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

With all of the options students have for higher education today, it can be tough to choose which direction to take. At College Factual, we’re committed to helping you make that decision by providing information such as that found in our “Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Chiropractic Major in the Southwest Region” ranking.

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 Southwest region, there were 318 chiropractic graduates with average earnings and debt of $45,550 and $0 respectively. At the doctor’s degree level specifically, there were 318 chiropractic graduates with average earnings and debt of $75,218 and $0 respectively.

This year’s “Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Chiropractic Major in the Southwest Region” ranking looked at 2 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in chiropractic. This a ranking of the schools where the largest percentage of students has enrolled in chiropractic.

Check out our ranking methodology for more information.

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

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

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

1

Texas Chiropractic College Foundation Inc
Pasadena, Texas

$54,844 Average Early-Career Earnings

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Texas Chiropractic College Foundation Inc. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Chiropractic Major in the Southwest Region list. Texas Chiropractic College Foundation Inc is a private not-for-profit institution located in Pasadena, Texas. The school has a small population, and it awarded 85 doctorate’s degrees in 2020-2021.

The undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio of to 1 is a sign that students will have more opportunities to engage with their professors one-on-one.

Read full report on Chiropractic at Texas Chiropractic College Foundation Inc

2

Parker University
Dallas, Texas

#18 overall quality in Southwest

$35,259 Average Early-Career Earnings

Out of the 2 schools in the Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Chiropractic Major in the Southwest Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Parker University landed the #2 spot on the list. Parker University is a private not-for-profit institution located in Dallas, Texas. The school has a small population, and it awarded 233 doctorate’s degrees in 2020-2021.

The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 2.9%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%. The impressive undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio of 10 to 1 means that students may have more opportunities to work more closely with their professors than they would at other schools.

Read full report on Chiropractic at Parker University

• 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.