2023 Most Focused Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Alternative Medicine & Systems in the Far Western US Region

When pursuing a degree in today’s world, students have many different options to choose from. College Factual was founded, in part, to help students make the decision as to what would be the best school for them. Our “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Alternative Medicine Major in the Far Western US Region” ranking is part of that endeavor.

In 2020-2021, 3,564 people earned their degree in alternative medicine and systems, making the major the 167th most popular in the United States. In 2019-2020, alternative medicine and systems graduates who were awarded their degree in 2017-2019, earned an average of $29,138 and had an average of $24,035 in loans still to pay off.

Across the Far Western US region, there were 1,870 alternative medicine and systems graduates with average earnings and debt of $27,443 and $33,235 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 186 alternative medicine and systems graduates with average earnings and debt of $39,720 and $23,024 respectively.

This year’s “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Alternative Medicine Major in the Far Western US Region” ranking looked at 2 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in alternative medicine and systems. That schools that top this list have a program in alternative medicine and systems in which the largest percentage of students at the school are enrolled.

For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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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 “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Alternative Medicine Major in the Far Western US Region”.

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Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Alternative Medicine Major in the Far Western US Region

The colleges and universities below are the best for far western us region bachelor’s degree alternative medicine students.

Top 2 Most Focused Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Alternative Medicine & Systems in the Far Western US Region

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American College of Healthcare Sciences
Portland, Oregon

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend American College of Healthcare Sciences. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Alternative Medicine Major in the Far Western US Region list. Located in Portland, Oregon, this small private for-profit school awarded 12 diplomas to qualified bachelors’s alternative medicine students in 2020-2021.

The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 4.4%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.

Full American College of Healthcare Sciences Alternative Medicine & Systems Report

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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

• *Avg Salary and Avg 4-Year Grad Rate 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.

Credits

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