2022 Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Chiropractic in the Far Western US Region (With Aid)

It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. One of our goals at College Factual is to give you as much information as we can - such as our “Best Value Chiropractic Schools for a Doctorate in the Far Western US Region For Those Getting Aid” ranking - to help you make that decision.

Chiropractic is the 173rd most popular major in the country with 2,596 degrees awarded in 2019-2020. 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 Far Western US region, there were 440 chiropractic graduates with average earnings and debt of $32,267 and $182,748 respectively. At the doctor’s degree level specifically, there were 440 chiropractic graduates with average earnings and debt of $72,342 and $136,270 respectively.

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 Far Western US Region For Those Getting Aid” 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 Far Western US Region For Those Getting Aid

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Chiropractic Schools for a Doctorate in the Far Western US Region For Those Getting Aid.

Top 1 Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Chiropractic in the Far Western US Region (With Aid)

#1

Southern California University of Health Sciences

Whittier, California

#2 in overall quality

$34,795 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

Out of the 1 schools in the Best Value Chiropractic Schools for a Doctorate in the Far Western US Region For Those Getting Aid that were part of this year’s ranking, Southern California University of Health Sciences landed the #1 spot on the list. Whittier, California is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out doctorate’s chiropractic degrees to 104 students in 2019-2020.

SCU did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #2 on our “Best Chiropractic Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Far Western US Region” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at Southern California University of Health Sciences are $34,795, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Read full report on Chiropractic at SCU

• Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Chiropractic (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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