2025 Best Health Sciences & Services Associate Degree Schools in the New England Region
Health Sciences & Services is of the hottest associate degree programs in the United States, coming in as the #16 most popular major in the country. So, there are lots of possibilities to explore when you're trying to determine where you want to get your degree.
In 2025, College Factual analyzed 9 schools in order to identify the top ones for its Best Health Sciences & Services Associate Degree Schools in the New England Region ranking. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 263 associate degrees in health sciences & services during the 2022-2023 academic year.
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Choosing a Great Health Sciences & Services School for Your Associate Degree
Your choice of health sciences & services for getting your associate degree school matters. This section explores some of the factors we include in our ranking and how much they vary depending on the school you select. Below we explain some of the most important factors to consider before making your choice:
Overall Quality Is a Must
The overall quality of a associate degree school is important to ensure a good education, not just how well they do in a particular major. To make it into this list a school must rank well in our overall Best Colleges ranking. This ranking considered factors such as graduation rates, overall graduate earnings and other educational resources to identify great colleges and universities.
Average Early-Career Salaries
To determine the overall quality of a graduate school, one factor we look at is the average early-career salary of those receiving their associate degree from the school. After all, your associate degree won't mean much if it doesn't help you find a job that will help you earn a living.
Other Factors We Consider
In addition to the above, you should consider some of the following factors:
- Major Focus - How much a school focuses on health sciences & services students vs. other majors.
- Major Demand - How many other health sciences & services students want to attend this school to pursue a associate degree.
- Educational Resources - The amount of money and other resources allocated to students while they are pursuing their degree. These resources include such things as number of students per instructor and education expenditures per student.
- Student Debt - How easy is it for health sciences & services to pay back their student loans after receiving their associate degree.
- Accreditation - Whether a school is regionally accredited and/or accredited by a recognized health sciences & services related body.
Our full ranking methodology documents in more detail how we consider these factors to identify the best colleges for health sciences & services students working on their associate degree.
One Size Does Not Fit All
The health science school you choose to invest your time and money in matters. To help you make the decision that is right for you, we've developed a number of major-specific rankings, including this list of the Best Health Sciences & Services Associate Degree Schools in the New England Region.
