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2022 Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Health Professions in Oregon

8 Ranked Colleges
962 Degrees Awarded
$23,100 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees*
Best Value Health Professions Schools for a Doctorate in Oregon

When it comes to choosing a college, students have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. At College Factual, we’re committed to helping you make that decision by providing information such as that found in our “Best Value Health Professions Schools for a Doctorate in Oregon” ranking.

Health Professions is one of the most popular majors in the nation, ranking 2nd of all the majors we analyze. In 2019-2020, 934,088 degrees were awarded to students with this major. In 2017-2018, health professions graduates who were awarded their degree in 2015-2017, earned an average of $44,506 and had an average of $32,284 in loans still to pay off.

Across Oregon, there were 7,971 health professions graduates with average earnings and debt of $50,669 and $41,746 respectively. At the doctor’s degree level specifically, there were 962 health professions graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Health Professions Schools for a Doctorate in Oregon” ranking analyzed 8 colleges that offered a degree in health professions. The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great health professions programs and cost less that schools of similar quality.

Some of the factors we look at when determining these rankings are overall quality of the health professions program at the school and the cost of the school after aid is awarded among other things. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.

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Best Value Health Professions Schools for a Doctorate in Oregon

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Health Professions Schools for a Doctorate in Oregon.

Top 9 Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Health Professions in Oregon

#1

University of Western States

Portland, Oregon
#1 in overall quality

Out of the 8 schools in the Best Value Health Professions Schools for a Doctorate in Oregon that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Western States landed the #1 spot on the list. This small school is located in Portland, Oregon, and it awarded 164 doctorate’s health professions degrees in 2019-2020.

Western States Chiropractic College also took the #1 spot in our “Best Health Professions Doctor’s Degree Schools in Oregon” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at University of Western States are $9,600, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Full University of Western States Health Professions Report

#6 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend National University of Natural Medicine. It ranked #2 on our 2022 Best Value Health Professions Schools for a Doctorate in Oregon list. NUNM is a small private not-for-profit school situated in Portland, Oregon. It awarded 73 doctorate’s health professions degrees in 2019-2020.

NUNM did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #6 on our “Best Health Professions Doctor’s Degree Schools in Oregon” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at NUNM are $16,701, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Full National University of Natural Medicine Health Professions Report

#3

Oregon State University

Corvallis, Oregon
#5 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Oregon State University. The school came in at #3 for the Best Value Health Professions Schools for a Doctorate in Oregon. Corvallis, Oregon is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out doctorate’s health professions degrees to 105 students in 2019-2020.

Oregon State not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #5 on our “Best Health Professions Doctor’s Degree Schools in Oregon” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at Oregon State are $28,121, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Read more about Health Professions at Oregon State University

#4

George Fox University

Newberg, Oregon
#7 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend George Fox University. It ranked #4 on our 2022 Best Value Health Professions Schools for a Doctorate in Oregon list. GFU is a small private not-for-profit school situated in Newberg, Oregon. It awarded 39 doctorate’s health professions degrees in 2019-2020.

GFU not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #7 on our “Best Health Professions Doctor’s Degree Schools in Oregon” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at GFU are $14,247, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Read full report on Health Professions at GFU

#5

University of Portland

Portland, Oregon
#3 in overall quality

Out of the 8 schools in the Best Value Health Professions Schools for a Doctorate in Oregon that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Portland landed the #5 spot on the list. This small school is located in Portland, Oregon, and it awarded 8 doctorate’s health professions degrees in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our oregon doctor’s degree health professions students list, University of Portland has also earned the #3 rank in our “Best Health Professions Doctor’s Degree Schools in Oregon” ranking. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at University of Portland are $23,868.

Full University of Portland Health Professions Report

#4 in overall quality

With a ranking of #6, Oregon Health & Science University did quite well on the 2022 Best Value Health Professions Schools for a Doctorate in Oregon list. OHSU is a small school located in Portland, Oregon that handed out 265 doctorate’s health professions degrees in 2019-2020.

OHSU did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #4 on our “Best Health Professions Doctor’s Degree Schools in Oregon” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at OHSU are $27,692, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Read more about Health Professions at Oregon Health & Science University

#7

Portland State University

Portland, Oregon
#8 in overall quality

Portland State University ranked #7 on this year’s Best Value Health Professions Schools for a Doctorate in Oregon list. Portland State University is a public institution located in Portland, Oregon. The school has a large population, and it awarded 3 doctorate’s degrees in 2019-2020.

Portland State University also made our “Best Health Professions Doctor’s Degree Schools in Oregon” list, coming in at #8. Average graduate tuition and fees at Portland State University are $23,784, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Read full report on Health Professions at Portland State University

#7

Pacific University

Forest Grove, Oregon
#2 in overall quality

With a ranking of #7, Pacific University did quite well on the 2022 Best Value Health Professions Schools for a Doctorate in Oregon list. This small school is located in Forest Grove, Oregon, and it awarded 298 doctorate’s health professions degrees in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at Pacific, the school also landed the #2 spot in our “Best Health Professions Doctor’s Degree Schools in Oregon” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at Pacific University are $35,325, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Read full report on Health Professions at Pacific

#8 in overall quality

Oregon College of Oriental Medicine landed the #8 spot on the 2022 Best Value Health Professions Schools for a Doctorate in Oregon ranking. Portland, Oregon is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out doctorate’s health professions degrees to 7 students in 2019-2020.

OCOM not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #8 on our “Best Health Professions Doctor’s Degree Schools in Oregon” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at OCOM are $26,513, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Read more about Health Professions at Oregon College of Oriental Medicine

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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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