2022 Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Allied Health Professions in the Southeast Region

It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. One of our goals at College Factual is to give you as much information as we can - such as our “Best Value Allied Health Schools for a Doctorate in the Southeast Region” ranking - to help you make that decision.

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 Southeast region, there were 25,545 allied health professions graduates with average earnings and debt of $45,399 and $30,896 respectively. At the doctor’s degree level specifically, there were 341 allied health professions graduates with average earnings and debt of $71,978 and $116,300 respectively.

For this year’s “Best Value Allied Health Schools for a Doctorate in the Southeast Region” ranking, we looked at 2 colleges that offer a degree in allied health professions. This ranking identifies schools with high-quality allied health professions programs that also have a lower cost than 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 allied health professions program at the school. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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Since the program you select can have a significant impact on your future, we’ve developed a number of rankings, including this “Best Value Allied Health Schools for a Doctorate in the Southeast Region” list, to help you choose the best school for you.

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Best Value Allied Health Schools for a Doctorate in the Southeast Region

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Allied Health Schools for a Doctorate in the Southeast Region.

Top 2 Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Allied Health Professions in the Southeast Region

#1

University of Lynchburg

Lynchburg, Virginia

#1 in overall quality

$11,711 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Lynchburg. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Allied Health Schools for a Doctorate in the Southeast Region list. Lynchburg, Virginia is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out doctorate’s allied health degrees to 284 students in 2019-2020.

Lynchburg did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best Allied Health Professions Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” list. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at University of Lynchburg are $11,711.

Read full report on Allied Health Professions at Lynchburg

#2

Lincoln Memorial University

Harrogate, Tennessee

#2 in overall quality

$21,155 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Lincoln Memorial University. It ranked #2 on our 2022 Best Value Allied Health Schools for a Doctorate in the Southeast Region list. LMU is a small school located in Harrogate, Tennessee that handed out 57 doctorate’s allied health degrees in 2019-2020.

LMU not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #2 on our “Best Allied Health Professions 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.

Read full report on Allied Health Professions at LMU

• Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Allied Health Professions

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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