2023 Most Well Attended Alternative Medicine Major in the Plains States Region for a Bachelor’s

Students have lots of options to chooose from today when trying to decide which college to attend. College Factual was founded, in part, to help students make the decision as to what would be the best school for them. Our “Most Well Attended Alternative Medicine Major in the Plains States Region for a Bachelor’s” 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 Plains States region, there were 157 alternative medicine and systems graduates with average earnings and debt of $38,052 and $0 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 18 alternative medicine and systems graduates with average earnings and debt of $41,046 and $29,021 respectively.

This year’s “Most Well Attended Alternative Medicine Major in the Plains States Region for a Bachelor’s” ranking analyzed 3 colleges that offered a degree in alternative medicine and systems. The schools that top this list are recognized because they have one of the most popular alternative medicine and systems programs in the United States.

For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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Most Well Attended Alternative Medicine Major in the Plains States Region for a Bachelor’s

The following schools top our list of the Best “Most Well Attended Alternative Medicine Major in the Plains States Region for a Bachelor’s”.

Top 3 Most Popular Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Alternative Medicine & Systems in the Plains States Region

1

The College of Saint Scholastica
Duluth, Minnesota

Top 15% overall quality in Plains States

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend The College of Saint Scholastica. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Most Well Attended Alternative Medicine Major in the Plains States Region for a Bachelor’s list. The College of Saint Scholastica is a small private not-for-profit school situated in Duluth, Minnesota. It awarded 9 bachelors’s alternative medicine degrees in 2020-2021.

The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 2.6%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.

Read more about Alternative Medicine & Systems at St. Scholastica

2

University of Nebraska at Omaha
Omaha, Nebraska

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Nebraska at Omaha. The school came in at #2 for the Most Well Attended Alternative Medicine Major in the Plains States Region for a Bachelor’s. This fairly large school is located in Omaha, Nebraska, and it awarded 5 bachelors’s alternative medicine degrees in 2020-2021.

The low undergrad student loan default rate of 2.0% is a good sign that students have an easier time paying off their loans than they might at other schools. For comparison, the national default rate is 10.1%.

Full University of Nebraska at Omaha Alternative Medicine & Systems Report

3

Maharishi International University
Fairfield, Iowa

Out of the 3 schools in the Most Well Attended Alternative Medicine Major in the Plains States Region for a Bachelor’s that were part of this year’s ranking, Maharishi International University landed the #3 spot on the list. Maharishi International University is a private not-for-profit institution located in Fairfield, Iowa. The school has a small population, and it awarded 4 bachelors’s degrees in 2020-2021.

Read full report on Alternative Medicine & Systems at MIU

• Most Popular Bachelor’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

• *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.

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