2022 Best Value Alternative Medicine Schools for an Associate
When pursuing a degree in today’s world, students have many different options to choose from. Our mission at College Factual is to arm you with as much information as we can to help you make that decision. Our “Best Value Alternative Medicine Schools for an Associate” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.
In 2019-2020, 3,308 people earned their degree in alternative medicine and systems, making the major the 160th most popular in the United States. 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.
At the associate degree level specifically, there were 90 alternative medicine and systems graduates with average earnings and debt of $33,082 and $17,678 respectively.
This year’s “Best Value Alternative Medicine Schools for an Associate” ranking analyzed 5 colleges that offered a degree in alternative medicine and systems. The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great alternative medicine and systems programs and cost less that 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. See our ranking methodology to learn more.
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Best Value Alternative Medicine Schools for an Associate
The colleges and universities below are the best for associate degree alternative medicine students.
Top 5 Best Value Associate Degree Colleges for Alternative Medicine & Systems
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Trinidad State Junior College. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Alternative Medicine Schools for an Associate list. Trinidad State Junior College is a small public school situated in Trinidad, Colorado. It awarded 2 associates’s alternative medicine degrees in 2019-2020.
Trinidad State Junior College not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #3 on our “Best Alternative Medicine & Systems Associate Degree Schools” list. The estimated yearly cost for Trinidad State Junior College is $10,544 for associate degree alternative medicine students.
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Out of the 5 schools in the Best Value Alternative Medicine Schools for an Associate that were part of this year’s ranking, Front Range Community College landed the #2 spot on the list. FRCC is a fairly large school located in Westminster, Colorado that handed out 22 associates’s alternative medicine degrees in 2019-2020.
FRCC also took the #1 spot in our “Best Alternative Medicine & Systems Associate Degree Schools” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for Front Range Community College is $9,725 for Associate Degree Alternative Medicine students.
Out of the 5 schools in the Best Value Alternative Medicine Schools for an Associate that were part of this year’s ranking, Red Rocks Community College landed the #3 spot on the list. Red Rocks Community College is a medium-sized school located in Lakewood, Colorado that handed out 12 associates’s alternative medicine degrees in 2019-2020.
As a testament to the quality of education offered at Red Rocks Community College, the school also landed the #2 spot in our “Best Alternative Medicine & Systems Associate Degree Schools” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for Red Rocks Community College is $10,257 for Associate Degree Alternative Medicine students.
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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Anoka-Ramsey Community College. The school came in at #4 for the Best Value Alternative Medicine Schools for an Associate. Anoka-Ramsey Community College is located in Coon Rapids, Minnesota and, has a medium-sized student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 2 associates’s alternative medicine degrees to qualified students.
As a testament to the quality of education offered at Anoka-Ramsey Community College-Coon Rapids Campus, the school also landed the #5 spot in our “Best Alternative Medicine & Systems Associate Degree Schools” ranking. The yearly cost to attend Anoka-Ramsey Community College is $11,890 for associate degree alternative medicine students.
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Out of the 5 schools in the Best Value Alternative Medicine Schools for an Associate that were part of this year’s ranking, American College of Healthcare Sciences landed the #5 spot on the list. American College of Healthcare Sciences is located in Portland, Oregon and, has a small student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 37 associates’s alternative medicine degrees to qualified students.
As a testament to the quality of education offered at American College of Healthcare Sciences, the school also landed the #4 spot in our “Best Alternative Medicine & Systems Associate Degree Schools” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for American College of Healthcare Sciences is $22,266 for Associate Degree Alternative Medicine students.
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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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