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2022 Best Value Health and Wellness Schools for a Bachelor’s in the New England Region For Those Getting Aid

7 Ranked Colleges
206 Degrees Awarded
$20,500 Avg Net Price*
Best Value Health and Wellness Schools for a Bachelor's in the New England Region For Those Getting Aid

When it comes to choosing a college, students have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. Our mission at College Factual is to arm you with as much information as we can to help you make that decision. Our “Best Value Health and Wellness Schools for a Bachelor’s in the New England Region For Those Getting Aid” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.

In 2019-2020, 5,006 people earned their degree in general health and wellness, making the major the 159th most popular in the United States.

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 bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 206 general health and wellness graduates with average earnings and debt of $41,041 and $24,492 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Health and Wellness Schools for a Bachelor’s in the New England Region For Those Getting Aid” ranking looked at 7 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in general health and wellness. This ranking identifies schools with high-quality general health and wellness programs that also have a lower cost than schools of similar quality.

Some of the factors we look at when determining these rankings are overall quality of the general health and wellness program at the school and the cost of the school after aid is awarded among other things. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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Best Value Health and Wellness Schools for a Bachelor’s in the New England Region For Those Getting Aid

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Health and Wellness Schools for a Bachelor’s in the New England Region For Those Getting Aid.

Top 8 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for General Health & Wellness in the New England Region (With Aid)

#1

University of Rhode Island

Kingston, Rhode Island
#2 in overall quality

Out of the 7 schools in the Best Value Health and Wellness Schools for a Bachelor’s in the New England Region For Those Getting Aid that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Rhode Island landed the #1 spot on the list. University of Rhode Island is located in Kingston, Rhode Island and, has a fairly large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 104 bachelors’s health and wellness degrees to qualified students.

URI also made our “Best General Health & Wellness Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the New England Region” list, coming in at #2. The estimated yearly cost for URI is $20,607 for New England Region Bachelor’s Degree Health and Wellness students with aid.

The low student loan default rate of 4.2% is a good sign that students have an easier time paying off their loans than they might at other schools. For comparison, the national default rate is 10.1%. The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 85%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.

Read more about General Health & Wellness at University of Rhode Island

#2

University of Vermont

Burlington, Vermont
#1 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Vermont. The school came in at #2 for the Best Value Health and Wellness Schools for a Bachelor’s in the New England Region For Those Getting Aid. Located in Burlington, Vermont, this fairly large public school handed out 30 degrees to qualified bachelors’s health and wellness students in 2019-2020.

UVM also made our “Best General Health & Wellness Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the New England Region” list, coming in at #1. The yearly cost to attend University of Vermont is $18,982 for New England Region Bachelor’s Degree Health and Wellness students with aid.

The student loan default rate at the school is 2.4%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%. The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 85%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.

Read more about General Health & Wellness at University of Vermont

#3

Castleton University

Castleton, Vermont
#4 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Castleton University. The school came in at #3 for the Best Value Health and Wellness Schools for a Bachelor’s in the New England Region For Those Getting Aid. This small school is located in Castleton, Vermont, and it awarded 1 bachelors’s health and wellness degrees in 2019-2020.

Castleton not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #4 on our “Best General Health & Wellness Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the New England Region” list. It costs about $17,637 for new england region bachelor’s degree health and wellness students with aid per year to attend Castleton.

Read more about General Health & Wellness at Castleton University

#4

Granite State College

Concord, New Hampshire
#8 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Granite State College. It ranked #4 on our 2022 Best Value Health and Wellness Schools for a Bachelor’s in the New England Region For Those Getting Aid list. GSC is located in Concord, New Hampshire and, has a small student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 3 bachelors’s health and wellness degrees to qualified students.

In addition to being on our new england region bachelor’s degree health and wellness students with aid list, GSC has also earned the #8 rank in our “Best General Health & Wellness Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the New England Region” ranking. The yearly cost to attend Granite State College is $12,507 for New England Region Bachelor’s Degree Health and Wellness students with aid.

Read more about General Health & Wellness at Granite State College

#5

Southern Connecticut State University

New Haven, Connecticut
#6 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Southern Connecticut State University. It ranked #5 on our 2022 Best Value Health and Wellness Schools for a Bachelor’s in the New England Region For Those Getting Aid list. SCSU is a public institution located in New Haven, Connecticut. The school has a medium-sized population, and it awarded 3 bachelors’s degrees in 2019-2020.

SCSU did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #6 on our “Best General Health & Wellness Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the New England Region” list. It costs about $20,763 for New England Region Bachelor’s Degree Health and Wellness students with aid per year to attend SCSU.

Read more about General Health & Wellness at SCSU

#6

Keene State College

Keene, New Hampshire
#5 in overall quality

With a ranking of #6, Keene State College did quite well on the 2022 Best Value Health and Wellness Schools for a Bachelor’s in the New England Region For Those Getting Aid list. This small school is located in Keene, New Hampshire, and it awarded 41 bachelors’s health and wellness degrees in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our new england region bachelor’s degree health and wellness students with aid list, Keene State has also earned the #5 rank in our “Best General Health & Wellness Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the New England Region” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for Keene State is $19,394 for new england region bachelor’s degree health and wellness students with aid.

Read full report on General Health & Wellness at Keene State

#3 in overall quality

Saint Joseph’s College of Maine ranked #7 on this year’s Best Value Health and Wellness Schools for a Bachelor’s in the New England Region For Those Getting Aid list. Saint Joseph’s College of Maine is a small school located in Standish, Maine that handed out 13 bachelors’s health and wellness degrees in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our new england region bachelor’s degree health and wellness students with aid list, Saint Joseph’s Maine has also earned the #3 rank in our “Best General Health & Wellness Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the New England Region” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for Saint Joseph’s Maine is $26,929 for new england region bachelor’s degree health and wellness students with aid.

The student loan default rate at the school is 4.8%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.

Full Saint Joseph’s Maine General Health & Wellness Report

#8

Cambridge College

Boston, Massachusetts
#7 in overall quality

Cambridge College did quite well in the 2022 Best Value Health and Wellness Schools for a Bachelor’s in the New England Region For Those Getting Aid ranking, coming in at #8. Cambridge College is a small school located in Boston, Massachusetts that handed out 5 bachelors’s health and wellness degrees in 2019-2020.

Cambridge College also made our “Best General Health & Wellness Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the New England Region” list, coming in at #7. The yearly cost to attend Cambridge College is $26,993 for new england region bachelor’s degree health and wellness students with aid.

The impressive student-to-faculty ratio of 10 to 1 means that students may have more opportunities to work more closely with their professors than they would at other schools.

Read full report on General Health & Wellness at Cambridge College

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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.

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