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. College Factual was founded, in part, to help students make the decision as to what would be the best school for them. Our “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Health Professions Major in the Southeast Region” ranking is part of that endeavor.
In 2020-2021, 7,984 people earned their degree in other health professions, making the major the 102nd most popular in the United States. In 2019-2020, other health professions graduates who were awarded their degree in 2017-2019, earned an average of $45,061 and had an average of $24,616 in loans still to pay off.
Across the Southeast region, there were 2,223 other health professions graduates with average earnings and debt of $38,710 and $23,124 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 187 other health professions graduates with average earnings and debt of $55,213 and $0 respectively.
This year’s “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Health Professions Major in the Southeast Region” ranking analyzed 12 colleges that offered a degree in other health professions. The colleges and universities that top this list are recognized because their other health professions program is one of the largest majors offered at the school.
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The colleges and universities below are the best for southeast region master’s degree health professions students.
Out of the 12 schools in the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Health Professions Major in the Southeast Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Life University landed the #1 spot on the list. Life University is located in Marietta, Georgia and, has a small student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 25 masters’s health professions degrees to qualified students.
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 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Health Professions Major in the Southeast Region. Eastern Virginia Medical School is a small public school situated in Norfolk, Virginia. It awarded 16 masters’s health professions 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. The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 0.5%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
Read full report on Other Health Professions at Eastern Virginia Medical School
Out of the 12 schools in the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Health Professions Major in the Southeast Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Georgia State University landed the #3 spot on the list. Atlanta, Georgia is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out masters’s health professions degrees to 69 students in 2020-2021.
Read full report on Other Health Professions at Georgia State
Out of the 12 schools in the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Health Professions Major in the Southeast Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Tulane University of Louisiana landed the #4 spot on the list. This fairly large school is located in New Orleans, Louisiana, and it awarded 24 masters’s health professions degrees in 2020-2021.
The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 92%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 3.1%, which is much lower than the national 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.
Out of the 12 schools in the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Health Professions Major in the Southeast Region that were part of this year’s ranking, University of North Carolina at Wilmington landed the #5 spot on the list. University of North Carolina at Wilmington is a public institution located in Wilmington, North Carolina. The school has a fairly large population, and it awarded 19 masters’s degrees in 2020-2021.
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%.
Full University of North Carolina at Wilmington Other Health Professions Report
With a ranking of #6, The University of Alabama did quite well on the 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Health Professions Major in the Southeast Region list. Tuscaloosa, Alabama is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out masters’s health professions degrees to 25 students in 2020-2021.
The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 87%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. The low undergrad student loan default rate of 4.0% 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%.
University of Virginia - Main Campus ranked #7 on this year’s Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Health Professions Major in the Southeast Region list. University of Virginia is located in Charlottesville, Virginia and, has a large student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 7 masters’s health professions degrees to qualified students.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 0.7% 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%. The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 97%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.
Full University of Virginia - Main Campus Other Health Professions Report
East Tennessee State University landed the #8 spot on the 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Health Professions Major in the Southeast Region ranking. ETSU is a public institution located in Johnson City, Tennessee. The school has a fairly large population, and it awarded 2 masters’s degrees in 2020-2021.
Full East Tennessee State University Other Health Professions Report
The University of Tennessee - Knoxville ranked #9 on this year’s Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Health Professions Major in the Southeast Region list. The University of Tennessee - Knoxville is a large school located in Knoxville, Tennessee that handed out 0 masters’s health professions degrees in 2020-2021.
Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 89%. The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 3.1%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
Read more about Other Health Professions at The University of Tennessee - Knoxville
With a ranking of #9, Brenau University did quite well on the 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Health Professions Major in the Southeast Region list. Brenau is a small private not-for-profit school situated in Gainesville, Georgia. It awarded 0 masters’s health professions degrees in 2020-2021.
Read more about Other Health Professions at Brenau University
With a ranking of #9, Jacksonville University did quite well on the 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Health Professions Major in the Southeast Region list. Jacksonville, Florida is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out masters’s health professions degrees to 3 students in 2020-2021.
Read more about Other Health Professions at Jacksonville University
Radford University came in at #9 in this year’s edition of the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Health Professions Major in the Southeast Region ranking. This medium-sized school is located in Radford, Virginia, and it awarded 23 masters’s health professions degrees in 2020-2021.
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