Attleboro, MA (population: 42,840) has thirty-three allied health schools within a 100-mile radius of its city center. Tufts University, the highest ranked school in this group with an allied health program, has a total student population of 10,252. It is the 24th highest ranked school in the USA and one of the highest in the state .
Allied Health students from Attleboro schools who go on to become allied health professionals, physicians, nurses, forensic nurses, etc. have a good chance at finding employment. For example, there are 271,710 people working as medical and health services managers alone in the US, and their average annual salary is $90,970. Also, Clinical, counseling, and school psychologists make on average $72,310 per year and there are about 98,330 of them employed in the US today. In fact, in the Providence-Fall River-Warwick-MA area alone, there are 460 employed clinical, counseling, and school psychologists earning an average salary of $78,390. Medical and health services managers in this area earn $100,540/yr and there are 1,200 employed.
Attleboro lies in Bristol county, which is one of the 12 counties in Massachusetts. Overall, the Providence-Fall River-Warwick-MA area has 544,170 total employed workers according to the US Bureau of Labor Statistics, with a 0.7% unemployment rate, $20.96/hr average worker wage, and a $43,600 average annual salary. Thus, about 2.208 out of every 1000 jobs in Attleboro are held by medical and health services managers, and 0.838/1000 are held by clinical, counseling, and school psychologists.
Of the 33 allied health schools with a 100-mile radius of Attleboro, only 4 have a student population over 10k. After taking into account tuition, living expenses, and financial aid, Northeastern University comes out as the most expensive ($32,703/yr) for allied health students, with Roxbury Community College as the lowest, reported at only $1,654/yr.
Name | State | Population | # of Schools | Avg School Rank | Total Programs | Distance from Attleboro |
North Attleborough | MA | 43,307 | 0 | - | 0 | 3.2 miles |
Pawtucket | RI | 71,155 | 3 | 14.7207 | 9 | 5.5 miles |
East Providence | RI | 48,249 | 1 | 29.3002 | 11 | 9.5 miles |
Providence | RI | 170,868 | 6 | 59.8209 | 418 | 9.8 miles |
Taunton | MA | 55,679 | 1 | 23.0007 | 3 | 11.0 miles |
Woonsocket | RI | 42,967 | 0 | - | 0 | 11.4 miles |
Smithfield | RI | - | 2 | 41.9902 | 100 | 12.9 miles |
Cranston | RI | 79,642 | 2 | 23.0973 | 5 | 14.4 miles |
Warwick | RI | 83,651 | 3 | 19.9034 | 130 | 17.1 miles |
Brockton | MA | 92,742 | 6 | 30.966 | 101 | 17.3 miles |
Fall River | MA | 90,721 | 4 | 21.7318 | 82 | 18.1 miles |
Needham | MA | - | 1 | 85.1852 | 4 | 24.7 miles |
Milton | MA | - | 2 | 30.0286 | 66 | 25.1 miles |
Wellesley | MA | - | 2 | 79.2832 | 74 | 25.4 miles |
New Bedford | MA | 90,869 | 2 | 34.0999 | 5 | 26.3 miles |
North Dartmouth | MA | - | 2 | 13.916 | 82 | 26.4 miles |
Weymouth | MA | 55,115 | 0 | - | 0 | 26.4 miles |
Framingham | MA | 64,549 | 2 | 43.2155 | 61 | 27.2 miles |
Brookline | MA | 55,248 | 4 | 18.3285 | 60 | 28.2 miles |
Chestnut Hill | MA | - | 2 | 53.2355 | 134 | 28.5 miles |
Brighton | MA | - | 3 | 22.1394 | 9 | 30.0 miles |
Watertown | MA | - | 4 | 19.8045 | 105 | 31.1 miles |
Danielson | CT | - | 1 | 10.6065 | 27 | 31.4 miles |
Boston | MA | 610,407 | 34 | 31.8192 | 1,194 | 31.8 miles |
Waltham | MA | 60,722 | 3 | 63.6138 | 127 | 32.0 miles |
Cambridge | MA | 108,135 | 7 | 39.5149 | 268 | 32.5 miles |
Somerville | MA | 75,604 | 1 | 21.9743 | 9 | 33.4 miles |
Worcester | MA | 174,854 | 11 | 28.6428 | 380 | 35.2 miles |
Chelsea | MA | 44,282 | 1 | 26.6747 | 5 | 35.3 miles |
Malden | MA | 55,904 | 4 | 25.7416 | 22 | 36.7 miles |