2023 Most Well Attended Alternative Medicine Major in the Plains States Region for a Doctorate

It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. Our mission at College Factual is to arm you with as much information as we can to help you make that decision. Our “Most Well Attended Alternative Medicine Major in the Plains States Region for a Doctorate” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.

Alternative Medicine & Systems is the 167th most popular major in the country with 3,564 degrees awarded in 2020-2021. 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 doctor’s degree level specifically, there were 20 alternative medicine and systems graduates with average earnings and debt of $75,829 and $0 respectively.

This year’s “Most Well Attended Alternative Medicine Major in the Plains States Region for a Doctorate” ranking analyzed 2 colleges that offered a degree in alternative medicine and systems. This ranking identifies schools that graduate the most students in alternative medicine and systems.

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 Doctorate

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

Top 2 Most Popular Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Alternative Medicine & Systems in the Plains States Region

1

Northwestern Health Sciences University
Bloomington, Minnesota

#23 overall quality in Plains States

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Northwestern Health Sciences University. The school came in at #1 for the Most Well Attended Alternative Medicine Major in the Plains States Region for a Doctorate. NWHSU is located in Bloomington, Minnesota and, has a small student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 11 doctorate’s alternative medicine degrees to qualified students.

Since the school has a undergrad student-to-faculty ratio of 7 to 1, those pursuing a degree will have more opportunities to interact with their professors. The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 0.8%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.

Read more about Alternative Medicine & Systems at NWHSU

2

American Academy of Acupuncture and Oriental Medicine
Roseville, Minnesota

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend American Academy of Acupuncture and Oriental Medicine. The school came in at #2 for the Most Well Attended Alternative Medicine Major in the Plains States Region for a Doctorate. Located in Roseville, Minnesota, this small private for-profit school awarded 9 diplomas to qualified doctorate’s alternative medicine students in 2020-2021.

With a undergrad student-to-faculty ratio of to 1, it’s easy to see that the school is committed to helping their undergraduates succeed. 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 Academy of Acupuncture and Oriental Medicine Alternative Medicine & Systems Report

• Most Popular 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

• *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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