Chiropractic
Add ComparisonIn 2022, the locations with a relatively high number of Chiropractic degree recipients are Marietta, GA, Chesterfield, MO, and East Whittier, CA. The most common degree awarded to students studying Chiropractic is a professional doctorate.
Information about the types of higher education institutions that grant degrees in Chiropractic and the types of students that study this field. Palmer College of Chiropractic awards the most degrees in Chiropractic in the US, but Life Chiropractic College West and Sherman College of Chiropractic have the highest percentage of degrees awarded in Chiropractic.
Tuition costs for Chiropractic majors are, on average, $14,400 for out of state private colleges.
The most common sector, by number of institutions, that offers Chiropractic programs are Private not-for-profit, 4-year or above institutions (18 total). The most common sector, by number of degrees awarded, is Private not-for-profit, 4-year or above (2,881 completions).
The most common sector, by number of degrees awarded in Chiropractic, is Private not-for-profit, 4-year or above (2,881 completions in 2022).
The following chart shows the share of universities that offer Chiropractic programs, by the total number of completions, colored and grouped by their sector.
Palmer College of Chiropractic has the most Chiropractic degree recipients, with 632 degrees awarded in 2022.
The following bar chart shows the state tuition for the top 5 institutions with the most degrees awarded in Chiropractic.
Out of all institutions that offer Chiropractic programs and have at least 5 graduates in those programs, Life Chiropractic College West has the highest percentage of degrees awarded in Chiropractic, with 100%.
This map shows the counties in the United States colored by the highest number of degrees awarded in Chiropractic by year.
This map shows the counties in the United States colored by the highest growth in degrees awarded for Chiropractic.
Information on the businesses and industries that employ Health graduates and on wages and locations for those in the field.
The average salary for Health majors is $87,543 and the most common occupations are .
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This map shows the public use micro areas (PUMAs) in the United States colored by the average salary of Health majors.
Note that the census collects information tied to where people live, not where they work. It is possible that Health majors live and work in the same place, but it is also possible that they live and work in two different places.
The most common occupations Health majors, by number of employees, are .
Compared to other majors, there are an unusually high number of Health majors working as Nurse practitioners & nurse midwives, Nurse anesthetists, and Audiologists.
The highest paid occupations by median income for Health majors are Surgeons, Physicians, and Nurse anesthetists.
The number of Health graduates in the workforce has been growing at a rate of 3.36%, from 4.51M in 2021 to 4.66M in 2022.
The most common industries that employ Health majors, by number of employees, are .
The highest paying industries of Health majors, by average wage, are .
This map shows the public use micro areas (PUMAs) in the United States where there are a relatively high population of Health majors.
Note that the census collects information tied to where people live, not where they work. It is possible that Health majors live and work in the same place, but it is also possible that they live and work in two different places.
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The most common degree types awarded to students graduating in Chiropractic are Professional Doctorate and Research Doctorate.
This chart shows the granted degrees by sex at the 5 institutions that graduate the most students in Chiropractic.
This chart shows the number of degrees awarded in Chiropractic for each race & ethnicity. White students earned the largest share of the degrees with this major.
This chart illustrates the differences by sex for each race & ethnicity of Professional Doctorate recipients in Chiropractic.
There are a relatively high number of people that were born in Philippines that hold Health degrees (5.03 times more than expected), and the most common country of origin by total numbers for non-US students earning a degree in this field is Philippines (202,070 degree recipients).
Data on the critical and distinctive skills necessary for those working in the Chiropractic field from the Bureau of Labor Statistics. Chiropractic majors need many skills, but most especially Reading Comprehension. The revealed comparative advantage (RCA) shows that Chiropractic majors need more than the average amount of Equipment Maintenance, Repairing, and Equipment Selection.
These two visualizations, one a radial chart and one a bar chart, show the same information, a rating of how necessary the following skills are for Chiropractic majors. Toggle between "value" and "RCA" to see the absolute rating of that skill (value) and the revealed comparative advantage (RCA), or how much greater or lesser that skill's rating is than the average. The longer the bar or the closer the line comes to the circumference of the circle, the more important that skill is. The importance of Equipment Maintenance is very distinctive for majors, but the Reading Comprehension, Speaking, and Writing are the three most important skills for people in the field.
