2023 Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Chiropractic Major in the Southeast Region

When pursuing a degree in today’s world, students have many different options to choose from. College Factual was founded, in part, to help students make the decision as to what would be the best school for them. Our “Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Chiropractic Major in the Southeast Region” ranking is part of that endeavor.

In 2020-2021, 2,658 people earned their degree in chiropractic, making the major the 175th most popular in the United States. 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 Southeast region, there were 529 chiropractic graduates with average earnings and debt of $33,274 and $0 respectively. At the doctor’s degree level specifically, there were 529 chiropractic graduates with average earnings and debt of $74,087 and $0 respectively.

This year’s “Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Chiropractic Major in the Southeast Region” ranking analyzed 3 colleges that offered a degree in chiropractic. The colleges and universities that top this list are recognized because their chiropractic program is one of the largest majors offered at the school.

See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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

The following schools top our list of the Best “Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Chiropractic Major in the Southeast Region”.

Top 3 Most Focused Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Chiropractic in the Southeast Region

1

Sherman College of Chiropractic
Spartanburg, South Carolina

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Sherman College of Chiropractic. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Chiropractic Major in the Southeast Region list. Sherman College of Chiropractic is located in Spartanburg, South Carolina and, has a small student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 105 doctorate’s chiropractic degrees to qualified students.

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%. 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.

Read more about Chiropractic at Sherman College of Chiropractic

2

Life University
Marietta, Georgia

Out of the 3 schools in the Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Chiropractic Major in the Southeast Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Life University landed the #2 spot on the list. Life is a small school located in Marietta, Georgia that handed out 392 doctorate’s chiropractic degrees in 2020-2021.

Read more about Chiropractic at Life University

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Keiser University - Ft Lauderdale
Fort Lauderdale, Florida

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Keiser University - Ft Lauderdale. The school came in at #3 for the Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Chiropractic Major in the Southeast Region. Keiser University - Ft Lauderdale is a fairly large school located in Fort Lauderdale, Florida that handed out 32 doctorate’s chiropractic degrees in 2020-2021.

Read full report on Chiropractic at Keiser University - Ft Lauderdale

• 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.