2023 Best Healthcare Master's Degree Schools in the Southeast Region
When it comes to higher education, there are a lot of options for healthcare students. 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. Alternatively, you may choose a trade school or bootcamp that prepares you to enter the workforce with knowledge in a specific field.
To assist you in seeing some of the education options that are available to you, Healthcare Degree Search has created its Best Healthcare Master's Degree Schools in the Southeast Region ranking. Our analysis looked at 206 schools in the Southeast Region to see which master's degree programs offered the best educational experiences for healthcare students. Factors related to overall quality of the school, post-graduation earnings, average student debt, and more accumulated were considered when coming up with this list.
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Top Healthcare Master's Degree Schools in the Southeast Region of the U.S.
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Our analysis found Wake Forest University to be the best school for healthcare students who want to pursue a master’s degree in the Southeast Region .
You may have the opportunity to take online graduate classes at Wake Forest University. In 2019-2020 about 67% of the graduate students at the school chose to take one or more online courses.
Out of the 206 schools in the Southeast Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Vanderbilt University landed the # 2 spot on the list.
Vanderbilt does offer online graduate classes for certain degree levels. During the 2019-2020 year, about 67% of the graduate students at the school took at least one online course.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Duke University. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Best Healthcare Master’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region list.
Some students may be able to take online graduate classes at Duke. During the 2019-2020 year, about 2% of the graduate students at the school took at least one online course.
The excellent master’s degree programs at Elon University helped the school earn the #4 place on this year’s ranking of the best healthcare schools in the Southeast Region .
Out of the 206 schools in the Southeast Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Belmont University landed the # 5 spot on the list.
Online graduate courses are available at Belmont, but you will need to check with the school to see if they are available for your field of interest. During the 2019-2020 year, about 37% of the graduate students at the school took at least one online course.
With a ranking of #6, Virginia Tech did quite well on this year’s best schools for healthcare students working on their master’s degree.
Some students may be able to take online graduate classes at Virginia Tech. In 2019-2020 about 63% of the graduate students at the school chose to take one or more online courses.
Emory University landed the #7 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best master’s degree healthcare programs.
Online graduate courses are available at Emory, but you will need to check with the school to see if they are available for your field of interest. Of all the graduate students enrolled at the school during the 2019-2020 academic year, around 74% took at least some of their classes online.
Milligan University did quite well in this year’s ranking of the best places for healthcare students to get a master’s degree. It came in at #8 on the list.
One thing to take note of is that Milligan does offer online graduate classes in some areas. In 2019-2020 about 16% of the graduate students at the school chose to take one or more online courses.
With a ranking of #9, James Madison University did quite well on this year’s best schools for healthcare students working on their master’s degree.
Some students may be able to take online graduate classes at JMU. To give an idea of how popular online courses are at the school, 68% of graduates took at least one course online in 2019-2020.
With a ranking of #10, Shenandoah University did quite well on this year’s best schools for healthcare students working on their master’s degree.
Depending on your major, you may be able to take online graduate classes at Shenandoah. To give an idea of how popular online courses are at the school, 79% of graduates took at least one course online in 2019-2020.
Wingate University landed the #11 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best master’s degree healthcare programs.
Wingate does have options available for those who want to take online graduate classes. You will need to check with the school to see if they are available for your specific major. Of all the graduate students enrolled at the school during the 2019-2020 academic year, around 18% took at least some of their classes online.
With a ranking of #12, University of Virginia - Main Campus did quite well on this year’s best schools for healthcare students working on their master’s degree.
If you are interested in distance education, be sure to check with the school since University of Virginia does offer online graduate classes for certain majors. Of all the graduate students enrolled at the school during the 2019-2020 academic year, around 75% took at least some of their classes online.
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill ranked #13 on this year’s Best Healthcare Master’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region list.
UNC Chapel Hill does offer online graduate classes for certain degree levels. In fact, around 77% of the graduate population registered for at least one online class in 2019-2020.
With a ranking of #14, Harding University did quite well on this year’s best schools for healthcare students working on their master’s degree.
Online graduate courses are available at Harding, but you will need to check with the school to see if they are available for your field of interest. In fact, around 31% of the graduate population registered for at least one online class in 2019-2020.
Augusta University ranked #15 on this year’s Best Healthcare Master’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region list.
Depending on your major, you may be able to take online graduate classes at Augusta University. In 2019-2020 about 49% of the graduate students at the school chose to take one or more online courses.
Florida Gulf Coast University landed the #16 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best master’s degree healthcare programs.
FGCU does have options available for those who want to take online graduate classes. You will need to check with the school to see if they are available for your specific major. Of all the graduate students enrolled at the school during the 2019-2020 academic year, around 62% took at least some of their classes online.
Sullivan University did quite well in this year’s ranking of the best places for healthcare students to get a master’s degree. It came in at #17 on the list.
Some students may be able to take online graduate classes at Sullivan University. Of all the graduate students enrolled at the school during the 2019-2020 academic year, around 54% took at least some of their classes online.
With a ranking of #18, High Point University did quite well on this year’s best schools for healthcare students working on their master’s degree.
High Point does offer online graduate classes for certain degree levels. Of all the graduate students enrolled at the school during the 2019-2020 academic year, around 12% took at least some of their classes online.
Radford University landed the #19 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best master’s degree healthcare programs.
You may have the opportunity to take online graduate classes at Radford. In 2019-2020 about 87% of the graduate students at the school chose to take one or more online courses.
University of Florida landed the #20 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best master’s degree healthcare programs.
UF does have options available for those who want to take online graduate classes. You will need to check with the school to see if they are available for your specific major. In fact, around 79% of the graduate population registered for at least one online class in 2019-2020.
Alderson Broaddus University landed the #21 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best master’s degree healthcare programs.
Some students may be able to take online graduate classes at Alderson Broaddus University. Of all the graduate students enrolled at the school during the 2019-2020 academic year, around 22% took at least some of their classes online.
Lipscomb University ranked #22 on this year’s Best Healthcare Master’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region list.
Online graduate courses are available at Lipscomb, but you will need to check with the school to see if they are available for your field of interest. During the 2019-2020 year, about 31% of the graduate students at the school took at least one online course.
University of Georgia came in at #23 in this year’s edition of the Best Healthcare Master’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region ranking.
If you are interested in distance education, be sure to check with the school since UGA does offer online graduate classes for certain majors. Of all the graduate students enrolled at the school during the 2019-2020 academic year, around 18% took at least some of their classes online.
Campbell University landed the #24 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best master’s degree healthcare programs.
If you are interested in distance education, be sure to check with the school since Campbell does offer online graduate classes for certain majors. During the 2019-2020 year, about 4% of the graduate students at the school took at least one online course.
Bethel University landed the #25 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best master’s degree healthcare programs.
Bethel does have options available for those who want to take online graduate classes. You will need to check with the school to see if they are available for your specific major. To give an idea of how popular online courses are at the school, 82% of graduates took at least one course online in 2019-2020.
Rest of the Top 15% Best Healthcare Master's Degree Schools in the Southeast Region of the U.S.
Not only did these schools make the top 31 list, but they also landed in the top 15% of this year’s ranking:
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Honorable Mentions
These schools also performed well in our best healthcare schools ranking:
| Rank | School | Location |
|---|---|---|
| 32 | Mary Baldwin University | Staunton, VA |
| 33 | West Liberty University | West Liberty, WV |
| 34 | Samford University | Birmingham, AL |
| 35 | Spalding University | Louisville, KY |
| 36 | The University of Tennessee - Chattanooga | Chattanooga, TN |
| 37 | Auburn University | Auburn, AL |
| 38 | Brenau University | Gainesville, GA |
| 39 | Appalachian State University | Boone, NC |
| 40 | Georgia Institute of Technology - Main Campus | Atlanta, GA |
| 41 | Lincoln Memorial University | Harrogate, TN |
| 42 | John Brown University | Siloam Springs, AR |
Notes and References
Footnotes
*These averages are for the top 25 schools only.
References
- Read more about our ranking methodology.
- 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 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).
- Information about the national average student loan default rate is from the U.S. Department of Education and refers to data about the 2016 borrower cohort tracking period for which the cohort default rate (CDR) was 10.1%.
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