2022 Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Chiropractic (Income $0-$30k) in the Plains States Region

Students have lots of options to chooose from today when trying to decide which college to attend. Our mission at College Factual is to arm you with as much information as we can to help you make that decision. Our “Best Value Chiropractic Schools for a Doctorate in the Plains States Region For Those Making $0-$30k” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.

In 2019-2020, 2,596 people earned their degree in chiropractic, making the major the 173rd most popular in the United States. In 2017-2018, chiropractic graduates who were awarded their degree in 2015-2017, earned an average of $35,393 and had an average of $178,471 in loans still to pay off.

Across the Plains States region, there were 1,053 chiropractic graduates with average earnings and debt of $35,575 and $175,310 respectively. At the doctor’s degree level specifically, there were 1,053 chiropractic graduates with average earnings and debt of $72,701 and $106,703 respectively.

For this year’s “Best Value Chiropractic Schools for a Doctorate in the Plains States Region For Those Making $0-$30k” ranking, we looked at 2 colleges that offer a degree in chiropractic. Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent chiropractic programs, but they also cost less that schools of similar quality.

Some of the factors we look at when determining these rankings are overall quality of the chiropractic program at the school and the cost of the school after aid is awarded among other things. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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Since picking the right college can be one of the most important decisions of your life, we’ve developed the “Best Value Chiropractic Schools for a Doctorate in the Plains States Region For Those Making $0-$30k” ranking, along with many other major-related rankings, to help you make that decision.

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Best Value Chiropractic Schools for a Doctorate in the Plains States Region For Those Making $0-$30k

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Chiropractic Schools for a Doctorate in the Plains States Region For Those Making $0-$30k.

Top 2 Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Chiropractic (Income $0-$30k) in the Plains States Region

#1

Logan University

Chesterfield, Missouri

#3 in overall quality

$9,900 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

$40,768 Average Early-Career Earnings

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Logan University. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Chiropractic Schools for a Doctorate in the Plains States Region For Those Making $0-$30k list. Logan University is located in Chesterfield, Missouri and, has a small student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 205 doctorate’s chiropractic degrees to qualified students.

Logan University did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #3 on our “Best Chiropractic Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at Logan University are $9,900, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Read more about Chiropractic at Logan University

#2

Northwestern Health Sciences University

Bloomington, Minnesota

#2 in overall quality

$13,097 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

$43,712 Average Early-Career Earnings

Out of the 2 schools in the Best Value Chiropractic Schools for a Doctorate in the Plains States Region For Those Making $0-$30k that were part of this year’s ranking, Northwestern Health Sciences University landed the #2 spot on the list. NWHSU is a small private not-for-profit school situated in Bloomington, Minnesota. It awarded 139 doctorate’s chiropractic degrees in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our plains states region doctor’s degree chiropractic students whose families make $0-$30k list, NWHSU has also earned the #2 rank in our “Best Chiropractic Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at Northwestern Health Sciences University are $13,097, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Read full report on Chiropractic at NWHSU

• Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Chiropractic (Income $0-$30k)

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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• Credit for the banner image above goes to Michael Dorausch.

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