Bachelor's · Springfield, Massachusetts
Is Health Services/Allied Health/Health Sciences, General at Western New England University worth it?
Low confidence Low confidence: fewer than 40 graduates behind the earnings figures.
The verdict · all families, in-state, half paid with loans
Graduates typically don't earn back the cost within 20 years, compared with the no-degree baseline.
- Earnings 1 year after graduating
- $36,662
- Treasury AY2020-21, AY2021-22 pooled earnings cohort measured in CY2022, CY2023, inflation adjusted to 2024 dollars
- Earnings 4 years after graduating
- Not enough graduates to report
- Treasury AY2017-2018, AY2018-2019 pooled earnings cohort measured in CY2022, CY2023, inflation adjusted to 2024 dollars
- Typical federal debt at graduation
- $23,250
- NSLDS pooled AY2022-23, AY2023-24 cohort
- Net cost to graduate, all families
- $115k (likely $115k – $115k)
- AcadYr 2024-25, reported in IPEDS DCY2025-26
- Earnings bump, year 4
- −$6k a year vs high-school graduates aged 25–34 in MA
- 2023 ACS 5-year pooled, adjusted to 2024 dollars
- Payback
- Not within 20 years in most scenarios
- Bump vs net cost plus loan interest
- 10-year net return
- −$380k (likely −$451k – −$305k)
- Today's dollars
- 20-year net return
- −$441k (likely −$571k – −$281k)
- Today's dollars
- Odds of finishing (school-wide)
- 64%
- Fall 2019 or AcadYr 2019-20 cohort (differs by institutional calendar), reported in IPEDS DCY2025-26
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Other majors at Western New England University
- Pharmacy, Pharmaceutical Sciences, and Administration (Doctoral)$142,875
- Pharmacy, Pharmaceutical Sciences, and Administration (Master's)$136,486
- Pharmacy, Pharmaceutical Sciences, and Administration (Bachelor's)$129,138
- Business Administration, Management and Operations (Master's)$105,702
- Engineering-Related Fields (Master's)$103,018
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- Mechanical Engineering (Bachelor's)$93,541
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- Management Information Systems and Services (Bachelor's)$89,255
- Business/Commerce, General (Master's)$88,100
- Biomedical/Medical Engineering (Bachelor's)$87,838
Health Services/Allied Health/Health Sciences, General at other schools in Massachusetts
- Boston University$78,431
- Springfield College$76,417
- American International College$72,747
- Merrimack College$68,209
- Massachusetts College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences$67,637
- Bay Path University$65,018
- Massachusetts College of Liberal Arts$39,413
- Stonehill College$34,889