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2023 Most Popular Alternative Medicine & Systems Doctor's Degree Schools

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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 Most Popular Alternative Medicine & Systems Doctor's Degree Schools ranking. Our analysis looked at 33 schools in the United States to see which doctor's degree programs were the most popular for healthcare students. To create this ranking we looked at how many students graduated from the Alternative Medicine & Systems program at each school on the list.

Check out the alternative medicine doctor's degree programs at these schools if you want to attend one of the most popular in the United States.

Our 2023 rankings named Pacific College of Health and Science the most popular school in the United States for alternative medicine and systems students working on their doctor’s degree. Located in the large city of San Diego, Pacific College San Diego is a private for-profit school with a small student population.

About 81% of the students majoring in alternative medicine at the school are women while 19% are male.

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#2

Bastyr University

Kenmore, WA

Out of the 33 schools in the United States that were part of this year’s ranking, Bastyr University landed the # 2 spot on the list. Located in the large suburb of Kenmore, Bastyr University is a private not-for-profit college with a fairly small student population.

Of the 127 students majoring in alternative medicine at Bastyr University, 17% are male and 83% are female.

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#3

Five Branches University

Santa Cruz, CA

The in-demand doctor’s degree programs at Five Branches University helped the school earn the #3 place on this year’s ranking of the most popular alternative medicine and systems schools in the United States. Located in the midsize suburb of Santa Cruz, Five Branches U is a private for-profit school with a small student population.

Women make up 72% of the alternative medicine majors at the school.

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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend National University of Natural Medicine. It ranked #4 on our 2023 Most Popular Alternative Medicine & Systems Doctor’s Degree Schools list. NUNM is a small private not-for-profit school located in the large city of Portland.

About 86% of the students majoring in alternative medicine at the school are women while 14% are male.

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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Southwest College of Naturopathic Medicine & Health Sciences. It ranked #5 on our 2023 Most Popular Alternative Medicine & Systems Doctor’s Degree Schools list. SCNM is a fairly small private not-for-profit school located in the midsize city of Tempe.

Of the 65 students majoring in alternative medicine at SCNM, 25% are male and 75% are female.

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California Institute of Integral Studies ranked #6 on this year’s Most Popular Alternative Medicine & Systems Doctor’s Degree Schools list. Located in the large city of San Francisco, CIIS is a private not-for-profit school with a small student population.

About 84% of the students majoring in alternative medicine at the school are women while 16% are male.

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National University of Health Sciences landed the #7 spot in the 2023 rankings for the most popular doctor’s degree alternative medicine and systems programs. Located in the large suburb of Lombard, National College of Chiropractic is a private not-for-profit college with a fairly small student population.

Women make up 66% of the alternative medicine majors at the school.

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Virginia University of Integrative Medicine came in at #8 in this year’s edition of the Most Popular Alternative Medicine & Systems Doctor’s Degree Schools ranking. Located in the large suburb of Fairfax, VUIM is a private not-for-profit college with a small student population.

About 56% of the students majoring in alternative medicine at the school are women while 44% are male.

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Won Institute of Graduate Studies did quite well in this year’s ranking of the most popular places for alternative medicine and systems students to get a doctor’s degree. It came in at #9 on the list. Won Institute of Graduate Studies is a small private not-for-profit school located in the suburb of Glenside.

About 71% of the students majoring in alternative medicine at the school are women while 29% are male.

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#10

University of Bridgeport

Bridgeport, CT

University of Bridgeport landed the #10 spot in the 2023 rankings for the most popular doctor’s degree alternative medicine and systems programs. Located in the midsize city of Bridgeport, UBridgeport is a private not-for-profit school with a small student population.

Of the 20 students majoring in alternative medicine at UBridgeport, 35% are male and 65% are female.

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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 25 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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