2022 Best Vallue Health Science Schools for a Doctorate in the Southeast Region For Those Making Over $110k

When it comes to choosing a college, students have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. College Factual was founded, in part, to help students make the decision as to what would be the best school for them. Our “Best Vallue Health Science Schools for a Doctorate in the Southeast Region For Those Making Over $110k” ranking is part of that endeavor.

In 2019-2020, 31,648 people earned their degree in health sciences and services, making the major the 42nd most popular in the United States. In 2017-2018, health sciences and services graduates who were awarded their degree in 2015-2017, earned an average of $34,571 and had an average of $24,129 in loans still to pay off.

Across the Southeast region, there were 8,162 health sciences and services graduates with average earnings and debt of $33,669 and $26,835 respectively. At the doctor’s degree level specifically, there were 60 health sciences and services graduates with average earnings and debt of $71,978 and $116,300 respectively.

This year’s “Best Vallue Health Science Schools for a Doctorate in the Southeast Region For Those Making Over $110k” ranking looked at 2 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in health sciences and services. The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great health sciences and services programs and 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 health sciences and services program at the school. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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Best Vallue Health Science Schools for a Doctorate in the Southeast Region For Those Making Over $110k

The colleges and universities below are the best for southeast region doctor’s degree health science students whose families make more than $110k.

Top 2 Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Health Sciences & Services (Income Over $110k) in the Southeast Region

#1

University of Arkansas

Fayetteville, Arkansas

#1 in overall quality

$22,121 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Arkansas. The school came in at #1 for the Best Vallue Health Science Schools for a Doctorate in the Southeast Region For Those Making Over $110k. University of Arkansas is located in Fayetteville, Arkansas and, has a large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 4 doctorate’s health science degrees to qualified students.

UARK did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best Health Sciences & Services Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at UARK are $22,121, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Full University of Arkansas Health Sciences & Services Report

#2

Nova Southeastern University

Fort Lauderdale, Florida

#1 in overall quality

$22,242 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

$96,006 Average Early-Career Earnings

Out of the 2 schools in the Best Vallue Health Science Schools for a Doctorate in the Southeast Region For Those Making Over $110k that were part of this year’s ranking, Nova Southeastern University landed the #2 spot on the list. Fort Lauderdale, Florida is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out doctorate’s health science degrees to 56 students in 2019-2020.

NUS Florida also made our “Best Health Sciences & Services Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” list, coming in at #1. Average graduate tuition and fees at NUS Florida are $22,242, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Read full report on Health Sciences & Services at Nova Southeastern University

• Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Health Sciences & Services (Income Over $110k)

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.

Credits

• Credit for the banner image above goes to Sandra M. Palumbo.

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