2023 Most Focused Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Chiropractic in the Middle Atlantic Region

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Chiropractic is the 175th most popular major in the country with 2,658 degrees awarded in 2020-2021. In 2019-2020, chiropractic graduates who were awarded their degree in 2017-2019, earned an average of $40,463 and had an average of $0 in loans still to pay off.

Across the Middle Atlantic region, there were 188 chiropractic graduates with average earnings and debt of $41,222 and $0 respectively. At the doctor’s degree level specifically, there were 188 chiropractic graduates with average earnings and debt of $77,076 and $0 respectively.

This year’s “Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Chiropractic Major in the Middle Atlantic Region” ranking analyzed 2 colleges that offered a degree in chiropractic. This a ranking of the schools where the largest percentage of students has enrolled in chiropractic.

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Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Chiropractic Major in the Middle Atlantic Region

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

Top 2 Most Focused Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Chiropractic in the Middle Atlantic Region

1

New York Chiropractic College
Seneca Falls, New York

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend New York Chiropractic College. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Chiropractic Major in the Middle Atlantic Region list. This small school is located in Seneca Falls, New York, and it awarded 166 doctorate’s chiropractic degrees in 2020-2021.

The low undergrad student loan default rate of 1.9% 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%. Since the school has a undergrad student-to-faculty ratio of to 1, those pursuing a degree will have more opportunities to interact with their professors.

Read more about Chiropractic at New York Chiropractic College

2

D'Youville College
Buffalo, New York

$36,779 Average Early-Career Earnings

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend D’Youville College. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Chiropractic Major in the Middle Atlantic Region list. D’Youville College is a private not-for-profit institution located in Buffalo, New York. The school has a small population, and it awarded 22 doctorate’s degrees in 2020-2021.

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 low undergrad student loan default rate of 2.1% 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 D’Youville College Chiropractic Report

• Most Focused 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

• *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

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