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2023 Best Value Alternative Medicine & Systems Master's Degree Schools in the Plains States Region

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

2 Colleges
$14,738 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$25,701 Avg Salary

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

Alternative Medicine & Systems is the #19 most popular major in the country with 3,564 degrees and certificates awarded in 2020-2021.

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 Alternative Medicine & Systems Master's Degree Schools in the Plains States Region ranking is one of many tools that Healthcare Degree Search has developed to help you make your educational decision. This report analyzed 2 schools in the Plains States Region to see which ones offered the best value master's degree programs for alternative medicine students. The goal was to highlight schools with more affordable prices than others offering similar quality experiences.

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 Alternative Medicine & Systems Master’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region

Check out the alternative medicine master's degree programs at these schools if you want to get the best value for your educational dollar.

Best Plains States Region Schools for Affordable Quality for a Master's in Alternative Medicine & Systems

#1

St Catherine University

Saint Paul, MN

Our analysis found St Catherine University to be the best value school for alternative medicine and systems students who want to pursue a master’s degree in the Plains States Region . St. Kate's is a small private not-for-profit school located in the city of Saint Paul.

Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at St. Kate’s are $17,760 per year.

Full Alternative Medicine & Systems at St Catherine University Report

The excellent master’s degree programs at Northwestern Health Sciences University helped the school earn the #2 place on this year’s ranking of the best value alternative medicine and systems schools in the Plains States Region . Located in the city of Bloomington, NWHSU is a private not-for-profit school with a small student population.

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

Full Alternative Medicine & Systems at Northwestern Health Sciences University Report

Best Alternative Medicine & Systems Colleges by State

Explore the best alternative medicine and systems schools for a specific state in the Plains States region.

State Degrees Awarded
Minnesota 96
Iowa 41
Nebraska 5

Alternative Medicine & Systems is one of 30 different types of healthcare programs to choose from.

Alternative Medicine Concentrations

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

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 2 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.

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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