2023 Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Alternative Medicine Major in the Plains States Region
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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 “Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Alternative Medicine Major in the Plains States Region” ranking is part of that endeavor.
Alternative Medicine & Systems is the 167th most popular major in the country with 3,434 degrees awarded in 2021-2022. In , alternative medicine & systems graduates who were awarded their degree in , earned an average of $29,138 and had an average of $92,364 in loans still to pay off.
Across the Plains States region, there were 205 alternative medicine & systems graduates with average earnings and debt of $38,052 and $105,778 respectively. At the doctor’s degree level specifically, there were 6 alternative medicine & systems graduates with average earnings and debt of $76,238 and $112,293 respectively.
This year’s “Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Alternative Medicine Major in the Plains States Region” ranking analyzed 2 colleges that offered a degree in alternative medicine & systems. This a ranking of the schools where the largest percentage of students has enrolled in alternative medicine & systems.
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Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Alternative Medicine Major in the Plains States Region
The colleges and universities below are the best for plains states region doctor’s degree alternative medicine students.
Top 2 Most Focused Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Alternative Medicine & Systems in the Plains States Region
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend American Academy of Acupuncture and Oriental Medicine. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Alternative Medicine Major in the Plains States Region list. Roseville, Minnesota is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The private for-profit school handed out doctorate’s alternative medicine degrees to 2 students in 2021-2022.
The undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio of to 1 is a sign that students will have more opportunities to engage with their professors one-on-one. The low undergrad student loan default rate of 1.7% is a good sign that students have an easier time paying off their loans than they might at other schools. For comparison, the national default rate is 10.1%.
Full American Academy of Acupuncture and Oriental Medicine Alternative Medicine & Systems Report
Out of the 2 schools in the Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Alternative Medicine Major in the Plains States Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Northwestern Health Sciences University landed the #2 spot on the list. This small school is located in Bloomington, Minnesota, and it awarded 6 doctorate’s alternative medicine degrees in 2021-2022.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 0.3%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%. The impressive undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio of 4 to 1 means that students may have more opportunities to work more closely with their professors than they would at other schools.
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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%.
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- *Avg Salary and Avg 4-Year Grad Rate 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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