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2023 Most Popular Health Sciences & Services Schools in the Southeast Region

20 Colleges
$33,535 Avg Salary
$28,949 Avg Student Debt

Finding the Best Health Sciences & Services School for You

Out of all the majors we analyze each year, health sciences and services was ranked #105 in the country. In fact 1,746 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.

To assist you in seeing some of the education options that are available to you, Grad Degree Search has created its Most Popular Health Sciences & Services Schools in the Southeast Region ranking. Our analysis looked at 20 schools in the Southeast Region to see which programs were the most popular for students. To create this ranking we looked at how many students graduated from the Health Sciences & Services program at each school on the list.

The colleges and universities below are the most popular for health science majors pursuing a .

Our 2023 rankings named University of Central Florida the most popular school in the Southeast Region for health sciences and services students. Located in the large suburb of Orlando, UCF is a public school with a very large student population.

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#2

Meharry Medical College

Nashville, TN

The excellent programs at Meharry Medical College helped the school earn the #2 place on this year’s ranking of the best health sciences and services schools in the Southeast Region . Located in the large city of Nashville, Meharry Medical College is a private not-for-profit school with a small student population.

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#3

Nova Southeastern University

Fort Lauderdale, FL

Out of the 20 schools in the Southeast Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Nova Southeastern University landed the # 3 spot on the list. Located in the large suburb of Fort Lauderdale, NUS Florida is a private not-for-profit college with a fairly large student population.

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#4

University of the Cumberlands

Williamsburg, KY

A rank of #4 on this year’s list means University of the Cumberlands is a great place for health sciences and services students. Cumberlands is a large private not-for-profit school located in the remote town of Williamsburg.

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#5

Liberty University

Lynchburg, VA

The excellent programs at Liberty University helped the school earn the #5 place on this year’s ranking of the best health sciences and services schools in the Southeast Region . Located in the small city of Lynchburg, Liberty University is a private not-for-profit school with a very large student population.

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#6

West Virginia University

Morgantown, WV

West Virginia University landed the #6 spot in the 2023 rankings for the most popular health sciences and services programs. Located in the small city of Morgantown, WVU is a public college with a very large student population.

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With a ranking of #7, University of Alabama at Birmingham did quite well on this year’s most popular schools for health sciences and services students. Located in the midsize city of Birmingham, UAB is a public college with a fairly large student population.

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Georgia College & State University came in at #8 in this year’s edition of the Most Popular Health Sciences & Services Schools in the Southeast Region ranking. Located in the town of Milledgeville, Georgia College is a public school with a medium-sized student population.

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#9

Northern Kentucky University

Highland Heights, KY

Northern Kentucky University did quite well in this year’s ranking of the most popular schools for health sciences and services students. It came in at #9 on the list. Located in the large suburb of Highland Heights, NKU is a public college with a large student population.

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#10

University of North Florida

Jacksonville, FL

University of North Florida ranked #10 on this year’s Most Popular Health Sciences & Services Schools in the Southeast Region list. UNF is a fairly large public school located in the city of Jacksonville.

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Best Health Sciences & Services Colleges by State

Explore the best health sciences and services colleges for a specific state in the Southeast region.

State Degrees Awarded
Virginia 40
Florida 233
Georgia 23
Tennessee 122
Kentucky 70
Louisiana 9
Alabama 24
South Carolina 0
Mississippi 0
Arkansas 6
West Virginia 32

One of 29 majors within the area of study, health sciences and services has other similar majors worth exploring.

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 20 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 Sandra M. Palumbo.

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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