2022 Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Health Sciences & Services in the Southeast Region (With Aid)

With all of the options students have for higher education today, it can be tough to choose which direction to take. One of our goals at College Factual is to give you as much information as we can - such as our “Best Value Health Science Schools for a Doctorate in the Southeast Region For Those Getting Aid” ranking - to help you make that decision.

Health Sciences & Services is the 42nd most popular major in the country with 31,648 degrees awarded in 2019-2020. 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 Value Health Science Schools for a Doctorate in the Southeast Region For Those Getting Aid” ranking analyzed 2 colleges that offered a degree 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. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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Since the program you select can have a significant impact on your future, we’ve developed a number of rankings, including this “Best Value Health Science Schools for a Doctorate in the Southeast Region For Those Getting Aid” list, to help you choose the best school for you.

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Best Value Health Science Schools for a Doctorate in the Southeast Region For Those Getting Aid

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Health Science Schools for a Doctorate in the Southeast Region For Those Getting Aid.

Top 2 Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Health Sciences & Services in the Southeast Region (With Aid)

#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 Value Health Science Schools for a Doctorate in the Southeast Region For Those Getting Aid. UARK is a public institution located in Fayetteville, Arkansas. The school has a large population, and it awarded 4 doctorate’s degrees in 2019-2020.

UARK also took the #1 spot in our “Best Health Sciences & Services Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at UARK are $22,121, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Read full report on Health Sciences & Services at University of Arkansas

#2

Nova Southeastern University

Fort Lauderdale, Florida

#1 in overall quality

$22,242 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

$96,006 Average Early-Career Earnings

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Nova Southeastern University. It ranked #2 on our 2022 Best Value Health Science Schools for a Doctorate in the Southeast Region For Those Getting Aid 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.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at NUS Florida, the school also landed the #1 spot in our “Best Health Sciences & Services Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at Nova Southeastern University are $22,242, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Read more about Health Sciences & Services at Nova Southeastern University

• Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Health Sciences & Services (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.

Credits

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

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