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Overview
Traditional chinese medicine and chinese herbology is a program that prepares individuals for the independent professional practice of chinese herbal medicine, a system based on the use of nutrition, natural products, and prescribed medical formulae to treat imbalances in the state of bodily health as defined in the nei ching su wen and other authorities. includes instruction in the basic Western medical sciences, history and theory of chinese medicine, chinese medical anatomy and physiology, chinese herbology, herbal prescription preparation, herbal patent medicine, herbal pharmacology, chinese internal medicine and gynecology, febrile diseases, food therapy, practice management, and professional standards and ethics.
Highlights
School with the highest reported median starting salary ($90K) with a Post-master's Cert: Drexel University
Careers for program graduates
Following are recommended careers for people who earn traditional chinese medicine and chinese herbology degrees, with color indicating the most common education attained by other workers.
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Salary and Debt
How are students who recently completed a degree in traditional chinese medicine and chinese herbology doing?
Below is the distribution of starting salaries along with accumulated federal and private education loans across schools that offer a degree in the field alternative and complementary medicine and medical systems, which includes
traditional chinese medicine and chinese herbology.
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Recommended careers for those with a degree in this program
Those who study this degree may be prepared to work as:
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Where can I complete this degree
Explore schools that offer traditional chinese medicine and chinese herbology degrees and certificates
You can use this table to find schools that offer this program based on location and program level offered. Each entry goes to a school page similar to this one with all our information about that school.
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The school list includes a few facts about each school that give you an idea of the educational quality each school might offer:
Student-Faculty Ratio: A small number of students per full-time instructor suggests individual attention for each student and an up-to-date curriculum.
Satisfaction Rate: A high percentage of returning first-year students should correlate with satisfaction (schools call this their retention rate).
Repayment Rate: A high repayment rate means most alumni earn enough to make progress repaying loans within 7 years of leaving.
We also show the total enrollment for the school as measured by full-time-equivalent (FTE) students enrolled annually.
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this program is part of a larger collection of programs: Healthcare Practitioners and Therapists. Is there a different program that's close to this program that might be a better match for your interests? You can use this table to see a little about the programs that fall under this umbrella. If you click on any of the table headers, that will sort the table by that column, or click on a row and see Ididio's profile for that program.
Gender
Gender of recent graduates
Of all people with any degree in traditional chinese medicine and chinese herbology earned in the last academic year, 76% were women.
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Context: Percentage women
This major has a higher percentage of women than 77% other programs.
Race/Origin
Race/Origin of recent graduates
Here is an overview of race/origin for all traditional chinese medicine and chinese herbology graduates from this last academic year. We found a higher percentage of international graduates in this program than in 65% of other programs.
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Context: Percentage of Minority Graduates
Minority students comprise a lower percentage of graduates than in 56% of other programs.
