2022 Best Value Chiropractic Schools for a Doctorate in the Southeast Region

With all of the options students have for higher education today, it can be tough to choose which direction to take. 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 Chiropractic Schools for a Doctorate in the Southeast Region” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.

Chiropractic is the 173rd most popular major in the country with 2,596 degrees awarded in 2019-2020. In 2017-2018, chiropractic graduates who were awarded their degree in 2015-2017, earned an average of $35,393 and had an average of $178,471 in loans still to pay off.

Across the Southeast region, there were 496 chiropractic graduates with average earnings and debt of $30,150 and $188,188 respectively. At the doctor’s degree level specifically, there were 496 chiropractic graduates with average earnings and debt of $71,978 and $116,300 respectively.

For this year’s “Best Value Chiropractic Schools for a Doctorate in the Southeast Region” ranking, we looked at 2 colleges that offer a degree in chiropractic. Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent chiropractic programs, but they also cost less that schools of similar quality.

To come up with these rankings, we looked at factors such as the cost to attend the school after aid is awarded and overall quality of the chiropractic program at the school. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.

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When choosing the right school for you, it’s important to arm yourself with all the facts you can. To that end, we’ve created a number of major-specific rankings, including this “Best Value Chiropractic Schools for a Doctorate in the Southeast Region” list to help you make the college decision.

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Best Value Chiropractic Schools for a Doctorate in the Southeast Region

The colleges and universities below are the best for southeast region doctor’s degree chiropractic students.

Top 2 Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Chiropractic in the Southeast Region

#1

Life University

Marietta, Georgia

#1 in overall quality

$9,293 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Life University. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Chiropractic Schools for a Doctorate in the Southeast Region list. Life University is a private not-for-profit institution located in Marietta, Georgia. The school has a small population, and it awarded 386 doctorate’s degrees in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at Life, the school also landed the #1 spot in our “Best Chiropractic Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at Life are $9,293, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Full Life University Chiropractic Report

#2

Keiser University - Ft Lauderdale

Fort Lauderdale, Florida

#2 in overall quality

$28,362 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

Out of the 2 schools in the Best Value Chiropractic Schools for a Doctorate in the Southeast Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Keiser University - Ft Lauderdale landed the #2 spot on the list. Keiser University - Ft Lauderdale is a large private not-for-profit school situated in Fort Lauderdale, Florida. It awarded 18 doctorate’s chiropractic degrees in 2019-2020.

Keiser University - Ft Lauderdale also took the #2 spot in our “Best Chiropractic Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” ranking. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at Keiser University - Ft Lauderdale are $28,362.

Full Keiser University - Ft Lauderdale Chiropractic Report

• Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Chiropractic

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.

Credits

• Credit for the banner image above goes to Michael Dorausch.

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