2022 Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Allied Health Professions in the Southeast Region (With Aid)

Students have lots of options to chooose from today when trying to decide which college to attend. College Factual has developed its “Best Value Allied Health Schools for a Doctorate in the Southeast Region For Those Getting Aid” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.

Allied Health Professions is the 15th most popular major in the country with 81,167 degrees awarded in 2019-2020. 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.

This year’s “Best Value Allied Health Schools for a Doctorate in the Southeast Region For Those Getting Aid” ranking looked at 2 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in allied health professions. Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent allied health professions programs, but they also cost less that schools of similar quality.

When determining these rankings, we looked at things such as overall quality of the allied health professions program at the school and the cost to attend the school once aid has been awarded. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.

More Ways to Rank Allied Health Professions Schools

Since the program you select can have a significant impact on your future, we’ve developed a number of rankings, including this “Best Value Allied Health Schools for a Doctorate in the Southeast Region For Those Getting Aid” list, to help you choose the best school for you.

To further help you make the college decision, we’ve developed a unique tool called College Combat that allows you to compare schools based on the factors that matter the most to you. 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 Getting Aid

The colleges and universities below are the best for southeast region doctor’s degree allied health students with aid.

Top 2 Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Allied Health Professions in the Southeast Region (With Aid)

#1

Lincoln Memorial University

Harrogate, Tennessee

#2 in overall quality

$21,155 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

Out of the 2 schools in the Best Value Allied Health Schools for a Doctorate in the Southeast Region For Those Getting Aid that were part of this year’s ranking, Lincoln Memorial University landed the #1 spot on the list. LMU 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.

LMU also took the #2 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 Lincoln Memorial University are $21,155.

Read more about Allied Health Professions at LMU

#2

University of Lynchburg

Lynchburg, Virginia

#1 in overall quality

$11,711 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

Out of the 2 schools in the Best Value Allied Health Schools for a Doctorate in the Southeast Region For Those Getting Aid that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Lynchburg landed the #2 spot on the list. University of Lynchburg is located in Lynchburg, Virginia and, has a small student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 284 doctorate’s allied health degrees to qualified students.

Lynchburg also made our “Best Allied Health Professions Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” list, coming in at #1. Average graduate tuition and fees at Lynchburg are $11,711, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Read full report on Allied Health Professions at University of Lynchburg

• Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Allied Health Professions (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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