2022 Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Alternative Medicine & Systems (Income $30-$48k) in California

With all of the options students have for higher education today, it can be tough to choose which direction to take. College Factual has developed its “Best Value Alternative Medicine Schools for a Doctorate in California For Those Making $30-$48k” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.

Alternative Medicine & Systems is the 160th most popular major in the country with 3,308 degrees awarded in 2019-2020. In 2017-2018, alternative medicine and systems graduates who were awarded their degree in 2015-2017, earned an average of $23,207 and had an average of $98,121 in loans still to pay off.

Across California, there were 1,159 alternative medicine and systems graduates with average earnings and debt of $21,043 and $98,290 respectively. At the doctor’s degree level specifically, there were 583 alternative medicine and systems graduates with average earnings and debt of $71,544 and $133,402 respectively.

This ranking identifies schools with high-quality alternative medicine and systems programs that also have a lower cost than schools of similar quality.

When determining these rankings, we looked at things such as overall quality of the alternative medicine and systems program at the school and the cost to attend the school once aid has been awarded. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

More Ways to Rank Alternative Medicine & Systems Schools

The alternative medicine school you choose to invest your time and money in matters. To help you make the decision that is right for you, we’ve developed a number of major-specific rankings, including this list of “Best Value Alternative Medicine Schools for a Doctorate in California For Those Making $30-$48k”.

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Best Value Alternative Medicine Schools for a Doctorate in California For Those Making $30-$48k

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Alternative Medicine Schools for a Doctorate in California For Those Making $30-$48k.

Top 1 Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Alternative Medicine & Systems (Income $30-$48k) in California

#1

Pacific College of Health and Science

San Diego, California

#2 in overall quality

$12,463 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

Out of the 1 schools in the Best Value Alternative Medicine Schools for a Doctorate in California For Those Making $30-$48k that were part of this year’s ranking, Pacific College of Health and Science landed the #1 spot on the list. San Diego, California is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The private for-profit school handed out doctorate’s alternative medicine degrees to 400 students in 2019-2020.

Pacific College San Diego also took the #2 spot in our “Best Alternative Medicine & Systems Doctor’s Degree Schools in California” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at Pacific College San Diego are $12,463, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Read full report on Alternative Medicine & Systems at Pacific College of Health and Science

• Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Alternative Medicine & Systems (Income $30-$48k) in the Far Western US Region
• Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Alternative Medicine & Systems (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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