2022 Best Value Health and Wellness Schools for an Associate in the Southeast Region For Those Making $0-$30k

With all of the options students have for higher education today, it can be tough to choose which direction to take. College Factual was founded, in part, to help students make the decision as to what would be the best school for them. Our “Best Value Health and Wellness Schools for an Associate in the Southeast Region For Those Making $0-$30k” ranking is part of that endeavor.

General Health & Wellness is the 159th most popular major in the country with 5,006 degrees awarded in 2019-2020.

Across the Southeast region, there were 402 general health and wellness graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the associate degree level specifically, there were 5 general health and wellness graduates with average earnings and debt of $31,631 and $18,547 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Health and Wellness Schools for an Associate in the Southeast Region For Those Making $0-$30k” ranking analyzed 2 colleges that offered a degree in general health and wellness. Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent general health and wellness programs, but they also cost less that schools of similar quality.

To come up with these rankings, we looked at factors such as the cost to attend the school after aid is awarded and overall quality of the general health and wellness program at the school. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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When choosing the right school for you, it’s important to arm yourself with all the facts you can. To that end, we’ve created a number of major-specific rankings, including this “Best Value Health and Wellness Schools for an Associate in the Southeast Region For Those Making $0-$30k” list to help you make the college decision.

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Best Value Health and Wellness Schools for an Associate in the Southeast Region For Those Making $0-$30k

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Health and Wellness Schools for an Associate in the Southeast Region For Those Making $0-$30k.

Top 2 Best Value Associate Degree Colleges for General Health & Wellness (Income $0-$30k) in the Southeast Region

#1

Tulane University of Louisiana

New Orleans, Louisiana

#1 in overall quality

$23,968 Average Net Price

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Tulane University of Louisiana. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Health and Wellness Schools for an Associate in the Southeast Region For Those Making $0-$30k list. Tulane is a private not-for-profit institution located in New Orleans, Louisiana. The school has a fairly large population, and it awarded 3 associates’s degrees in 2019-2020.

Tulane did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best General Health & Wellness Associate Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” list. The estimated yearly cost for Tulane University of Louisiana is $23,968 for Southeast Region Associate Degree Health and Wellness students whose families make $0-$30k.

The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 92%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. Since the school has a student-to-faculty ratio of 8 to 1, those pursuing a degree will have more opportunities to interact with their professors.

Read more about General Health & Wellness at Tulane University of Louisiana

#2

Regent University

Virginia Beach, Virginia

#2 in overall quality

$15,584 Average Net Price

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Regent University. It ranked #2 on our 2022 Best Value Health and Wellness Schools for an Associate in the Southeast Region For Those Making $0-$30k list. This fairly large school is located in Virginia Beach, Virginia, and it awarded 2 associates’s health and wellness degrees in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at Regent, the school also landed the #2 spot in our “Best General Health & Wellness Associate Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” ranking. The yearly cost to attend Regent is $15,584 for southeast region associate degree health and wellness students whose families make $0-$30k.

Full Regent General Health & Wellness Report

• Best Value Associate Degree Colleges for General Health & Wellness (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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