2022 Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Medical Science in the Southeast Region

It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. College Factual has developed its “Best Value Medical Science Schools for a Doctorate in the Southeast Region” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.

Medical Science is the 254th most popular major in the country with 842 degrees awarded in 2019-2020. In 2017-2018, medical science graduates who were awarded their degree in 2015-2017, earned an average of $150,200 and had an average of $85,505 in loans still to pay off.

Across the Southeast region, there were 118 medical science graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the doctor’s degree level specifically, there were 14 medical science graduates with average earnings and debt of $71,978 and $116,300 respectively.

The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great medical science programs and cost less that schools of similar quality.

Some of the factors we look at when determining these rankings are overall quality of the medical science program at the school and the cost of the school after aid is awarded among other things. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

One Size Does Not Fit All

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 “Best Value Medical Science Schools for a Doctorate in the Southeast Region” list to help you make the college decision.

You can create your own custom comparison that focuses on the factors most important to you using our tool, College Combat. Test it out by comparing your favorite schools against others you are considering, or bookmark the tool so you can experiment with it later.

Best Value Medical Science Schools for a Doctorate in the Southeast Region

The colleges and universities below are the best for southeast region doctor’s degree medical science students.

Top 2 Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Medical Science in the Southeast Region

#1

Louisiana State University and Agricultural & Mechanical College

Baton Rouge, Louisiana

#1 in overall quality

$29,970 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Louisiana State University and Agricultural & Mechanical College. The school came in at #1 for the Best Value Medical Science Schools for a Doctorate in the Southeast Region. This large school is located in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, and it awarded 12 doctorate’s medical science degrees in 2019-2020.

Louisiana State University also took the #1 spot in our “Best Medical Science Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at Louisiana State University are $29,970, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Read more about Medical Science at Louisiana State University and Agricultural & Mechanical College

#2

University of Kentucky

Lexington, Kentucky

#2 in overall quality

$33,216 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Kentucky. The school came in at #2 for the Best Value Medical Science Schools for a Doctorate in the Southeast Region. Located in Lexington, Kentucky, this large public school handed out 2 degrees to qualified doctorate’s medical science students in 2019-2020.

UK did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #2 on our “Best Medical Science Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” list. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at University of Kentucky are $33,216.

Read more about Medical Science at UK

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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

• *Average salary, average net price, and average tuition and fees 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.

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