2024 Best Chiropractic Schools in the Far Western US Region
3Colleges in the Far Western US Region
450Chiropractic Degrees Awarded
$38,361Avg Early-Career Salary
When it comes to popularity, chiropractic sits in the middle of the road, ranking #175 out of 395 majors in the country. So, you may have to do some digging around to find quality schools that offer the degree program. This list can help with that.
For its 2024 ranking, College Factual looked at 3 schools in the Far Western US Region to determine which ones were the best for chiropractic students pursuing a degree. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 450 degrees in chiropractic during the 2021-2022 academic year.
Your choice of chiropractic school matters, so we have put together these rankings to help you make your decision. In order to come up with a best overall ranking for chiropractic schools, we combine our degree-level rankings, weighting them by the number of degrees awarded at each level.
In order to find the schools that are the best fit for you, you may want to filter to one of the degree levels below.
Since the program you select can have a significant impact on your future, we've developed a number of rankings, including this Best Chiropractic Schools in the Far Western US Region list, to help you choose the best school for you.
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Best Schools for Chiropractic in the Far Western US Region
If you aren't interested in a particular degree level and want to know which schools are the overall best at delivering an education for the chiropractic degrees they offer, see the list below.
Any student pursuing a degree in chiropractic has to take a look at University of Western States. Located in the city of Portland, Western States Chiropractic College is a private not-for-profit university with a small student population.
There were roughly 154 chiropractic students who graduated with this degree at Western States Chiropractic College in the most recent data year. Degree recipients from the chiropractic program at University of Western States get $11,651 more than the average college graduate in this field when they enter the workforce.
Any student who is interested in chiropractic needs to take a look at Southern California University of Health Sciences. SCU is a small private not-for-profit university located in the large suburb of Whittier.
There were approximately 114 chiropractic students who graduated with this degree at SCU in the most recent year we have data available. Students who receive their degree from the chiropractic program earn an average of $34,808 for their early career.
It is hard to beat Life Chiropractic College West if you wish to pursue a degree in chiropractic. Located in the large suburb of Hayward, Life West is a private not-for-profit college with a small student population.
There were approximately 182 chiropractic students who graduated with this degree at Life West in the most recent data year. Students who receive their degree from the chiropractic program earn around $30,264 for their early career.
The bars on the spread charts above show the distribution of the schools on this list +/- one standard deviation from the mean.
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 the rest 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).
Your choice of chiropractic school matters, so we have put together these rankings to help you make your decision. In order to come up with a best overall ranking for chiropractic schools, we combine our degree-level rankings, weighting them by the number of degrees awarded at each level.
