2021 Best Health Sciences & Services Colleges for Non-Traditional Students in the New England Region
3Colleges
1,672Bachelor's Degrees
$35,904Avg Cost*
Finding the Best Health Sciences & Services Schools for Non-Traditional Students
For this year's Best Health Sciences & Services Colleges for Non-Traditional Students in the New England Region ranking, we looked at 3 colleges that offer a bachelor's in health science. This ranking identifies schools with high-quality health sciences & services programs as well as strong support for students classified as non-traditional.
When determining these rankings, we looked at things such as overall quality of the health sciences & services program at the school, affordability, and presence of non-traditional students. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.
More Ways to Rank Health Sciences & Services Schools
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 Health Science Schools for Non-Traditional Students list to help you make the college decision.
To further help you make the college decision, we've developed a unique tool called College Combat that allows you to compare schools based on the factors that matter the most to you.
When you have some time, check it out - you may want to bookmark the link so you don't forget it.
2021 Best Health Sciences & Services Schools for Non-Traditional Students in the New England Region
Check out the health science programs at these schools if you want to see which ones are the best for non-traditional students.
Best Health Sciences & Services Schools for Non-Traditional Students
Boston University has taken the #1 spot in this year's health sciences & services ranking for non-traditional students. Boston U is a very large private not-for-profit school located in the large city of Boston. Boston U also took the #1 spot in our Best Colleges for Health Sciences & Services in the New England Region rankings.
About 0.5% of Boston U students default on their loans in three years, which is lower than average. 4,032 of Boston U students are exclusively distance learners. 7,057 students are part time.
Our rankings recognize University of Hartford as the #2 school in this year's rankings. UHart is a medium-sized private not-for-profit school located in the medium-sized city of West Hartford. As a testament to the quality of education offered at UHart, the school also landed the #4 rank in our Best Colleges for Health Sciences & Services in the New England Region ranking.
About 2.3% of UHart students default on their loans in three years, which is lower than average. 1,149 students at UHart are exclusively online. 1,552 students are part time.
The #3 spot in this year's ranking belongs to Keene State College. Keene State is a small public school located in the town of Keene. Keene State not only placed well in our non-traditional rankings. It is also #5 on our Best Colleges for Health Sciences & Services in the New England Region list.
The student loan default rate at Keene State is lower than is typical, just 0.9% of students default in three years. There are approximately 277 students at Keene State that take at least one class online. 200 of Keene State students are attending part time.
Health Sciences & Services Related Non-Traditional Student Rankings by Major
Health Sciences & Services is one of 34 different types of Health Professions programs to choose from.
Notes and References
Footnotes
*Avg Cost is for the top 3 schools only.
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 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).
