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2023 Most Popular Online Health Professions Graduate Certificate Schools in Massachusetts

6 Colleges
$89,269 Avg Salary
$23,211 Avg Student Debt

Health Professions is one of the most popular subjects to study in Massachusetts. With 9,233 degrees and certificates handed out in 2020-2021, it ranked 2nd out of all the majors we track in the state.

Today's students have lots of options to pick from when considering higher education opportunities. With more and more schools offering online options, you could even register for a great program on the other side of the country. On top of that, there are a considerable number of trade schools that offer fast-track entry to many fields.

To assist you in seeing some of the education options that are available to you, Grad Degree Search has created its Most Popular Online Health Professions Graduate Certificate Schools in Massachusetts ranking. Our analysis looked at 6 schools in Massachusetts to see which online graduate certificate programs were the most popular for students. To create this ranking we looked at how many students graduated from schools with online programs.

The colleges and universities below are the most popular for health professions majors pursuing an online graduate certificate.

Our 2023 rankings named Massachusetts College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences the most popular online school in Massachusetts for health professions students working on their graduate certificate. Located in the large city of Boston, MCPHS University is a private not-for-profit college with a medium-sized student population.

About 66% of the students majoring in health professions at the school are women while 34% are male.

Full Health Professions at Massachusetts College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences Report

Out of the 6 online programs at schools in Massachusetts that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Massachusetts Amherst landed the # 2 spot on the list. UMass Amherst is a fairly large public school located in the large suburb of Amherst.

Of the 33 students majoring in health professions at UMass Amherst, 12% are male and 88% are female.

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#3

Assumption University

Worcester, MA

Out of the 6 online programs at schools in Massachusetts that were part of this year’s ranking, Assumption University landed the # 3 spot on the list. Assumption is a small private not-for-profit school located in the midsize city of Worcester.

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#4

Tufts University

Medford, MA

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Tufts University. It ranked #4 on our 2023 Most Popular Online Health Professions Graduate Certificate Schools in Massachusetts list. Located in the large suburb of Medford, Tufts is a private not-for-profit school with a fairly large student population.

About 61% of the students majoring in health professions at the school are women while 39% are male.

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#5

Elms College

Chicopee, MA

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Elms College. It ranked #5 on our 2023 Most Popular Online Health Professions Graduate Certificate Schools in Massachusetts list. Located in the suburb of Chicopee, Elms College is a private not-for-profit college with a small student population.

Of the 24 students majoring in health professions at Elms College, 33% are male and 67% are female.

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Out of the 6 online programs at schools in Massachusetts that were part of this year’s ranking, Emmanuel College Massachusetts landed the # 5 spot on the list. Emmanuel Boston is a small private not-for-profit school located in the large city of Boston.

Read full report on Health Professions at Emmanuel College Massachusetts

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State Degrees Awarded
Rhode Island 775
Connecticut 2,787
New Hampshire 1,839
Maine 913
Vermont 383

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Health Professions Majors to Study

Major Annual Graduates
Nursing 66,964
Medicine 28,629
Rehabilitation & Therapeutic Professions 24,774
Public Health 19,473
Health & Medical Administrative Services 17,335
Pharmacy/Pharmaceutical Sciences 16,952
Mental & Social Health Services 16,815
Allied Health Professions 12,950
Communication Sciences 10,547
Dentistry 6,770
Bioethics/Medical Ethics 4,684
Chiropractic 2,658
Alternative Medicine & Systems 2,582
Dietetics & Clinical Nutrition Services 2,481
Optometry 1,822
Advanced Dentistry & Oral Sciences 1,762
Medical Illustration & Informatics 1,747
Health Sciences & Services 1,746
Other Health Professions 1,261
Health/Medical Prep Programs 1,122
Clinical/Medical Laboratory Science 954
Medical Science 909
Allied Health & Medical Assisting Services 462
Dental Support Services 122
Alternative Medical Support Services 80
Movement & Mind-Body Therapies 55
Energy & Biologically Based Therapies 37
Ophthalmic & Optometric Support Services 11
Practical Nursing & Nursing Assistants 4

Notes and References

*These averages are for the top 6 schools only.

  • 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).

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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