2022 Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Physician Assistant in the Southeast Region

When pursuing a degree in today’s world, students have many different options to choose from. One of our goals at College Factual is to give you as much information as we can - such as our “Best Value Physician Assistant Schools for a Doctorate in the Southeast Region” ranking - to help you make that decision.

Physician Assistant is the 76th most popular major in the country with 10,746 degrees awarded in 2019-2020.

Across the Southeast region, there were 3,153 physician assistant graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the doctor’s degree level specifically, there were 341 physician assistant graduates with average earnings and debt of $71,978 and $116,300 respectively.

For this year’s “Best Value Physician Assistant Schools for a Doctorate in the Southeast Region” ranking, we looked at 2 colleges that offer a degree in physician assistant. The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great physician assistant 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 physician assistant program at the school. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.

One Size Does Not Fit All

When choosing the right school for you, it’s important to arm yourself with all the facts you can. To that end, we’ve created a number of major-specific rankings, including this “Best Value Physician Assistant Schools for a Doctorate in the Southeast Region” list to help you make the college decision.

You can create your own custom comparison that focuses on the factors most important to you using our tool, College Combat. If you’re torn between two schools, you can use it to help you see how they stack up against one another. Bookmark it so you can compare any new schools that might interest you.

Best Value Physician Assistant Schools for a Doctorate in the Southeast Region

The colleges and universities below are the best for southeast region doctor’s degree physician assistant students.

Top 2 Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Physician Assistant in the Southeast Region

#1

University of Lynchburg

Lynchburg, Virginia

#1 in overall quality

$11,711 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Lynchburg. The school came in at #1 for the Best Value Physician Assistant Schools for a Doctorate in the Southeast Region. Lynchburg, Virginia is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out doctorate’s physician assistant degrees to 284 students in 2019-2020.

Lynchburg also took the #1 spot in our “Best Physician Assistant Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at University of Lynchburg are $11,711, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Full Lynchburg Physician Assistant Report

#2

Lincoln Memorial University

Harrogate, Tennessee

#2 in overall quality

$21,155 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

Out of the 2 schools in the Best Value Physician Assistant Schools for a Doctorate in the Southeast Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Lincoln Memorial University landed the #2 spot on the list. Harrogate, Tennessee is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out doctorate’s physician assistant degrees to 57 students in 2019-2020.

LMU not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #2 on our “Best Physician Assistant Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at Lincoln Memorial University are $21,155, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Full LMU Physician Assistant Report

• Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Physician Assistant

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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