2022 Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Alternative Medicine & Systems in the Southwest Region

When it comes to choosing a college, students have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. College Factual has developed its “Best Value Alternative Medicine Schools for a Doctorate in the Southwest Region” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.

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.

Across the Southwest region, there were 304 alternative medicine and systems graduates with average earnings and debt of $20,375 and $59,213 respectively. At the doctor’s degree level specifically, there were 105 alternative medicine and systems graduates with average earnings and debt of $71,970 and $95,025 respectively.

This ranking identifies schools with high-quality alternative medicine and systems 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 alternative medicine and systems program at the school and the cost of the school after aid is awarded among other things. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

One Size Does Not Fit All

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

In addition to College Factual’s rankings, you may want to take a look at College Combat, our unique tool that lets you pit your favorite schools head-to-head and compare how they rate on factors that most interest you. Test it out when you get a chance! You may also want to bookmark the link and share it with others who are trying to make the college decision.

Best Value Alternative Medicine Schools for a Doctorate in the Southwest Region

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Alternative Medicine Schools for a Doctorate in the Southwest Region.

Top 1 Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Alternative Medicine & Systems in the Southwest Region

#1

AOMA Graduate School of Integrative Medicine

Austin, Texas

#1 in overall quality

$17,763 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

Out of the 1 schools in the Best Value Alternative Medicine Schools for a Doctorate in the Southwest Region that were part of this year’s ranking, AOMA Graduate School of Integrative Medicine landed the #1 spot on the list. AOMA Graduate School of Integrative Medicine is a small private for-profit school situated in Austin, Texas. It awarded 23 doctorate’s alternative medicine degrees in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at AOMA, the school also landed the #1 spot in our “Best Alternative Medicine & Systems Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at AOMA are $17,763.

Read more about Alternative Medicine & Systems at AOMA Graduate School of Integrative Medicine

• Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Alternative Medicine & Systems

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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