2023 Best Value Healthcare Doctor's Degree Schools in Georgia
Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Prices
With all the healthcare programs available today, it can be tough to choose which one is the best for you. 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 or bootcamp to be a better alternative for you.
The Best Value Healthcare Doctor's Degree Schools in Georgia ranking is one of many tools that Healthcare Degree Search has developed to help you make your educational decision. This report analyzed 8 schools in Georgia to see which ones offered the best value doctor's degree programs for healthcare students. The goal was to highlight schools with more affordable prices than others offering similar quality experiences.
This ranking is not just a list of inexpensive schools. We also consider each school's quality, since we believe a low-quality school may not be a 'bargain' at any price. 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.
For nationwide and regional rankings, we use out-of-state tuition and fees in our calculations. For statewide rankings, we use average in-state tuition and fees.
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Top Value Healthcare Doctor's Degree Schools in Georgia
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Our analysis found University of North Georgia to be the best value school for healthcare students who want to pursue a doctor’s degree in Georgia. UNG is located in Dahlonega, Georgia and has a fairly large student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 41 doctor’s degrees to qualified students.
Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at UNG are $18,354 per year.
UNG does offer online graduate classes for certain degree levels. In 2019-2020 about 66% of the graduate students at the school chose to take one or more online courses.
In addition to its best value ranking, and one of the reasons why the school is on the list, UNG is ranked #4 for overall quality in Georgia.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Augusta University. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Best Value Healthcare Doctor’s Degree Schools in Georgia list. Augusta, Georgia is the setting for this medium-sized institution of higher learning. The public school handed out doctor’s degrees to 465 students in 2020-2021.
Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at Augusta University are $20,712 per year.
Online graduate courses are available at Augusta University, 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 49% of the graduate students at the school took at least one online course.
Augusta University not only placed well in our value ranking, but it is also #5 on our Best Healthcare Doctor’s Degree Schools in Georgia list.
The excellent doctor’s degree programs at University of Georgia helped the school earn the #3 place on this year’s ranking of the best value healthcare schools in Georgia. This large public school is located in Athens, Georgia, and it awarded 149 doctor’s degrees in 2020-2021.
UGA graduate students pay an average of $27,464 in tuition and fees each year.
UGA does offer online graduate classes for certain degree levels. To give an idea of how popular online courses are at the school, 18% of graduates took at least one course online in 2019-2020.
UGA also took the #1 spot in our Best Healthcare Doctor’s Degree Schools in Georgia rankings.
The excellent doctor’s degree programs at Georgia Southern University helped the school earn the #4 place on this year’s ranking of the best value healthcare schools in Georgia. GaSou is a large public school situated in Statesboro, Georgia. It awarded 85 doctor’s degrees in 2020-2021.
GaSou graduate students pay an average of $22,004 in tuition and fees each year.
If you are interested in distance education, be sure to check with the school since GaSou does offer online graduate classes for certain majors. During the 2019-2020 year, about 74% of the graduate students at the school took at least one online course.
Out of the 8 schools in Georgia that were part of this year’s value ranking, Georgia State University landed the # 5 spot on the list. Georgia State is a large public school situated in Atlanta, Georgia. It awarded 70 doctor’s degrees in 2020-2021.
Georgia State graduate students pay an average of $24,790 in tuition and fees each year.
Online graduate courses are available at Georgia State, but you will need to check with the school to see if they are available for your field of interest. In fact, around 71% of the graduate population registered for at least one online class in 2019-2020.
Brenau University did quite well in this year’s ranking of the best value places for healthcare students to get a doctor’s degree. It came in at #6 on the list. Gainesville, Georgia is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out doctor’s degrees to 44 students in 2020-2021.
Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at Brenau are $13,940 per year.
Depending on your major, you may be able to take online graduate classes at Brenau. During the 2019-2020 year, about 56% of the graduate students at the school took at least one online course.
Brenau also made our Best Healthcare Doctor’s Degree Schools in Georgia list, coming in at #3.
Mercer University came in at #7 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Healthcare Doctor’s Degree Schools in Georgia ranking. Mercer University is a medium-sized private not-for-profit school located in Macon, Georgia that handed out 315 doctor’s degrees in 2020-2021.
Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at Mercer are $15,544 per year.
Some students may be able to take online graduate classes at Mercer. In fact, around 46% of the graduate population registered for at least one online class in 2019-2020.
Emory University ranked #8 on this year’s Best Value Healthcare Doctor’s Degree Schools in Georgia list. Atlanta, Georgia is the setting for this fairly large institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out doctor’s degrees to 219 students in 2020-2021.
Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at Emory are $45,684 per year.
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. In fact, around 74% of the graduate population registered for at least one online class in 2019-2020.
Emory also took the #2 spot in our Best Healthcare Doctor’s Degree Schools in Georgia rankings.
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Notes and References
Footnotes
*These averages are for the top 8 schools only.
References
- 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%.
More about our data sources and methodologies.
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