2023 Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Anatomy Major in the Southeast Region
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Students have lots of options to chooose from today when trying to decide which college to attend. College Factual was founded, in part, to help students make the decision as to what would be the best school for them. Our “Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Anatomy Major in the Southeast Region” ranking is part of that endeavor.
Anatomy is the 463rd most popular major in the country with 836 degrees awarded in 2020-2021.
Across the Southeast region, there were 150 anatomy graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the doctor’s degree level specifically, there were 7 anatomy graduates with average earnings and debt of $74,087 and $0 respectively.
For this year’s “Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Anatomy Major in the Southeast Region” ranking, we looked at 9 colleges that offer a degree in anatomy. The colleges and universities that top this list are recognized because their anatomy program is one of the largest majors offered at the school.
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Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Anatomy Major in the Southeast Region
The colleges and universities below are the best for southeast region doctor’s degree anatomy students.
Top 9 Most Focused Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Anatomy in the Southeast Region
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center - New Orleans. The school came in at #1 for the Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Anatomy Major in the Southeast Region. LSU Health - New Orleans is a small school located in New Orleans, Louisiana that handed out 3 doctorate’s anatomy degrees in 2020-2021.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 1.5% is a good sign that students have an easier time paying off their loans than they might at other schools. For comparison, the national default rate is 10.1%. The impressive undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio of 3 to 1 means that students may have more opportunities to work more closely with their professors than they would at other schools.
Read full report on Anatomy at Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center - New Orleans
Out of the 9 schools in the Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Anatomy Major in the Southeast Region that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences landed the #2 spot on the list. University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences is a small school located in Little Rock, Arkansas that handed out 1 doctorate’s anatomy degrees in 2020-2021.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 1.2%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
Full University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences Anatomy Report
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Lincoln Memorial University. The school came in at #3 for the Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Anatomy Major in the Southeast Region. This medium-sized school is located in Harrogate, Tennessee, and it awarded 1 doctorate’s anatomy degrees in 2020-2021.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 3.7%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
Read more about Anatomy at Lincoln Memorial University
Out of the 9 schools in the Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Anatomy Major in the Southeast Region that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Louisville landed the #4 spot on the list. Louisville, Kentucky is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out doctorate’s anatomy degrees to 1 students in 2020-2021.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 4.4%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
Read more about Anatomy at UofL
Out of the 9 schools in the Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Anatomy Major in the Southeast Region that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Mississippi landed the #5 spot on the list. This large school is located in University, Mississippi, and it awarded 1 doctorate’s anatomy degrees in 2020-2021.
With a freshman retention rate of 86%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students.
Read more about Anatomy at Ole Miss
University of Kentucky did quite well in the 2023 Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Anatomy Major in the Southeast Region ranking, coming in at #6. University of Kentucky is a public institution located in Lexington, Kentucky. The school has a large population, and it awarded 3 doctorate’s degrees in 2020-2021.
Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 86%. The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 4.3%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
Full UK Anatomy Report
With a ranking of #6, Virginia Commonwealth University did quite well on the 2023 Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Anatomy Major in the Southeast Region list. Located in Richmond, Virginia, this large public school handed out 7 degrees to qualified doctorate’s anatomy students in 2020-2021.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 2.6% is a good sign that students have an easier time paying off their loans than they might at other schools. For comparison, the national default rate is 10.1%.
Read more about Anatomy at Virginia Commonwealth University
Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center - Shreveport came in at #6 in this year’s edition of the Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Anatomy Major in the Southeast Region ranking. This small school is located in Shreveport, Louisiana, and it awarded 0 doctorate’s anatomy degrees in 2020-2021.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 0.4%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%. Since the school has a undergrad student-to-faculty ratio of 3 to 1, those pursuing a degree will have more opportunities to interact with their professors.
Read full report on Anatomy at LSU Health - Shreveport
Duke University came in at #6 in this year’s edition of the Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Anatomy Major in the Southeast Region ranking. Duke is located in Durham, North Carolina and, has a fairly large student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 61 doctorate’s anatomy degrees to qualified students.
Since the school has a undergrad student-to-faculty ratio of 6 to 1, those pursuing a degree will have more opportunities to interact with their professors. With a freshman retention rate of 97%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students. The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 0.3%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
Full Duke Anatomy Report
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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
- *Avg Salary and Avg 4-Year Grad Rate 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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