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2023 Best Value Alternative Medicine & Systems Doctor's Degree Schools

Identifying Quality Schools at More Affordable Prices

16 Colleges
$18,374 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$32,370 Avg Salary

Finding the Best Alternative Medicine & Systems Doctor's Degree School for You

In 2020-2021, 3,564 people earned a degree or certificate in alternative medicine and systems, making the major the #19 most popular in the United States.

Today's healthcare students have lots of options to pick from when considering higher education opportunities. Along with traditional schools that require in-person attendence, you can attend one of many reputable online schools. Some programs even offer a hybrid experience. Alternatively, you may choose a trade school that prepares you to enter the workforce with knowledge in a specific field.

To help you arm yourself with the information you need to make your decision, Healthcare Degree Search has developed this Best Value Alternative Medicine & Systems Doctor's Degree Schools ranking. Our analysis looked at 16 schools in the United States to see which doctor's degree programs offered the best value experiences for alternative medicine students with the aim of identifying those quality schools that are more affordable than some of their counterparts.

Our ranking of value is based on the quality of a program as defined in our per sticker price dollar. More specifically, we discount our quality score by the published tuition and fees charged by a school. This gives the cost per unit of quality for each college. The value is determined by how much quality your dollar buys.

In our regional and nationwide rankings, out-of-state tution and fees are used in our calculations. Average in-state tuition and fees are used for our statewide rankings.

2023 Best Value Alternative Medicine & Systems Doctor’s Degree Schools in the United States

The colleges and universities below are the best value schools for alternative medicine majors pursuing a doctor's degree.

Top 10 Best Alternative Medicine & Systems Doctor's Degree Schools

Our analysis found Pacific College of Health and Science to be the best value school for alternative medicine and systems students who want to pursue a doctor’s degree in the United States. Located in the city of San Diego, Pacific College San Diego is a private for-profit college with a small student population.

Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at Pacific College San Diego are $12,668 per year.

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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Universidad del Turabo. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Best Value Alternative Medicine & Systems Doctor’s Degree Schools list. Universidad del Turabo is a fairly large private not-for-profit school located in the suburb of Gurabo.

Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at Universidad del Turabo are $3,552 per year.

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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Northwestern Health Sciences University. The school came in at #3 on this year’s Best Value Alternative Medicine & Systems Doctor’s Degree Schools list. NWHSU is a small private not-for-profit school located in the small city of Bloomington.

NWHSU graduate students pay an average of $11,716 in tuition and fees each year.

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The excellent doctor’s degree programs at California Institute of Integral Studies helped the school earn the #4 place on this year’s ranking of the best value alternative medicine and systems schools in the United States. Located in the large city of San Francisco, CIIS is a private not-for-profit school with a small student population.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at CIIS are $22,188 a year.

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Out of the 16 schools in the United States that were part of this year’s ranking, Massachusetts College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences landed the # 5 spot on the list. MCPHS University is a moderately-sized private not-for-profit school located in the city of Boston.

Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at MCPHS University are $24,060 per year.

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Pacific College of Health and Science did quite well in this year’s ranking of the best places for alternative medicine and systems students to get a doctor’s degree. It came in at #6 on the list. Pacific College Chicago is a small private for-profit school located in the city of Chicago.

Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at Pacific College Chicago are $13,020 per year.

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National University of Natural Medicine ranked #7 on this year’s Best Value Alternative Medicine & Systems Doctor’s Degree Schools list. NUNM is a fairly small private not-for-profit school located in the large city of Portland.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at NUNM are $18,271 a year.

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Maryland University of Integrative Health landed the #8 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best value doctor’s degree alternative medicine and systems programs. Located in the large suburb of Laurel, MUIH is a private not-for-profit school with a small student population.

MUIH graduate students pay an average of $15,363 in tuition and fees each year.

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National University of Health Sciences landed the #9 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best value doctor’s degree alternative medicine and systems programs. Located in the suburb of Lombard, National College of Chiropractic is a private not-for-profit college with a fairly small student population.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at National College of Chiropractic are $25,704 a year.

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#10

Bastyr University

Kenmore, WA

Bastyr University did quite well in this year’s ranking of the best places for alternative medicine and systems students to get a doctor’s degree. It came in at #10 on the list. Located in the suburb of Kenmore, Bastyr University is a private not-for-profit college with a fairly small student population.

Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at Bastyr University are $29,517 per year.

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Alternative Medicine & Systems by Region

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One of 30 majors within the healthcare area of study, alternative medicine and systems has other similar majors worth exploring.

Alternative Medicine Focus Areas

Major Annual Graduates
Acupuncture and Oriental Medicine 1,930
Holistic/Integrative Health 521
General Alternative and Complementary Medicine and Medical Systems 410
Naturopathic Medicine/Naturopathy 329
Traditional Chinese Medicine and Chinese Herbology 152
Ayurvedic Medicine/Ayurveda 138
Other Alternative and Complementary Medicine and Medical Systems 84

Majors Similar to Alternative Medicine

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
Allied Health Professions 82,308

Notes and References

*These averages are for the top 16 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).
  • Credit for the banner image above goes to Aphiwat chuangchoem.

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