2021 Best Public Health Colleges for Non-Traditional Students in the New England Region
2Colleges
960Bachelor's Degrees
$34,444Avg Cost*
Finding the Best Public Health Schools for Non-Traditional Students
This year's Best Public Health Colleges for Non-Traditional Students in the New England Region ranking analyzed 2 colleges that offered a bachelor's degree in public health. The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great public health programs and a strong support system for non-traditional students.
When determining these rankings, we looked at things such as overall quality of the public health program at the school, affordability, and presence of non-traditional students. See our ranking methodology to learn more.
The public health 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 Public Health Schools for Non-Traditional Students.
In addition to our rankings, you can take two colleges and compare them based on the criteria that matters most to you in our unique tool, College Combat.
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2021 Best Public Health Schools for Non-Traditional Students in the New England Region
Check out the public health programs at these schools if you want to see which ones are the best for non-traditional students.
Best Public Health Schools for Non-Traditional Students
University of Massachusetts Amherst tops the 2021 list of our schools in the New England Region that are best for non-traditional public health students. UMass Amherst is a very large public school located in the large suburb of Amherst. UMass Amherst also took the #2 spot in our Best Colleges for Public Health in the New England Region rankings.
The school has a low student loan default rate of 0.9%. 4,105 of UMass Amherst students are exclusively distance learners. 6,786 of UMass Amherst students are attending part time.
The #2 spot in this year's ranking belongs to Southern Connecticut State University. Located in the medium-sized city of New Haven, SCSU is a public college with a moderately-sized student population. In addition to being on our best for non-traditional students list, SCSU has also earned the #4 rank in our Best Colleges for Public Health in the New England Region ranking.
The student loan default rate at SCSU is lower than is typical, just 2.7% of students default in three years. There are approximately 4,172 students at SCSU that take at least one class online. About 2,335 of the students at SCSU are attending part time.
Non-Traditional Student Rankings in Majors Related to Public Health
Public Health is one of 34 different types of Health Professions programs to choose from.
Notes and References
Footnotes
*Avg Cost is for the top 2 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).
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