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2023 Best Value Medical Science Doctor's Degree Schools in the Southeast Region

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

3 Colleges
$31,757 Avg Tuition & Fees*

Finding the Best Medical Science Doctor's Degree School for You

Out of all the majors we analyze each year, medical science was ranked #25 in the country. In fact 909 degrees and certificates were handed out in 2020-2021.

When it comes to higher education, there are a lot of options for healthcare students. With more and more schools offering online options, you could even register for a great program on the other side of the country. On top of that, there are a considerable number of trade schools that offer fast-track entry to many fields.

To assist you in seeing some of the education options that are available to you, Healthcare Degree Search has created its Best Value Medical Science Doctor's Degree Schools in the Southeast Region ranking. Our analysis looked at 3 schools in the Southeast Region to see which doctor's degree programs offered the best value experiences for medical science 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 Medical Science Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region

The following schools top our list of the Best Value Medical Science Doctor's Degree Colleges.

Best Southeast Region Schools for Affordable Quality for a Doctorate in Medical Science

#1

West Virginia University

Morgantown, WV

Our 2023 rankings named West Virginia University the best value school in the Southeast Region for medical science students working on their doctor’s degree. Located in the small city of Morgantown, WVU is a public college with a fairly large student population.

Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at WVU are $26,676 per year.

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#2

University of Kentucky

Lexington, KY

A rank of #2 on this year’s list means University of Kentucky is a great value for medical science students working on their doctor’s degree. Located in the city of Lexington, UK is a public school with a fairly large student population.

UK graduate students pay an average of $33,548 in tuition and fees each year.

Read full report on Medical Science at University of Kentucky

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Louisiana State University and Agricultural & Mechanical College. The school came in at #3 on this year’s Best Value Medical Science Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region list. Louisiana State University is a very large public school located in the city of Baton Rouge.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at Louisiana State University are $29,966 a year.

Read full report on Medical Science at Louisiana State University and Agricultural & Mechanical College

Best Medical Science Colleges by State

Explore the best medical science schools for a specific state in the Southeast region.

State Degrees Awarded
Florida 9
North Carolina 8
Tennessee 11
Georgia 33
Kentucky 4
West Virginia 13
Louisiana 10
Mississippi 3
South Carolina 9

One of 30 majors within the healthcare area of study, medical science has other similar majors worth exploring.

Medical Science Concentrations

Major Annual Graduates
Medical Scientist 853
Clinical and Translational Science 52
Temporomandibular Disorders and Orofacial Pain 4

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 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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