by our College Data Analytics TeamThe main focus area for this major is Holistic/Integrative Health. For more details on this concentration, visit its profile page.
Alternative Medicine & Systems is a major offered under the health professions program of study at Southwest Institute of Healing Arts. We’ve gathered data and other essential information about the associate degree program in alternative medicine, such as diversity of students, how many students graduated in recent times, and more.
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You may also want to consider how much in student loans you’ll need when thinking about the overall cost to attend a school. Students who received their associate degree at SWIHA in Alternative Medicine walked away with an average of $19,914 in student debt. That is about the same as the national average of $20,078.
The median early career salary of alternative medicine students who receive their associate degree from SWIHA is $18,315 per year. That is 6% lower than the national average of $19,400.
Online degrees for the SWIHA alternative medicine associate degree program are not available at this time. To see if the school offers distance learning options in other areas, visit the SWIHA Online Learning page.
About 93.3% of the students who received their Associate in alternative medicine in 2019-2020 were women. This is about the same as the countrywide number of 92.2%.
Of those graduates who received an associate degree in alternative medicine at SWIHA in 2019-2020, 13.3% were racial-ethnic minorities*. This is lower than the nationwide number of 21%.
| Race/Ethnicity | Number of Students |
|---|---|
| Asian | 0 |
| Black or African American | 1 |
| Hispanic or Latino | 1 |
| Native American or Alaska Native | 0 |
| Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander | 0 |
| White | 11 |
| International Students | 0 |
| Other Races/Ethnicities | 2 |
Alternative Medicine & Systems students may decide to major in one of the following focus areas.
| Focus Area | Annual Graduates |
|---|---|
| Holistic/Integrative Health | 15 |
*The racial-ethnic minorities count is calculated by taking the total number of students and subtracting white students, international students, and students whose race/ethnicity was unknown. This number is then divided by the total number of students at the school to obtain the racial-ethnic minorities percentage.
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