by our College Data Analytics Team
When pursuing a degree in today’s world, students have many different options to choose from. College Factual has developed its “Schools Highly Focused on Chiropractic Major in the Far Western US Region” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.
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 Far Western US region, there were 378 chiropractic graduates with average earnings and debt of $38,361 and $0 respectively.
This year’s “Schools Highly Focused on Chiropractic Major in the Far Western US Region” ranking looked at 3 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.
For more information, check out our ranking methodology.
The chiropractic school you choose to invest your time and money in matters. To help you make the decision that is right for you, we’ve developed a number of major-specific rankings, including this list of “Schools Highly Focused on Chiropractic Major in the Far Western US Region”.
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The colleges and universities below are the best for far western us region chiropractic students.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Life Chiropractic College West. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Schools Highly Focused on Chiropractic Major in the Far Western US Region list. Life West is a small school located in Hayward, California that handed out 137 ’s chiropractic degrees in 2020-2021.
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.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Southern California University of Health Sciences. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Schools Highly Focused on Chiropractic Major in the Far Western US Region list. Southern California University of Health Sciences is a small school located in Whittier, California that handed out 83 ’s chiropractic degrees in 2020-2021.
Since the school has a undergrad student-to-faculty ratio of 10 to 1, those pursuing a degree will have more opportunities to interact with their professors. The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 4.3%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
Full Southern California University of Health Sciences Chiropractic Report
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Western States. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Schools Highly Focused on Chiropractic Major in the Far Western US Region list. University of Western States is located in Portland, Oregon and, has a small student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 158 ’s chiropractic degrees to qualified students.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 0.8%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%. The undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio of 8 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 University of Western States
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