2022 Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Chiropractic in the Plains States 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 Chiropractic Schools for a Doctorate in the Plains States Region” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.

In 2019-2020, 2,596 people earned their degree in chiropractic, making the major the 173rd most popular in the United States. 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 Plains States region, there were 1,053 chiropractic graduates with average earnings and debt of $35,575 and $175,310 respectively. At the doctor’s degree level specifically, there were 1,053 chiropractic graduates with average earnings and debt of $72,701 and $106,703 respectively.

For this year’s “Best Value Chiropractic Schools for a Doctorate in the Plains States Region” ranking, we looked at 2 colleges that offer a degree in chiropractic. This ranking identifies schools with high-quality chiropractic 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 chiropractic program at the school and the cost of the school after aid is awarded among other things. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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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 Plains States Region” list to help you make the college decision.

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Best Value Chiropractic Schools for a Doctorate in the Plains States Region

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Chiropractic Schools for a Doctorate in the Plains States Region.

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

#1

Logan University

Chesterfield, Missouri

#3 in overall quality

$9,900 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

$40,768 Average Early-Career Earnings

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Logan University. The school came in at #1 for the Best Value Chiropractic Schools for a Doctorate in the Plains States Region. Logan University is a small school located in Chesterfield, Missouri that handed out 205 doctorate’s chiropractic degrees in 2019-2020.

Logan University did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #3 on our “Best Chiropractic Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region” list. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at Logan University are $9,900.

Read more about Chiropractic at Logan University

#2

Northwestern Health Sciences University

Bloomington, Minnesota

#2 in overall quality

$13,097 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

$43,712 Average Early-Career Earnings

Out of the 2 schools in the Best Value Chiropractic Schools for a Doctorate in the Plains States Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Northwestern Health Sciences University landed the #2 spot on the list. Northwestern Health Sciences University is a small private not-for-profit school situated in Bloomington, Minnesota. It awarded 139 doctorate’s chiropractic degrees in 2019-2020.

NWHSU also made our “Best Chiropractic Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region” list, coming in at #2. Average graduate tuition and fees at Northwestern Health Sciences University are $13,097, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Read full report on Chiropractic at Northwestern Health Sciences University

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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

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

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