2023 Most Focused Colleges for Chiropractic in the Far Western US Region
It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. Our mission at College Factual is to arm you with as much information as we can to help you make that decision. Our “Schools Highly Focused on Chiropractic Major in the Far Western US Region” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.
Chiropractic is the 244th most popular major in the country with 2,881 degrees awarded in 2021-2022.
Across the Far Western US region, there were 450 chiropractic graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively.
For this year’s “Schools Highly Focused on Chiropractic Major in the Far Western US Region” ranking, we looked at 3 colleges that offer a degree in chiropractic. That schools that top this list have a program in chiropractic in which the largest percentage of students at the school are enrolled.
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Schools Highly Focused on Chiropractic Major in the Far Western US Region
The colleges and universities below are the best for far western us region chiropractic students.
Top 3 Most Focused Colleges for Chiropractic in the Far Western US Region
Out of the 3 schools in the Schools Highly Focused on Chiropractic Major in the Far Western US Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Life Chiropractic College West landed the #1 spot on the list. Life Chiropractic College West is a private not-for-profit institution located in Hayward, California. The school has a small population, and it awarded 182 ’s degrees in 2021-2022.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 0.6% 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%. 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.
Full Life West Chiropractic Report
Out of the 3 schools in the Schools Highly Focused on Chiropractic Major in the Far Western US Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Southern California University of Health Sciences landed the #2 spot on the list. Southern California University of Health Sciences is a small school located in Whittier, California that handed out 114 ’s chiropractic degrees in 2021-2022.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 1.5% 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%.
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Out of the 3 schools in the Schools Highly Focused on Chiropractic Major in the Far Western US Region that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Western States landed the #3 spot on the list. Western States Chiropractic College is located in Portland, Oregon and, has a small student population. In 2021-2022, this school awarded 154 ’s chiropractic degrees to qualified students.
The undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio of 7 to 1 is a sign that students will have more opportunities to engage with their professors one-on-one.
Full Western States Chiropractic College Chiropractic Report
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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
- *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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