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2023 Best Value Allied Health Professions Doctor's Degree Schools in the Southeast Region

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

3 Colleges
$18,691 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$81,880 Avg Salary

Finding the Best Allied Health Professions Doctor's Degree School for You

With 82,308 degrees and certificates handed out in 2020-2021, allied health professions is the #3 most popular major in the United States.

When it comes to higher education, there are a lot of options for healthcare students. You're no longer limited to schools in your local area, either, since online programs are becoming more prevalent. Or you may find the programs at a trade school to be a better alternative for you.

The Best Value Allied Health Professions Doctor's Degree Schools in the Southeast Region ranking is one of many tools that Healthcare Degree Search has developed to help you make your educational decision. Our analysis looked at 3 schools in the Southeast Region to see which doctor's degree programs offered the best value experiences for allied health students with the aim of identifying those quality schools that are more affordable than some of their counterparts.

When determining this ranking, we place a high emphasis on the school's quality as well as its sticker price. Even though a college may be affordable, it may not offer value. Specifically, our score for quality is discounted by the published tuition and fees charged by the given college. This gives the cost per unit of quality for each college. The more quality your dollar buys, the better the value.

Our calculations use out-of-state tuition and fees in our nationwide and regional rankings. For statewide rankings, we use average in-state tuition and fees.

2023 Best Value Allied Health Professions Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region

The following schools top our list of the Best Value Allied Health Professions Doctor's Degree Colleges.

Best Southeast Region Schools for Affordable Quality for a Doctorate in Allied Health Professions

#1

University of Lynchburg

Lynchburg, VA

Our analysis found University of Lynchburg to be the best value school for allied health professions students who want to pursue a doctor’s degree in the Southeast Region . Located in the city of Lynchburg, Lynchburg is a private not-for-profit college with a small student population.

Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at Lynchburg are $11,759 per year.

On top of its placing in our value ranking, Lynchburg also did well on our Best Allied Health Professions Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region list. It’s in the top 10% of all schools reviewed in this analysis.

Full Allied Health Professions at University of Lynchburg Report

A rank of #2 on this year’s list means Lincoln Memorial University is a great value for allied health professions students working on their doctor’s degree. Located in the town of Harrogate, LMU is a private not-for-profit college with a medium-sized student population.

LMU graduate students pay an average of $20,104 in tuition and fees each year.

LMU excels when it comes to quality. It’s ranked in the top 10% of all schools on our Best Allied Health Professions Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region list.

Read full report on Allied Health Professions at Lincoln Memorial University

Out of the 3 schools in the Southeast Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Florida International University landed the # 3 spot on the list. Located in the suburb of Miami, FIU is a public school with a fairly large student population.

FIU graduate students pay an average of $24,211 in tuition and fees each year.

Full Allied Health Professions at Florida International University Report

Best Allied Health Professions Colleges by State

Explore the best allied health professions schools for a specific state in the Southeast region.

State Degrees Awarded
Florida 3,670
North Carolina 1,932
Tennessee 1,213
Georgia 1,299
Kentucky 801
West Virginia 356
Virginia 1,447
Alabama 797
Louisiana 593
Mississippi 504
South Carolina 644
Arkansas 609

Allied Health Professions is one of 30 different types of healthcare programs to choose from.

Allied Health Concentrations

Major Annual Graduates
Emergency Medical Technology/Technician (EMT Paramedic) 26,641
Physician Assistant 11,351
Radiologic Technology 9,790
Surgical Technology 7,583
Respiratory Care Therapy 6,845
Diagnostic Medical Sonography/Sonographer and Ultrasound Technician 5,396
Medical Radiologic Technology/Science - Radiation Therapy 4,850
Athletic Training 3,767
Other Allied Health Diagnostic, Intervention, and Treatment Professions 1,911
Cardiovascular Technology/Technologist 1,405
Nuclear Medical Technology/Technologist 619
Electrocardiograph Technology/Technician 568
Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) Technology 525
Electroneurodiagnostic/Electroencephalographic Technology/Technologist 379
Polysomnography 302
Perfusion Technology/Perfusionist 138
Mammography Technician/Technology 69
Radiation Protection/Health Physics Technician 51
Cardiopulmonary Technology 40
Hearing Instrument Specialist 32
Gene/Genetic Therapy 31
Orthopedic Technology 15

Related Major Annual Graduates
Nursing 322,592
Health & Medical Administrative Services 89,359
Allied Health & Medical Assisting Services 84,492
Practical Nursing & Nursing Assistants 84,274
Public Health 40,596

Notes and References

*These averages are for the top 3 schools only.

  • 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 the rest 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).

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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