2021 Best Allied Health Professions Colleges for Non-Traditional Students in the New England Region
6Colleges
610Bachelor's Degrees
$37,223Avg Cost*
Finding the Best Allied Health Professions Schools for Non-Traditional Students
This year's Best Allied Health Professions Colleges for Non-Traditional Students in the New England Region ranking looked at 6 colleges that offer a bachelor's in allied health. Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent allied health professions programs, but they also offer a lot of support to non-traditional students.
Some of the factors we look at when determining these rankings are overall quality of the allied health professions program at the school, affordability, and non-traditional population. See our ranking methodology to learn more.
More Ways to Rank Allied Health Professions Schools
Since the program you select can have a significant impact on your future, we've developed a number of rankings, including this Best Allied Health Schools for Non-Traditional Students list, to help you choose the best school for you.
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Quinnipiac University tops the 2021 list of our schools in the New England Region that are best for non-traditional allied health professions students. Located in the large suburb of Hamden, Quinnipiac is a private not-for-profit college with a moderately-sized student population. Quinnipiac did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our Best Colleges for Allied Health Professions in the New England Region list.
The student loan default rate at Quinnipiac is lower than is typical, just 1.2% of students default in three years. There are approximately 4,129 students at Quinnipiac that take at least one class online. 1,458 students are part time.
Sacred Heart University earned the #2 spot in our 2021 rankings. Located in the large suburb of Fairfield, Sacred Heart is a private not-for-profit school with a fairly large student population. As a testament to the quality of education offered at Sacred Heart, the school also landed the #3 rank in our Best Colleges for Allied Health Professions in the New England Region ranking.
The school has a low student loan default rate of 0.9%. There are approximately 2,774 students at Sacred Heart that take at least one class online. There are roughly 2,334 part time students in attendance at Sacred Heart.
The #3 spot in this year's ranking belongs to University of Hartford. UHart is a medium-sized private not-for-profit school located in the medium-sized city of West Hartford. In addition to being on our best for non-traditional students list, UHart has also earned the #5 rank in our Best Colleges for Allied Health Professions in the New England Region ranking.
The student loan default rate at UHart is lower than is typical, just 2.3% of students default in three years. 1,149 students at UHart are exclusively online. About 1,552 of the students at UHart are attending part time.
University of Southern Maine landed the #4 spot in our 2021 best allied health professions schools for non-traditional students. Located in the small city of Portland, University of Southern Maine is a public college with a medium-sized student population. University of Southern Maine also made our Best Colleges for Allied Health Professions in the New England Region list, coming in at #7.
The student loan default rate at University of Southern Maine is lower than is typical, just 1.4% of students default in three years. Approximately 3,116 students take at least one class online at University of Southern Maine. There are roughly 3,805 part time students in attendance at University of Southern Maine.
Rhode Island College comes in at #5 in this year's ranking. RIC is a moderately-sized public school located in the large suburb of Providence. As a testament to the quality of education offered at RIC, the school also landed the #6 rank in our Best Colleges for Allied Health Professions in the New England Region ranking.
The student loan default rate at RIC is lower than is typical, just 3.0% of students default in three years. There are approximately 3,583 students at RIC that take at least one class online. About 2,015 of the students at RIC are attending part time.
University of Vermont comes in at #6 in this year's ranking. UVM is a fairly large public school located in the city of Burlington. In addition to being on our best for non-traditional students list, UVM has also earned the #4 rank in our Best Colleges for Allied Health Professions in the New England Region ranking.
The student loan default rate at UVM is lower than is typical, just 0.6% of students default in three years. There are approximately 3,390 students at UVM that take at least one class online. About 1,286 of the students at UVM are attending part time.
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Notes and References
Footnotes
*Avg Cost is for the top 6 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 the rest 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).