2022 Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Physician Assistant in the Southeast Region (With Aid)

It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. College Factual was founded, in part, to help students make the decision as to what would be the best school for them. Our “Best Value Physician Assistant Schools for a Doctorate in the Southeast Region For Those Getting Aid” ranking is part of that endeavor.

Physician Assistant is the 76th most popular major in the country with 10,746 degrees awarded in 2019-2020.

Across the Southeast region, there were 3,153 physician assistant graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the doctor’s degree level specifically, there were 341 physician assistant graduates with average earnings and debt of $71,978 and $116,300 respectively.

For this year’s “Best Value Physician Assistant Schools for a Doctorate in the Southeast Region For Those Getting Aid” ranking, we looked at 2 colleges that offer a degree in physician assistant. This ranking identifies schools with high-quality physician assistant programs that also have a lower cost than schools of similar quality.

To come up with these rankings, we looked at factors such as the cost to attend the school after aid is awarded and overall quality of the physician assistant program at the school. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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When choosing the right school for you, it’s important to arm yourself with all the facts you can. To that end, we’ve created a number of major-specific rankings, including this “Best Value Physician Assistant Schools for a Doctorate in the Southeast Region For Those Getting Aid” list to help you make the college decision.

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Best Value Physician Assistant Schools for a Doctorate in the Southeast Region For Those Getting Aid

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Physician Assistant Schools for a Doctorate in the Southeast Region For Those Getting Aid.

Top 2 Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Physician Assistant in the Southeast Region (With Aid)

#1

Lincoln Memorial University

Harrogate, Tennessee

#2 in overall quality

$21,155 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Lincoln Memorial University. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Physician Assistant Schools for a Doctorate in the Southeast Region For Those Getting Aid list. Lincoln Memorial University is a private not-for-profit institution located in Harrogate, Tennessee. The school has a small population, and it awarded 57 doctorate’s degrees in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at LMU, the school also landed the #2 spot in our “Best Physician Assistant Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” ranking. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at Lincoln Memorial University are $21,155.

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#2

University of Lynchburg

Lynchburg, Virginia

#1 in overall quality

$11,711 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Lynchburg. It ranked #2 on our 2022 Best Value Physician Assistant Schools for a Doctorate in the Southeast Region For Those Getting Aid list. Located in Lynchburg, Virginia, this small private not-for-profit school awarded 284 degrees to qualified doctorate’s physician assistant students in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our southeast region doctor’s degree physician assistant students with aid list, Lynchburg has also earned the #1 rank in our “Best Physician Assistant Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at Lynchburg are $11,711, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

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• Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Physician Assistant (With Aid)

Notes and References

References

• 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 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).
• Information about the national average student loan default rate is from the U.S. Department of Education and refers to data about the 2016 borrower cohort tracking period for which the cohort default rate (CDR) was 10.1%.

Read more about our data sources and methodologies

Footnotes

• *Average salary, average net price, and average tuition and fees are for the top schools only.
• Some schools otherwise deserving of recognition may have been removed from this ranking in the event that new data identified post-publication warranted it, or at the request of the school.

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