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2023 Most Popular Allied Health Professions Schools in North Carolina

17 Colleges
$57,101 Avg Salary
$17,726 Avg Student Debt

Finding the Best Allied Health Professions School for You

With 566 degrees and certificates handed out in 2020-2021, allied health professions is the #13 most popular major in North Carolina.

With all the programs available today, it can be tough to choose which one is the best for you. 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.

To assist you in seeing some of the education options that are available to you, Grad Degree Search has created its Most Popular Allied Health Professions Schools in North Carolina ranking. Our analysis looked at 17 schools in North Carolina to see which programs were the most popular for students. To create this ranking we looked at how many students graduated from the Allied Health Professions program at each school on the list.

Check out the allied health programs at these schools if you want to attend one of the most popular in North Carolina.

#1

Duke University

Durham, NC

Our 2023 rankings named Duke University the most popular school in North Carolina for allied health professions students. Located in the large city of Durham, Duke is a private not-for-profit college with a fairly large student population.

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#2

Wake Forest University

Winston-Salem, NC

The excellent programs at Wake Forest University helped the school earn the #2 place on this year’s ranking of the best allied health professions schools in North Carolina. Located in the midsize city of Winston-Salem, Wake Forest University is a private not-for-profit college with a moderately-sized student population.

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#3

Wingate University

Wingate, NC

Out of the 17 schools in North Carolina that were part of this year’s ranking, Wingate University landed the # 3 spot on the list. Located in the suburb of Wingate, Wingate is a private not-for-profit school with a small student population.

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#4

Campbell University

Buies Creek, NC

Out of the 17 schools in North Carolina that were part of this year’s ranking, Campbell University landed the # 4 spot on the list. Located in the fringe town of Buies Creek, Campbell is a private not-for-profit college with a medium-sized student population.

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A rank of #5 on this year’s list means Lenoir - Rhyne University is a great place for allied health professions students. Lenoir - Rhyne University is a small private not-for-profit school located in the small city of Hickory.

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#6

High Point University

High Point, NC

High Point University did quite well in this year’s ranking of the most popular schools for allied health professions students. It came in at #6 on the list. High Point is a medium-sized private not-for-profit school located in the city of High Point.

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#7

Methodist University

Fayetteville, NC

With a ranking of #7, Methodist University did quite well on this year’s most popular schools for allied health professions students. Methodist is a small private not-for-profit school located in the medium-sized city of Fayetteville.

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#8

Elon University

Elon, NC

With a ranking of #8, Elon University did quite well on this year’s most popular schools for allied health professions students. Elon is a moderately-sized private not-for-profit school located in the medium-sized suburb of Elon.

Read full report on Allied Health Professions at Elon University

#9

East Carolina University

Greenville, NC

East Carolina University ranked #9 on this year’s Most Popular Allied Health Professions Schools in North Carolina list. ECU is a very large public school located in the city of Greenville.

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#10

Gardner - Webb University

Boiling Springs, NC

Gardner - Webb University did quite well in this year’s ranking of the most popular schools for allied health professions students. It came in at #10 on the list. Located in the distant town of Boiling Springs, Gardner - Webb is a private not-for-profit school with a small student population.

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Best Allied Health Professions Colleges in the Southeast Region

Explore all the Most Popular Allied Health Professions Schools in the Southeast Area or other specific states within that region.

State Degrees Awarded
Virginia 681
Florida 744
Georgia 265
Tennessee 437
Kentucky 161
Louisiana 101
Alabama 137
South Carolina 242
Mississippi 41
Arkansas 105
West Virginia 95

One of 29 majors within the area of study, allied health professions has other similar majors worth exploring.

Majors Similar to Allied Health

Related Major Annual Graduates
Nursing 66,964
Medicine 28,629
Rehabilitation & Therapeutic Professions 24,774
Public Health 19,473
Health & Medical Administrative Services 17,335

Notes and References

*These averages are for the top 17 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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