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2023 Best Value Alternative Medicine & Systems Graduate Certificate Schools

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

11 Colleges
$23,703 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$87,124 Avg Salary

Finding the Best Alternative Medicine & Systems Graduate Certificate School for You

In 2020-2021, 3,564 people earned a degree or certificate in alternative medicine and systems, making the major the #164 most popular in the United States.

It's not easy to decide which program to enroll in when you have so many options available. 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 to be a better alternative for you.

The Best Value Alternative Medicine & Systems Graduate Certificate Schools ranking is one of many tools that Course Advisor has developed to help you make your educational decision. Our analysis looked at 11 schools in the United States to see which graduate certificate programs offered the best value experiences for alternative medicine students with the aim of identifying those quality schools that are more affordable than some of their counterparts.

Our ranking of value is based on the quality of a program as defined in our per sticker price dollar. 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.

In our regional and nationwide rankings, out-of-state tution and fees are used in our calculations. For statewide rankings, we use average in-state tuition and fees.

2023 Best Value Alternative Medicine & Systems Graduate Certificate Schools in the United States

The colleges and universities below are the best value schools for alternative medicine majors pursuing a graduate certificate.

Top 10 Best Alternative Medicine & Systems Graduate Certificate Schools

Our 2023 rankings named New York College of Traditional Chinese Medicine the best value school in the United States for alternative medicine and systems students working on their graduate certificate. Located in the large suburb of Mineola, New York Institute of Chinese Medicine is a private not-for-profit school with a fairly small student population.

New York Institute of Chinese Medicine graduate students pay an average of $18,788 in tuition and fees each year.

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#2

St Catherine University

Saint Paul, MN

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend St Catherine University. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Best Value Alternative Medicine & Systems Graduate Certificate Schools list. St. Kate's is a small private not-for-profit school located in the city of Saint Paul.

St. Kate’s graduate students pay an average of $17,760 in tuition and fees each year.

As a testament to the quality of education it offers, St. Kate’s also is in the top 10% of our Best Alternative Medicine & Systems Graduate Certificate Schools ranking.

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#3

Thomas Jefferson University

Philadelphia, PA

The excellent graduate certificate programs at Thomas Jefferson University helped the school earn the #3 place on this year’s ranking of the best value alternative medicine and systems schools in the United States. Located in the city of Philadelphia, Thomas Jefferson University is a private not-for-profit school with a moderately-sized student population.

Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at Thomas Jefferson University are $22,644 per year.

Thomas Jefferson University excels when it comes to quality. It’s ranked in the top 10% of all schools on our Best Alternative Medicine & Systems Graduate Certificate Schools list.

Read full report on Alternative Medicine & Systems at Thomas Jefferson University

Out of the 11 schools in the United States that were part of this year’s ranking, American College of Healthcare Sciences landed the # 4 spot on the list. American College of Healthcare Sciences is a small private for-profit school located in the city of Portland.

Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at American College of Healthcare Sciences are $12,704 per year.

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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Georgian Court University. The school came in at #5 on this year’s Best Value Alternative Medicine & Systems Graduate Certificate Schools list. Georgian Court is a small private not-for-profit school located in the small city of Lakewood.

Georgian Court graduate students pay an average of $17,482 in tuition and fees each year.

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Maryland University of Integrative Health ranked #6 on this year’s Best Value Alternative Medicine & Systems Graduate Certificate Schools list. MUIH is a small private not-for-profit school located in the suburb of Laurel.

MUIH graduate students pay an average of $15,363 in tuition and fees each year. Alternative Medicine majors at MUIH take out an average of $17,471 in student loans while working on their Graduate Certificate.

Full Alternative Medicine & Systems at Maryland University of Integrative Health Report

#7

Drexel University

Philadelphia, PA

Drexel University did quite well in this year’s ranking of the best places for alternative medicine and systems students to get a graduate certificate. It came in at #7 on the list. Located in the large city of Philadelphia, Drexel is a private not-for-profit college with a very large student population.

Drexel graduate students pay an average of $37,074 in tuition and fees each year.

Drexel also claimed a spot on our Best Alternative Medicine & Systems Graduate Certificate Schools list. It’s in the top 20% of all schools in this category.

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Western Michigan University landed the #8 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best value graduate certificate alternative medicine and systems programs. Located in the small city of Kalamazoo, WMU is a public school with a large student population.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at WMU are $26,248 a year.

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Plymouth State University came in at #9 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Alternative Medicine & Systems Graduate Certificate Schools ranking. Plymouth State is a small public school located in the town of Plymouth.

Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at Plymouth State are $16,234 per year.

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#10

Bastyr University

Kenmore, WA

With a ranking of #10, Bastyr University did quite well on this year’s best value schools for alternative medicine and systems students working on their graduate certificate. Bastyr University is a small private not-for-profit school located in the suburb of Kenmore.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at Bastyr University are $29,517 a year.

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Alternative Medicine & Systems by Region

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Southeast
New England
Rocky Mountains
Plains States
Middle Atlantic
Far Western US
Southwest
Great Lakes

Alternative Medicine & Systems is one of 30 different types of programs to choose from.

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 11 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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