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2022 Best Value Health Professions Schools for a Master’s in the Southeast Region

8 Ranked Colleges
166 Degrees Awarded
$31,700 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees*
Best Value Health Professions Schools for a Master's in the Southeast Region

Students have lots of options to chooose from today when trying to decide which college to attend. College Factual was founded, in part, to help students make the decision as to what would be the best school for them. Our “Best Value Health Professions Schools for a Master’s in the Southeast Region” ranking is part of that endeavor.

In 2019-2020, 7,767 people earned their degree in other health professions, making the major the 100th most popular in the United States. In 2017-2018, other health professions graduates who were awarded their degree in 2015-2017, earned an average of $39,856 and had an average of $27,421 in loans still to pay off.

Across the Southeast region, there were 1,826 other health professions graduates with average earnings and debt of $35,853 and $34,824 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 166 other health professions graduates with average earnings and debt of $53,950 and $43,286 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Health Professions Schools for a Master’s in the Southeast Region” ranking looked at 8 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in other health professions. The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great other health professions 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 other health professions program at the school and the cost of the school after aid is awarded among other things. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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Best Value Health Professions Schools for a Master’s in the Southeast Region

The colleges and universities below are the best for southeast region master’s degree health professions students.

Top 8 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Other Health Professions in the Southeast Region

#1

University of North Carolina at Wilmington

Wilmington, North Carolina
#2 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of North Carolina at Wilmington. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Health Professions Schools for a Master’s in the Southeast Region list. University of North Carolina at Wilmington is a fairly large public school situated in Wilmington, North Carolina. It awarded 18 masters’s health professions degrees in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at UNCW, the school also landed the #2 spot in our “Best Other Health Professions Master’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at UNCW are $21,286, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Read full report on Other Health Professions at University of North Carolina at Wilmington

#5 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Eastern Virginia Medical School. The school came in at #2 for the Best Value Health Professions Schools for a Master’s in the Southeast Region. Norfolk, Virginia is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The public school handed out masters’s health professions degrees to 18 students in 2019-2020.

Eastern Virginia Medical School also took the #5 spot in our “Best Other Health Professions Master’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” ranking. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at Eastern Virginia Medical School are $25,188.

Full Eastern Virginia Medical School Other Health Professions Report

#3

East Tennessee State University

Johnson City, Tennessee
#6 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend East Tennessee State University. The school came in at #3 for the Best Value Health Professions Schools for a Master’s in the Southeast Region. Johnson City, Tennessee is the setting for this fairly large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out masters’s health professions degrees to 7 students in 2019-2020.

ETSU did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #6 on our “Best Other Health Professions Master’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 ETSU are $25,679.

Full ETSU Other Health Professions Report

#4 in overall quality

Out of the 8 schools in the Best Value Health Professions Schools for a Master’s in the Southeast Region that were part of this year’s ranking, The University of Tennessee - Knoxville landed the #4 spot on the list. Located in Knoxville, Tennessee, this large public school handed out 5 diplomas to qualified masters’s health professions students in 2019-2020.

UT Knoxville did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #4 on our “Best Other Health Professions Master’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 The University of Tennessee - Knoxville are $31,798.

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#5

University of Virginia - Main Campus

Charlottesville, Virginia
#3 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Virginia - Main Campus. It ranked #5 on our 2022 Best Value Health Professions Schools for a Master’s in the Southeast Region list. University of Virginia - Main Campus is a large school located in Charlottesville, Virginia that handed out 8 masters’s health professions degrees in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at University of Virginia, the school also landed the #3 spot in our “Best Other Health Professions Master’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” ranking. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at University of Virginia are $32,394.

Read full report on Other Health Professions at University of Virginia - Main Campus

#6

Georgia State University

Atlanta, Georgia

With a ranking of #6, Georgia State University did quite well on the 2022 Best Value Health Professions Schools for a Master’s in the Southeast Region list. Georgia State is a large public school situated in Atlanta, Georgia. It awarded 45 masters’s health professions degrees in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our southeast region master’s degree health professions students list, Georgia State has also earned the #8 rank in our “Best Other Health Professions Master’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at Georgia State University are $24,790, but some majors have different tuition rates.

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#7

The University of Alabama

Tuscaloosa, Alabama

With a ranking of #7, The University of Alabama did quite well on the 2022 Best Value Health Professions Schools for a Master’s in the Southeast Region list. Located in Tuscaloosa, Alabama, this large public school awarded 32 diplomas to qualified masters’s health professions students in 2019-2020.

UA also made our “Best Other Health Professions Master’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” list, coming in at #7. Average graduate tuition and fees at The University of Alabama are $30,940, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Full The University of Alabama Other Health Professions Report

#8

Tulane University of Louisiana

New Orleans, Louisiana

Tulane University of Louisiana landed the #8 spot on the 2022 Best Value Health Professions Schools for a Master’s in the Southeast Region ranking. Tulane University of Louisiana is located in New Orleans, Louisiana and, has a fairly large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 32 masters’s health professions degrees to qualified students.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at Tulane, the school also landed the #1 spot in our “Best Other Health Professions Master’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at Tulane University of Louisiana are $61,176, but some majors have different tuition rates.

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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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