
University of New England came in at #18 in this year’s edition of the Most Popular Online Healthcare Graduate Certificate Schools in the New England Region ranking. UNE is a medium-sized private not-for-profit school situated in Biddeford, Maine. It awarded 2 graduate certificates in 2020-2021.
Around 100% of those degree recipients were women.
To give an idea of how popular online courses are at the school, 50% of graduates took at least one course online in 2019-2020.
With a ranking of #18, Franklin Pierce University did quite well on this year’s most popular schools for healthcare students working on their graduate certificate. This small private not-for-profit school is located in Rindge, New Hampshire, and it awarded 2 graduate certificates in 2020-2021.
Of those students who received their degree, 100% were women.
In 2019-2020 about 37% of the graduate students at the school chose to take one or more online courses.
Emmanuel College Massachusetts came in at #20 in this year’s edition of the Most Popular Online Healthcare Graduate Certificate Schools in the New England Region ranking.
Since the graduate programs at Emmanuel Boston are online, the school is an excellent choice for graduate students who need more flexibility than what is offered at some other schools.
Elms College ranked #20 on this year’s Most Popular Online Healthcare Graduate Certificate Schools in the New England Region list. Chicopee, Massachusetts is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out graduate certificates to 24 students in 2020-2021.
Graduate Certificate recipients from Elms College accumulate an average of $33,065 in student debt by the time they complete their degree. Of those students who received their degree, 67% were women.
During the 2019-2020 year, about 50% of the graduate students at the school took at least one online course.
University of Maine at Augusta ranked #20 on this year’s Most Popular Online Healthcare Graduate Certificate Schools in the New England Region list.
To give an idea of how popular online courses are at the school, 86% of graduates took at least one course online in 2019-2020.
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Notes and References
Footnotes
*These averages are for the top 22 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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