by our College Data Analytics Team
It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. Our mission at College Factual is to arm you with as much information as we can to help you make that decision. Our “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Health Professions Major in Massachusetts” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.
In 2021-2022, 7,676 people earned their degree in other health professions, making the major the 102nd most popular in the United States. In , other health professions graduates who were awarded their degree in , earned an average of $45,318 and had an average of $29,247 in loans still to pay off.
Across Massachusetts, there were 201 other health professions graduates with average earnings and debt of $56,150 and $49,121 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 78 other health professions graduates with average earnings and debt of $43,973 and $23,950 respectively.
For this year’s “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Health Professions Major in Massachusetts” ranking, we looked at 4 colleges that offer a degree in other health professions. The colleges and universities that top this list are recognized because their other health professions program is one of the largest majors offered at the school.
For more information, check out our ranking methodology.
The health professions 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 “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Health Professions Major in Massachusetts”.
We’ve created a tool called College Combat that lets you create your own customized comparisons based on the factors that matter the most to you. We encourage you to try it out and pit your favorite colleges and universities head to head! If you don’t have time right now, you can bookmark it for later.
The following schools top our list of the Best “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Health Professions Major in Massachusetts”.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Curry College. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Health Professions Major in Massachusetts list. Curry College is a small private not-for-profit school situated in Milton, Massachusetts. It awarded 4 bachelors’s health professions degrees in 2021-2022.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 2.4%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
Out of the 4 schools in the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Health Professions Major in Massachusetts that were part of this year’s ranking, Worcester State University landed the #2 spot on the list. Worcester State University is a public institution located in Worcester, Massachusetts. The school has a medium-sized population, and it awarded 21 bachelors’s degrees in 2021-2022.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 2.6%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
Full Worcester State University Other Health Professions Report
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Merrimack College. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Health Professions Major in Massachusetts list. Located in North Andover, Massachusetts, this medium-sized private not-for-profit school handed out 12 degrees to qualified bachelors’s health professions students in 2021-2022.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 1.9% 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%.
Read full report on Other Health Professions at Merrimack College
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Boston University. The school came in at #4 for the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Health Professions Major in Massachusetts. Boston University is a large school located in Boston, Massachusetts that handed out 41 bachelors’s health professions degrees in 2021-2022.
The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 94%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 0.5%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
Read full report on Other Health Professions at Boston University
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