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2023 Most Popular Alternative Medicine & Systems Schools in Virginia

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Finding the Best Alternative Medicine & Systems School for You

In 2020-2021, 91 degrees and certificates were awarded to alternative medicine and systems students who went to a Virginia college or university. This makes it the #17 most popular major in the state.

There are lots of options to pick from today when trying to decide which healthcare program is right for you. You can choose a traditional brick and mortar school, or with the growth of online education, you can attend a school half-way across the country without even leaving your house. Also there are many trade schools that offer short-term programs that open up more career options.

To assist you in seeing some of the education options that are available to you, Healthcare Degree Search has created its Most Popular Alternative Medicine & Systems Schools in Virginia ranking. Our analysis looked at 2 schools in Virginia to see which 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 programs at these schools if you want to attend one of the most popular in Virginia.

Our 2023 rankings named Virginia University of Integrative Medicine the most popular school in Virginia for alternative medicine and systems students. VUIM is a fairly small private not-for-profit school located in the suburb of Fairfax.

Read full report on Alternative Medicine & Systems at Virginia University of Integrative Medicine

Out of the 2 schools in Virginia that were part of this year’s ranking, Lotus School of Integrated Professions landed the # 2 spot on the list. Lotus School of Integrated Professions is a small private for-profit school located in the suburb of Henrico.

Full Alternative Medicine & Systems at Lotus School of Integrated Professions Report

Best Alternative Medicine & Systems Colleges in the Southeast Region

Explore all the Most Popular Alternative Medicine & Systems Schools in the Southeast Area or other specific states within that region.

State Degrees Awarded
Florida 234
North Carolina 62
Tennessee 2

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

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 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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