2022 Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Allied Health Professions (Income $30-$48k) in the Southeast Region

When pursuing a degree in today’s world, students have many different options to choose from. 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 Allied Health Schools for a Doctorate in the Southeast Region For Those Making $30-$48k” ranking is part of that endeavor.

In 2019-2020, 81,167 people earned their degree in allied health professions, making the major the 15th most popular in the United States. In 2017-2018, allied health professions graduates who were awarded their degree in 2015-2017, earned an average of $49,676 and had an average of $30,684 in loans still to pay off.

Across the Southeast region, there were 25,545 allied health professions graduates with average earnings and debt of $45,399 and $30,896 respectively. At the doctor’s degree level specifically, there were 341 allied health professions graduates with average earnings and debt of $71,978 and $116,300 respectively.

For this year’s “Best Value Allied Health Schools for a Doctorate in the Southeast Region For Those Making $30-$48k” ranking, we looked at 2 colleges that offer a degree in allied health professions. The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great allied health professions programs and cost less that schools of similar quality.

Some of the factors we look at when determining these rankings are overall quality of the allied health professions program at the school and the cost of the school after aid is awarded among other things. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.

More Ways to Rank Allied Health Professions Schools

The allied health school you choose to invest your time and money in matters. To help you make the decision that is right for you, we’ve developed a number of major-specific rankings, including this list of “Best Value Allied Health Schools for a Doctorate in the Southeast Region For Those Making $30-$48k”.

In addition to our rankings, you can take two colleges and compare them based on the criteria that matters most to you in our unique tool, College Combat. If you’re torn between two schools, you can use it to help you see how they stack up against one another. Bookmark it so you can compare any new schools that might interest you.

Best Value Allied Health Schools for a Doctorate in the Southeast Region For Those Making $30-$48k

The colleges and universities below are the best for southeast region doctor’s degree allied health students whose families make $30-$48k.

Top 2 Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Allied Health Professions (Income $30-$48k) in the Southeast Region

#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 Allied Health Schools for a Doctorate in the Southeast Region For Those Making $30-$48k list. Harrogate, Tennessee is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out doctorate’s allied health degrees to 57 students in 2019-2020.

LMU not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #2 on our “Best Allied Health Professions Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at Lincoln Memorial University are $21,155, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Read full report on Allied Health Professions at LMU

#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 Allied Health Schools for a Doctorate in the Southeast Region For Those Making $30-$48k list. Lynchburg, Virginia is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out doctorate’s allied health degrees to 284 students in 2019-2020.

Lynchburg also took the #1 spot in our “Best Allied Health Professions 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 University of Lynchburg are $11,711.

Full University of Lynchburg Allied Health Professions Report

• Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Allied Health Professions (Income $30-$48k)

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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