2025 Best Allied Health Professions Master's Degree Schools in the Southeast Region

If you pursue a master's degree in allied health professions, you won't be alone. The field of study is the #18 most popular program in the country. This makes choosing the right school a hard decision.

College Factual looked at 72 colleges and universities when compiling its 2025 Best Allied Health Professions Master's Degree Schools in the Southeast Region ranking. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 3,635 master's degrees in allied health professions during the 2021-2022 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. When choosing a school we recommend considering some of the following factors:

Quality Overall Is Important

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 account for this we include a school's overall Best Colleges for a Master's Degree ranking which itself looks at a host of different factors like degree completion, educational resources, student body caliber and post-graduation earnings for the school as a whole.

Average Earnings

To determine the overall quality of a graduate school, one factor we look at is the average early-career salary of those receiving their master's degree from the school. This is because one of the main reasons people pursue their master's degree is to enable themselves to find better-paying positions.

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 the Southeast Region 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 the Southeast Region

The following list ranks the best colleges and universities for pursuing a master's degree in allied health professions. Only those schools that rank in the top 20% of all the schools we analyze get awarded with a place on this list.

14 Top Southeast Region Schools for a Master's in Allied Health

1

Duke University
Durham, NC

89 Annual Graduates

$115,890 Median Starting Salary

Any student pursuing a degree in a master's degree in allied health professions needs to take a look at Duke University. Duke is a fairly large private not-for-profit university located in the large city of Durham.

Those allied health professions students who get their master's degree from Duke University receive $13,094 more than the average allied health graduate.

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

2

Medical University of South Carolina
Charleston, SC

116 Annual Graduates

$131,895 Median Starting Salary

Medical University of South Carolina is a good choice for individuals interested in a master's degree in allied health professions. MUSC is a small public university located in the medium-sized city of Charleston.

Those allied health professions students who get their master's degree from Medical University of South Carolina receive $29,099 more than the average allied health student.

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3

Emory University
Atlanta, GA

56 Annual Graduates

$115,202 Median Starting Salary

Emory University is one of the best schools in the country 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.

Master's recipients from the allied health professions program at Emory University make $12,406 above the average college grad in this field when they enter the workforce.

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4

South College
Knoxville, TN

150 Annual Graduates

$109,366 Median Starting Salary

It's difficult to beat South College if you wish to pursue a master's degree in allied health professions. South College is a moderately-sized private for-profit college located in the city of Knoxville.

Allied Health Professions master's degree recipients from South College receive an earnings boost of about $6,570 above the average earnings of allied health professions majors.

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5

Nova Southeastern University
Fort Lauderdale, FL

244 Annual Graduates

$113,185 Median Starting Salary

Located in the large suburb of Fort Lauderdale, NUS Florida is a private not-for-profit university with a fairly large student population.

Allied Health Professions master's degree recipients from Nova Southeastern University earn a boost of approximately $10,389 over the average income of allied health professions graduates.

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6

University of Florida
Gainesville, FL

57 Annual Graduates

UF is a very large public university located in the city of Gainesville.More information about a master’s in allied health professions from University of Florida

7

Samford University
Birmingham, AL

36 Annual Graduates

Samford is a moderately-sized private not-for-profit university located in the large suburb of Birmingham.More information about a master’s in allied health professions from Samford University

8

University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Chapel Hill, NC

22 Annual Graduates

$105,700 Median Starting Salary

Located in the small city of Chapel Hill, UNC Chapel Hill is a public university with a fairly large student population.

Allied Health Professions master's degree recipients from University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill get an earnings boost of approximately $2,904 above the average income of allied health professions majors.

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9

University of Alabama at Birmingham
Birmingham, AL

77 Annual Graduates

$105,760 Median Starting Salary

UAB is a very large public university located in the city of Birmingham.

Allied Health Professions master's degree recipients from University of Alabama at Birmingham get an earnings boost of about $2,964 above the average income of allied health professions majors.

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10

Barry University
Miami, FL

100 Annual Graduates

$114,647 Median Starting Salary

Located in the large suburb of Miami, Barry University is a private not-for-profit university with a medium-sized student population.

Master's recipients from the allied health professions program at Barry University get $11,851 above the standard college graduate in this field when they enter the workforce.

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11

University of Virginia - Main Campus
Charlottesville, VA

20 Annual Graduates

University of Virginia is a very large public university located in the midsize suburb of Charlottesville.More information about a master’s in allied health professions from University of Virginia - Main Campus

12

Lincoln Memorial University
Harrogate, TN

93 Annual Graduates

$113,899 Median Starting Salary

Located in the town of Harrogate, LMU is a private not-for-profit university with a moderately-sized student population.

Those allied health professions students who get their master's degree from Lincoln Memorial University receive $11,103 more than the typical allied health graduate.

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13

University of South Alabama
Mobile, AL

39 Annual Graduates

$117,532 Median Starting Salary

Located in the city of Mobile, USA is a public university with a fairly large student population.

Those allied health professions students who get their master's degree from University of South Alabama earn $14,736 more than the standard allied health grad.

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14

University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences
Little Rock, AR

39 Annual Graduates

$101,119 Median Starting Salary

UAMS is a small public university located in the midsize city of Little Rock.

Students who graduate with their master's from the allied health program report average early career earnings of $101,119.

More information about a master’s in allied health professions from University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences

Honorable Mentions

Here are some additional great schools for Allied Health Professions students in the Southeast Region that almost earned our Best Allied Health Professions Master's Degree Schools in the Southeast Region award.

Rank	College	Location
15	University of Kentucky	Lexington, KY
16	James Madison University	Harrisonburg, VA
17	University of South Carolina - Columbia	Columbia, SC
18	University of Miami	Coral Gables, FL

Best Allied Health Professions Colleges by State

Explore the best allied health professions schools for a specific state in the Southeast Region .

State	Colleges	Degrees Awarded
Florida	208	737
Georgia	190	265
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	3,163
Athletic Training	380
Cardiovascular Technology/Technologist	31
Radiologic Technology	17
Other Allied Health Diagnostic, Intervention, and Treatment Professions	16
Respiratory Care Therapy	12
Nuclear Medical Technology/Technologist	11
Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) Technology	5

Most Popular Related Majors

Related Major	Annual Graduates
Nursing	11,674
Public Health	3,845
Mental & Social Health Services	3,334
Health & Medical Administrative Services	2,891
Communication Sciences	2,321
Rehabilitation & Therapeutic Professions	1,728
Health Sciences & Services	470
Pharmacy/Pharmaceutical Sciences	403
Medical Illustration & Informatics	363
Dietetics & Clinical Nutrition Services	311

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.