2022 Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Health Sciences & Services in the Middle Atlantic Region (With Aid)

When it comes to choosing a college, students have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. College Factual was founded, in part, to help students make the decision as to what would be the best school for them. Our “Best Value Health Science Schools for a Doctorate in the Middle Atlantic Region For Those Getting Aid” ranking is part of that endeavor.

Health Sciences & Services is the 42nd most popular major in the country with 31,648 degrees awarded in 2019-2020. In 2017-2018, health sciences and services graduates who were awarded their degree in 2015-2017, earned an average of $34,571 and had an average of $24,129 in loans still to pay off.

Across the Middle Atlantic region, there were 5,577 health sciences and services graduates with average earnings and debt of $38,430 and $21,646 respectively. At the doctor’s degree level specifically, there were 12 health sciences and services graduates with average earnings and debt of $73,944 and $116,843 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Health Science Schools for a Doctorate in the Middle Atlantic Region For Those Getting Aid” ranking looked at 2 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in health sciences and services. This ranking identifies schools with high-quality health sciences and services programs that also have a lower cost than 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 health sciences and services program at the school. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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Best Value Health Science Schools for a Doctorate in the Middle Atlantic Region For Those Getting Aid

The colleges and universities below are the best for middle atlantic region doctor’s degree health science students with aid.

Top 2 Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Health Sciences & Services in the Middle Atlantic Region (With Aid)

#1

Rutgers University - New Brunswick

New Brunswick, New Jersey

#1 in overall quality

$32,132 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

Out of the 2 schools in the Best Value Health Science Schools for a Doctorate in the Middle Atlantic Region For Those Getting Aid that were part of this year’s ranking, Rutgers University - New Brunswick landed the #1 spot on the list. Rutgers New Brunswick is located in New Brunswick, New Jersey and, has a large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 1 doctorate’s health science degrees to qualified students.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at Rutgers New Brunswick, the school also landed the #1 spot in our “Best Health Sciences & Services Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at Rutgers University - New Brunswick are $32,132, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Full Rutgers New Brunswick Health Sciences & Services Report

#2

California University of Pennsylvania

California, Pennsylvania

#1 in overall quality

$18,508 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

Out of the 2 schools in the Best Value Health Science Schools for a Doctorate in the Middle Atlantic Region For Those Getting Aid that were part of this year’s ranking, California University of Pennsylvania landed the #2 spot on the list. California, Pennsylvania is the setting for this medium-sized institution of higher learning. The public school handed out doctorate’s health science degrees to 11 students in 2019-2020.

Cal U also made our “Best Health Sciences & Services Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region” list, coming in at #1. Average graduate tuition and fees at California University of Pennsylvania are $18,508, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Full California University of Pennsylvania Health Sciences & Services Report

• Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Health Sciences & Services (With Aid)

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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