by our College Data Analytics Team
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 “Most Well Attended Health and Wellness Major in the Southeast Region for a Master’s” ranking.
In 2020-2021, 6,105 people earned their degree in general health and wellness, making the major the 141st most popular in the United States.
Across the Southeast region, there were 530 general health and wellness graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 93 general health and wellness graduates with average earnings and debt of $55,213 and $0 respectively.
For this year’s “Most Well Attended Health and Wellness Major in the Southeast Region for a Master’s” ranking, we looked at 4 colleges that offer a degree in general health and wellness. This ranking identifies schools that graduate the most students in general health and wellness.
For more information, check out our ranking methodology.
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 “Most Well Attended Health and Wellness Major in the Southeast Region for a Master’s” list to help you make the college decision.
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The colleges and universities below are the best for southeast region master’s degree health and wellness students.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of the Cumberlands. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Most Well Attended Health and Wellness Major in the Southeast Region for a Master’s list. Located in Williamsburg, Kentucky, this fairly large private not-for-profit school awarded 45 diplomas to qualified masters’s health and wellness students in 2020-2021.
Out of the 4 schools in the Most Well Attended Health and Wellness Major in the Southeast Region for a Master’s that were part of this year’s ranking, Georgia College & State University landed the #2 spot on the list. Georgia College is a medium-sized school located in Milledgeville, Georgia that handed out 23 masters’s health and wellness degrees in 2020-2021.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 3.4% 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%.
Read more about General Health & Wellness at Georgia College & State University
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Alabama at Birmingham. The school came in at #3 for the Most Well Attended Health and Wellness Major in the Southeast Region for a Master’s. Located in Birmingham, Alabama, this large public school handed out 17 degrees to qualified masters’s health and wellness students in 2020-2021.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 4.8%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%. The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 86%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.
Read full report on General Health & Wellness at University of Alabama at Birmingham
Out of the 4 schools in the Most Well Attended Health and Wellness Major in the Southeast Region for a Master’s that were part of this year’s ranking, Tulane University of Louisiana landed the #4 spot on the list. Tulane is a fairly large private not-for-profit school situated in New Orleans, Louisiana. It awarded 8 masters’s health and wellness degrees in 2020-2021.
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. The low undergrad student loan default rate of 3.1% 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%. Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 92%.
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