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2023 Most Popular Health Professions Graduate Certificate Schools in the New England Region

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

Finding the Best Health Professions Graduate Certificate School for You

Health Professions is the most popular major in the United States with 15,930 degrees and certificates handed out in 2020-2021.

There are lots of options to pick from today when trying to decide which program is right for you. 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.

Along with in-depth profiles of schools and the programs they offer, Grad Degree Search has created the Most Popular Health Professions Graduate Certificate Schools in the New England Region to help you in your search for the best school for you. This report analyzed 65 schools in the New England Region to see which ones were the most popular graduate certificate programs for students. To create this ranking we looked at how many students graduated from the Health Professions program at each school on the list.

The following schools top our list of the Most Popular Health Professions Graduate Certificate Colleges.

Our 2023 rankings named University of Connecticut the most popular school in the New England Region for health professions students working on their graduate certificate. Located in the suburb of Storrs, UCONN is a public college with a fairly large student population.

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

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#2

Regis College

Weston, MA

The in-demand graduate certificate programs at Regis College helped the school earn the #2 place on this year’s ranking of the most popular health professions schools in the New England Region . Regis College is a small private not-for-profit school located in the suburb of Weston.

Women make up 84% of the health professions majors at the school.

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#3

Tufts University

Medford, MA

Out of the 65 schools in the New England Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Tufts University landed the # 3 spot on the list. Tufts is a fairly large private not-for-profit school located in the large suburb of Medford.

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

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#4

Harvard University

Cambridge, MA

Out of the 65 schools in the New England Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Harvard University landed the # 4 spot on the list. Located in the city of Cambridge, Harvard is a private not-for-profit school with a fairly large student population.

About 67% of the students majoring in health professions at the school are women while 33% are male.

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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of New Hampshire - Main Campus. It ranked #5 on our 2023 Most Popular Health Professions Graduate Certificate Schools in the New England Region list. UNH is a fairly large public school located in the small suburb of Durham.

Of the 60 students majoring in health professions at UNH, 15% are male and 85% are female.

Full Health Professions at University of New Hampshire - Main Campus Report

#6

Boston University

Boston, MA

Boston University did quite well in this year’s ranking of the most popular places for health professions students to get a graduate certificate. It came in at #6 on the list. Located in the large city of Boston, Boston U is a private not-for-profit college with a fairly large student population.

About 51% of the students majoring in health professions at the school are women while 49% are male.

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University of Massachusetts - Boston ranked #7 on this year’s Most Popular Health Professions Graduate Certificate Schools in the New England Region list. Located in the large city of Boston, UMass Boston is a public college with a large student population.

About 93% of the students majoring in health professions at the school are women while 7% are male.

Full Health Professions at University of Massachusetts - Boston Report

Massachusetts College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences ranked #8 on this year’s Most Popular Health Professions Graduate Certificate Schools in the New England Region list. MCPHS University is a medium-sized private not-for-profit school located in the city of Boston.

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

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University of Massachusetts - Lowell came in at #9 in this year’s edition of the Most Popular Health Professions Graduate Certificate Schools in the New England Region ranking. Located in the large suburb of Lowell, UMass Lowell is a public college with a fairly large student population.

Of the 36 students majoring in health professions at UMass Lowell, 33% are male and 67% are female.

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#10

Simmons University

Boston, MA

Simmons University ranked #10 on this year’s Most Popular Health Professions Graduate Certificate Schools in the New England Region list. Simmons is a medium-sized private not-for-profit school located in the city of Boston.

Of the 45 students majoring in health professions at Simmons, 2% are male and 98% are female.

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Additional Noteworthy Schools

Here are some additional popular schools for Health Professions students in the New England Region that almost earned our Most Popular Health Professions Graduate Certificate Schools in the New England Region award.

Rank College Location
11 University of Massachusetts Amherst Amherst, MA
12 University of Saint Joseph West Hartford, CT
13 Elms College Chicopee, MA

Best Health Professions Colleges by State

Explore the best health professions colleges for a specific state in the New England region.

State Degrees Awarded
Massachusetts 9,233
Rhode Island 775
Connecticut 2,787
New Hampshire 1,839
Maine 913
Vermont 383

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 27 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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