by our College Data Analytics TeamFor its 2025 ranking, College Factual looked at 3 schools in the Far Western US Region to determine which ones were the best for alternative medicine & systems students pursuing a doctor's degree. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 706 doctor's degrees in alternative medicine & systems during the 2022-2023 academic year.
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Your choice of alternative medicine & systems for getting your doctor's degree school matters. Important measures of a quality alternative medicine program can vary widely even among the top schools. Below we explain some of the most important factors to consider before making your choice:
The overall quality of a doctor's degree school is important to ensure a good education, not just how well they do in a particular major. To make it into this list a school must rank well in our overall Best Colleges for a Doctor's Degree ranking. This ranking considered factors such as graduation rates, overall graduate earnings and other educational resources to identify great colleges and universities.
Average early-career salary of those graduating with their doctor's degree is one indicator we use in our analysis to find the schools that offer the highest-quality education. That is, everyone wants their doctor's degree to be worth something, and salaries are one measure of determining that.
In addition to the above, you should consider some of the following factors:
Our full ranking methodology documents in more detail how we consider these factors to identify the best colleges for alternative medicine & systems students working on their doctor's degree.
Since picking the right college can be one of the most important decisions of your life, we've developed the Best Alternative Medicine & Systems Doctor's Degree Schools in the Far Western US Region ranking, along with many other major-related rankings, to help you make that decision.
The following list ranks the best colleges and universities for pursuing a doctor's degree in alternative medicine & systems.
Pacific College of Health and Science is one of the finest schools in the country for getting a doctor's degree in alternative medicine & systems. Located in the city of San Diego, Pacific College San Diego is a private for-profit college with a small student population.More information about a doctorate in alternative medicine & systems from Pacific College of Health and Science
It is hard to beat Bastyr University if you want to pursue a doctor's degree in alternative medicine & systems. Bastyr University is a fairly small private not-for-profit university located in the suburb of Kenmore.
Doctorate recipients from the alternative medicine & systems major at Bastyr University make $3,826 above the standard college grad with the same degree when they enter the workforce.
More information about a doctorate in alternative medicine & systems from Bastyr University
Any student pursuing a degree in a doctor's degree in alternative medicine & systems has to look into Southern California University of Health Sciences. Located in the suburb of Whittier, SCU is a private not-for-profit university with a small student population.More information about a doctorate in alternative medicine & systems from Southern California University of Health Sciences
Explore the best alternative medicine & systems schools for a specific state in the Far Western US Region .
| State | Colleges | Degrees Awarded |
|---|---|---|
| California | 180 | 681 |
| Washington | 122 | 132 |
| Oregon | 107 | 80 |
Alternative Medicine & Systems is one of 34 different types of Health Professions programs to choose from.
| Major | Annual Graduates |
|---|---|
| Acupuncture and Oriental Medicine | 554 |
| Naturopathic Medicine/Naturopathy | 148 |
| Traditional Chinese Medicine and Chinese Herbology | 4 |
| Related Major | Annual Graduates |
|---|---|
| Medicine | 2,824 |
| Rehabilitation & Therapeutic Professions | 2,558 |
| Pharmacy/Pharmaceutical Sciences | 1,807 |
| Dentistry | 1,089 |
| Nursing | 1,006 |
| Chiropractic | 450 |
| Optometry | 318 |
| Public Health | 130 |
| Communication Sciences | 112 |
| Mental & Social Health Services | 98 |