2022 Best Value Health and Wellness Schools for a Master’s in the New England Region For Those Making $30-$48k

When pursuing a degree in today’s world, students have many different options to choose from. One of our goals at College Factual is to give you as much information as we can - such as our “Best Value Health and Wellness Schools for a Master’s in the New England Region For Those Making $30-$48k” ranking - to help you make that decision.

General Health & Wellness is the 159th most popular major in the country with 5,006 degrees awarded in 2019-2020.

Across the New England region, there were 262 general health and wellness graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 33 general health and wellness graduates with average earnings and debt of $58,606 and $42,101 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Health and Wellness Schools for a Master’s in the New England Region For Those Making $30-$48k” ranking analyzed 2 colleges that offered a degree in general health and wellness. The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great general health and wellness programs and cost less that schools of similar quality.

To come up with these rankings, we looked at factors such as the cost to attend the school after aid is awarded and overall quality of the general health and wellness program at the school. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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When choosing the right school for you, it’s important to arm yourself with all the facts you can. To that end, we’ve created a number of major-specific rankings, including this “Best Value Health and Wellness Schools for a Master’s in the New England Region For Those Making $30-$48k” list to help you make the college decision.

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Best Value Health and Wellness Schools for a Master’s in the New England Region For Those Making $30-$48k

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Health and Wellness Schools for a Master’s in the New England Region For Those Making $30-$48k.

Top 2 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for General Health & Wellness (Income $30-$48k) in the New England Region

#1

Plymouth State University

Plymouth, New Hampshire

$14,550 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Plymouth State University. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Health and Wellness Schools for a Master’s in the New England Region For Those Making $30-$48k list. Plymouth State is a public institution located in Plymouth, New Hampshire. The school has a small population, and it awarded 1 masters’s degrees in 2019-2020.

Plymouth State also took the #0 spot in our “Best General Health & Wellness Master’s Degree Schools in the New England Region” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at Plymouth State University are $14,550, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Read more about General Health & Wellness at Plymouth State

#2

Merrimack College

North Andover, Massachusetts

#1 in overall quality

$31,296 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Merrimack College. The school came in at #2 for the Best Value Health and Wellness Schools for a Master’s in the New England Region For Those Making $30-$48k. This medium-sized school is located in North Andover, Massachusetts, and it awarded 32 masters’s health and wellness degrees in 2019-2020.

Merrimack did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best General Health & Wellness Master’s Degree Schools in the New England Region” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at Merrimack College are $31,296, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Full Merrimack General Health & Wellness Report

• Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for General Health & Wellness (Income $30-$48k)

Notes and References

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%.

Read more about our data sources and methodologies

Footnotes

• *Average salary, average net price, and average tuition and fees are for the top schools only.
• Some schools otherwise deserving of recognition may have been removed from this ranking in the event that new data identified post-publication warranted it, or at the request of the school.

Credits

• Credit for the banner image above goes to Sandra M. Palumbo.

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