2023 Best Value Allied Health Professions Bachelor's Degree Schools in the Southeast Region
Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing
Finding the Best Allied Health Professions Bachelor's Degree School for You
Out of all the majors we analyze each year, allied health professions was ranked #18 in the country. In fact 82,308 degrees and certificates were handed out in 2020-2021.
Today's students have lots of options to pick from when considering higher education opportunities. 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.
Along with in-depth profiles of schools and the programs they offer, Course Advisor has created the Best Value Allied Health Professions Bachelor's Degree Schools in the Southeast Region to help you in your search for the best school for you. Our analysis looked at 88 schools in the Southeast Region to see which bachelor's degree programs offered the best value experiences for allied health 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.
Top 15% Best Allied Health Professions Bachelor's Degree Schools
Our 2023 rankings named Columbia Southern University the best value school in the Southeast Region for allied health professions students working on their bachelor’s degree. Located in the fringe town of Orange Beach, Columbia Southern University is a private for-profit school with a large student population.
Columbia Southern University undergraduate students pay an average of $5,775 in tuition and fees each year. Allied Health majors at Columbia Southern University take out an average of $26,595 in student loans while working on their Bachelor's Degree.
Columbia Southern University excels when it comes to quality. It’s ranked in the top 5% of all schools on our Best Allied Health Professions Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region list.
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A rank of #2 on this year’s list means Western Carolina University is a great value for allied health professions students working on their bachelor’s degree. WCU is a large public school located in the distant town of Cullowhee.
Out-of-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at WCU are $8,367 per year. After completing their Bachelor's Degree, allied health graduates from WCU carry an average student debtload of $23,761. When it comes time to repay the loan, graduates who are on a 10-year repayment plan pay an average monthly payment of $194.
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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Valencia College. The school came in at #3 on this year’s Best Value Allied Health Professions Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region list. Located in the city of Orlando, Valencia College is a public college with a fairly large student population.
The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state undergraduate student at Valencia College are $9,383 a year. While working on their Bachelor's Degree, allied health majors at Valencia College accumulate an average of around $23,578 in student debt.
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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences. The school came in at #4 on this year’s Best Value Allied Health Professions Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region list. Located in the city of Little Rock, UAMS is a public school with a small student population.
The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state undergraduate student at UAMS are $15,976 a year. The average amount in student loans that allied health majors at UAMS take out while working on their Bachelor's Degree is $26,207.
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A rank of #5 on this year’s list means University of North Carolina at Pembroke is a great value for allied health professions students working on their bachelor’s degree. Located in the distant town of Pembroke, UNC Pembroke is a public school with a medium-sized student population.
The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state undergraduate student at UNC Pembroke are $7,495 a year.
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Middle Georgia State University landed the #6 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best value bachelor’s degree allied health professions programs. Located in the medium-sized city of Macon, Middle Georgia State University is a public college with a medium-sized student population.
Out-of-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at Middle Georgia State University are $11,389 per year.
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AdventHealth University landed the #7 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best value bachelor’s degree allied health professions programs. AHU is a small private not-for-profit school located in the large city of Orlando.
The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state undergraduate student at AHU are $20,340 a year. The average amount in student loans that allied health majors at AHU take out while working on their Bachelor's Degree is $29,566.
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Henderson State University ranked #8 on this year’s Best Value Allied Health Professions Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region list. Henderson State University is a small public school located in the distant town of Arkadelphia.
The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state undergraduate student at Henderson State University are $9,768 a year.
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With a ranking of #9, Baptist Memorial College of Health Sciences did quite well on this year’s best value schools for allied health professions students working on their bachelor’s degree. Located in the city of Memphis, Baptist College of Health Sciences is a private not-for-profit school with a fairly small student population.
Out-of-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at Baptist College of Health Sciences are $12,572 per year. The average monthly payment of a loan this size is about $204, assuming that the borrower is on a 10-year repayment plan.
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With a ranking of #10, Dalton State College did quite well on this year’s best value schools for allied health professions students working on their bachelor’s degree. Located in the city of Dalton, DSC is a public college with a small student population.
Out-of-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at DSC are $10,589 per year.
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Arkansas State University - Main Campus did quite well in this year’s ranking of the best places for allied health professions students to get a bachelor’s degree. It came in at #11 on the list. Located in the small city of Jonesboro, A-State is a public college with a large student population.
Out-of-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at A-State are $12,698 per year. After completing their Bachelor's Degree, allied health graduates from A-State carry an average student debtload of $23,099.
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Florida SouthWestern State College ranked #12 on this year’s Best Value Allied Health Professions Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region list. Located in the suburb of Fort Myers, FSW is a public school with a large student population.
Out-of-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at FSW are $12,979 per year.
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University of North Carolina at Charlotte did quite well in this year’s ranking of the best places for allied health professions students to get a bachelor’s degree. It came in at #13 on the list. UNC Charlotte is a fairly large public school located in the large city of Charlotte.
UNC Charlotte undergraduate students pay an average of $20,622 in tuition and fees each year. On average, allied health graduates from UNC Charlotte take out $22,813 in student loans while working on their Bachelor's Degree.
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These are some additional schools worth mentioning that are also great but just didn't quite make the cut to earn our top Best Value Allied Health Professions Bachelor's Degree Schools in the Southeast Region award.
Rank | College | Location |
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14 | Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center - Shreveport | Shreveport, LA |
15 | University of Southern Mississippi | Hattiesburg, MS |
16 | Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center - New Orleans | New Orleans, LA |
17 | East Tennessee State University | Johnson City, TN |
Best Allied Health Professions Colleges by State
Explore the best allied health professions schools for a specific state in the Southeast region.
State | Degrees Awarded |
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Georgia | 1,299 |
Virginia | 1,447 |
North Carolina | 1,932 |
Florida | 3,670 |
Tennessee | 1,213 |
Kentucky | 801 |
South Carolina | 644 |
Louisiana | 593 |
Arkansas | 609 |
Alabama | 797 |
Mississippi | 504 |
West Virginia | 356 |
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Majors Related to Allied Health
One of 30 majors within the area of study, allied health professions has other similar majors worth exploring.
Most Popular Majors Related to Allied Health
Related Major | Annual Graduates |
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Nursing | 322,592 |
Health & Medical Administrative Services | 89,359 |
Allied Health & Medical Assisting Services | 84,492 |
Practical Nursing & Nursing Assistants | 84,274 |
Public Health | 40,596 |
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).
More about our data sources and methodologies.