2022 Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Allied Health Professions (Income $30-$48k) in the Southwest Region

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 “Best Value Allied Health Schools for a Doctorate in the Southwest Region For Those Making $30-$48k” ranking is part of that endeavor.

In 2019-2020, 81,167 people earned their degree in allied health professions, making the major the 15th most popular in the United States. In 2017-2018, allied health professions graduates who were awarded their degree in 2015-2017, earned an average of $49,676 and had an average of $30,684 in loans still to pay off.

Across the Southwest region, there were 10,400 allied health professions graduates with average earnings and debt of $44,774 and $22,598 respectively. At the doctor’s degree level specifically, there were 34 allied health professions graduates with average earnings and debt of $71,970 and $95,025 respectively.

This ranking identifies schools with high-quality allied health professions programs that also have a lower cost than schools of similar quality.

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

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Since picking the right college can be one of the most important decisions of your life, we’ve developed the “Best Value Allied Health Schools for a Doctorate in the Southwest Region For Those Making $30-$48k” ranking, along with many other major-related rankings, to help you make that decision.

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Best Value Allied Health Schools for a Doctorate in the Southwest Region For Those Making $30-$48k

The colleges and universities below are the best for southwest region doctor’s degree allied health students whose families make $30-$48k.

Top 1 Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Allied Health Professions (Income $30-$48k) in the Southwest Region

#1

Baylor University

Waco, Texas

#1 in overall quality

$36,936 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

Out of the 1 schools in the Best Value Allied Health Schools for a Doctorate in the Southwest Region For Those Making $30-$48k that were part of this year’s ranking, Baylor University landed the #1 spot on the list. Baylor is a private not-for-profit institution located in Waco, Texas. The school has a fairly large population, and it awarded 34 doctorate’s degrees in 2019-2020.

Baylor also made our “Best Allied Health Professions Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list, coming in at #1. Average graduate tuition and fees at Baylor are $36,936, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Read full report on Allied Health Professions at Baylor

• Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Allied Health Professions (Income $30-$48k)

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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