Other Health Professions is above average in terms of popularity with it being the #78 most popular associate degree program in the country. As a result, there are many college that offer the degree, making your choice of school a hard one.
College Factual reviewed 4 schools in the Middle Atlantic Region to determine which ones were the best for associate degree seekers in the field of other health professions. Combined, these schools handed out 105 associate degrees in other health professions to qualified students.
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Choosing a Great Other Health Professions School for Your Associate Degree
The health professions associate degree program you select can have a big impact on your future. This section explores some of the factors we include in our ranking and how much they vary depending on the school you select. To make it into this list, a school must excel in the following areas.
A Great Overall School
A school that excels in educating for a particular major and degree level must be a great school overall as well. To account for this we consider a school's overall Best Colleges ranking which itself looks at a combination of various factors like degree completion, educational resources, student body caliber and post-graduation earnings for the school as a whole.
Early-Career Earnings
Average early-career salary of those graduating with their associate degree is one indicator we use in our analysis to find the schools that offer the highest-quality education. That is, everyone wants their associate degree to be worth something, and salaries are one measure of determining that.
Other Factors We Consider
The metrics below are just some of the other metrics that we use to determine our rankings.
Major Focus - How many resources a school devotes to other health professions students as compared to other majors.
Major Demand - The number of other health professions students who choose to seek a associate degree at the school.
Educational Resources - How many resources are allocated to students. These resources may include educational expenditures per student, number of students per instructor, and graduation rate among other things.
Student Debt - How easy is it for other health professions to pay back their student loans after receiving their associate degree.
Accreditation - Whether a school is regionally accredited and/or accredited by a recognized other health professions related body.
Our full ranking methodology documents in more detail how we consider these factors to identify the best colleges for other health professions students working on their associate degree.
Since picking the right college can be one of the most important decisions of your life, we've developed the Best Other Health Professions Associate Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region ranking, along with many other major-related rankings, to help you make that decision.
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Any student pursuing a degree in an associate degree in other health professions needs to check out Monroe Community College. Located in the large suburb of Rochester, Monroe Community College is a public college with a moderately-sized student population.
Associate students who receive their degree from the health professions program earn around $35,765 for their early career.
Any student who is interested in an associate degree in other health professions has to check out Manor College. Located in the large suburb of Jenkintown, Manor College is a private not-for-profit college with a fairly small student population.More information about a associate in other health professions from Manor College
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The bars on the spread charts above show the distribution of the schools on this list +/- one standard deviation from the mean.
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).
The health professions associate degree program you select can have a big impact on your future. This section explores some of the factors we include in our ranking and how much they vary depending on the school you select. To make it into this list, a school must excel in the following areas.
