a master's degree in alternative medicine & systems is more popular than many other degrees. In fact, it ranks #96 out of 343 on popularity of all such degrees in the nation. This means you won't have too much trouble finding schools that offer the degree.
For its 2025 ranking, College Factual looked at 2 schools in the New England Region to determine which ones were the best for alternative medicine & systems students pursuing a master's degree. Combined, these schools handed out 56 master's degrees in alternative medicine & systems to qualified students.
To determine the overall quality of a graduate school, one factor we look at is the average early-career salary of those receiving their master's degree from the school. This is because one of the main reasons people pursue their master's degree is to enable themselves to find better-paying positions.
Other Factors We Consider
The metrics below are just some of the other metrics that we use to determine our rankings.
Major Focus - How many resources a school devotes to alternative medicine & systems students as compared to other majors.
Major Demand - The number of alternative medicine & systems students who choose to seek a master's degree at the school.
Educational Resources - How many resources are allocated to students. These resources may include educational expenditures per student, number of students per instructor, and graduation rate among other things.
Student Debt - How easy is it for alternative medicine & systems to pay back their student loans after receiving their master's degree.
Accreditation - Whether a school is regionally accredited and/or accredited by a recognized alternative medicine & systems related body.
Our full ranking methodology documents in more detail how we consider these factors to identify the best schools for alternative medicine & systems students working on their master's degree.
Since picking the right college can be one of the most important decisions of your life, we've developed the Best Alternative Medicine & Systems Master's Degree Schools in the New England Region ranking, along with many other major-related rankings, to help you make that decision.
Best Schools for Master’s Students to Study Alternative Medicine & Systems in the New England Region
Explore the top ranked colleges and universities for alternative medicine & systems students seeking a a master's degree.
Top New England Region Schools for a Master's in Alternative Medicine
Any student pursuing a degree in a master's degree in alternative medicine & systems has to look into Massachusetts College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences. MCPHS University is a moderately-sized private not-for-profit college located in the large city of Boston.
Master's graduates who receive their degree from the alternative medicine program earn about $34,264 in the first couple years of their career.
The bars on the spread charts above show the distribution of the schools on this list +/- one standard deviation from the mean.
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).
