2025 Best Allied Health Professions Master's Degree Schools in Georgia

Ranked #18 in popularity, allied health professions is one of the most sought-after master's degree programs in the nation. So, there are lots of possibilities to explore when you're trying to determine where you want to get your degree.

For its 2025 ranking, College Factual looked at 8 schools in Georgia to determine which ones were the best for allied health professions students pursuing a master's degree. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 342 master's degrees in allied health professions during the 2022-2023 academic year.

What's on this page: * Our Methodology

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Choosing a Great Allied Health Professions School for Your Master's Degree

Your choice of allied health professions for getting your master's degree school matters. Important measures of a quality allied health program can vary widely even among the top schools. Below we explain some of the most important factors to consider before making your choice:

Overall Quality Is a Must

The overall quality of a master's degree school is important to ensure a quality education, not just how well they do in a particular major. To take this into account we consider a college's overall Best Colleges for a Master's Degree ranking which itself looks at a combination of different factors like degree completion, educational resources, student body caliber and post-graduation earnings for the school as a whole.

Average Early-Career Salaries

Average early-career salary of those graduating with their master's degree is one indicator we use in our analysis to find the schools that offer the highest-quality education. After all, your master's degree won't mean much if it doesn't help you find a job that will help you earn a living.

Other Factors We Consider

The metrics below are just some of the other metrics that we use to determine our rankings.

• Major Focus - How much a school focuses on allied health professions students vs. other majors.
• Major Demand - The number of allied health professions students who choose to seek a master's 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 much debt allied health professions students go into to obtain their master's degree and how well they are able to pay back that debt.
• Accreditation - Whether a school is regionally accredited and/or accredited by a recognized allied health professions related body.

Our full ranking methodology documents in more detail how we consider these factors to identify the best colleges for allied health professions students working on their master's degree.

More Ways to Rank Allied Health Professions Schools

Since picking the right college can be one of the most important decisions of your life, we've developed the Best Allied Health Professions Master's Degree Schools in Georgia ranking, along with many other major-related rankings, to help you make that decision.

Best Schools for Master’s Students to Study Allied Health Professions in Georgia

Below you'll see a list of the best colleges and universities for pursuing a master's degree in allied health professions.

Top Georgia Schools for a Master's in Allied Health

1

Emory University
Atlanta, GA

51 Annual Graduates

$115,202 Median Starting Salary

Emory University is one of the finest schools in the United States for getting a master's degree in allied health professions. Emory is a fairly large private not-for-profit university located in the city of Atlanta.

Allied Health Professions master's degree recipients from Emory University earn a boost of about $6,169 over the typical earnings of allied health professions majors.

More information about a master’s in allied health professions from Emory University

2

Augusta University
Augusta, GA

51 Annual Graduates

$108,924 Median Starting Salary

Augusta University is one of the best schools in the country for getting a master's degree in allied health professions. Augusta University is a moderately-sized public university located in the city of Augusta.

After graduating, allied health master's recipients generally earn around $108,924 at the beginning of their careers.

More information about a master’s in allied health professions from Augusta University

3

Mercer University
Macon, GA

73 Annual Graduates

$104,977 Median Starting Salary

Mercer University is one of the best schools in the country for getting a master's degree in allied health professions. Mercer is a medium-sized private not-for-profit university located in the city of Macon.

Master's graduates who receive their degree from the allied health program earn an average of $104,977 in their early career salary.

More information about a master’s in allied health professions from Mercer University

4

South University, Savannah
Savannah, GA

70 Annual Graduates

$107,029 Median Starting Salary

South University, Savannah is a wonderful option for individuals pursuing a master's degree in allied health professions. Located in the city of Savannah, South University, Savannah is a private for-profit university with a fairly small student population.

Students who graduate with their master's from the allied health program state that they receive average early career wages of $107,029.

More information about a master’s in allied health professions from South University, Savannah

5

University of Georgia
Athens, GA

10 Annual Graduates

UGA is a fairly large public university located in the midsize city of Athens.More information about a master’s in allied health professions from University of Georgia

6

Georgia College & State University
Milledgeville, GA

10 Annual Graduates

Georgia College is a medium-sized public university located in the town of Milledgeville.More information about a master’s in allied health professions from Georgia College & State University

7

Brenau University
Gainesville, GA

31 Annual Graduates

Brenau is a small private not-for-profit university located in the small city of Gainesville.More information about a master’s in allied health professions from Brenau University

8

University of North Georgia
Dahlonega, GA

10 Annual Graduates

UNG is a fairly large public university located in the town of Dahlonega.More information about a master’s in allied health professions from University of North Georgia

Best Allied Health Professions Colleges in the Southeast Region

Explore all the Best Allied Health Professions Colleges in the Southeast Area or other specific states within that region.

State	Colleges	Degrees Awarded
Florida	208	737
Virginia	182	387
North Carolina	178	566
Tennessee	166	410
Alabama	151	137
Kentucky	147	161
Louisiana	147	101
South Carolina	146	242
Mississippi	145	41
Arkansas	121	102
West Virginia	112	95

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Allied Health Professions Related Rankings by Major

One of 34 majors within the Health Professions area of study, Allied Health Professions has other similar majors worth exploring.

Allied Health Concentrations

Major	Annual Graduates
Physician Assistant	288
Athletic Training	43
Other Allied Health Diagnostic, Intervention, and Treatment Professions	11

Majors Similar to Allied Health

Related Major	Annual Graduates
Nursing	1,764
Public Health	847
Mental & Social Health Services	254
Health & Medical Administrative Services	235
Rehabilitation & Therapeutic Professions	207
Communication Sciences	156
Other Health Professions	94
Allied Health & Medical Assisting Services	60
Medical Science	55
Medical Illustration & Informatics	39

Notes and References

• 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). More about our data sources and methodologies.