In my opnion, the best school was left off this list. The Canadian Memorial Chiropractic College (CMCC), is probably the best chiro school in N. America. A close second i'd say would be National.

Very True. I live here in Toronto and I visited CMCC several months ago and had a tour....that place is a word class facility!

Hopefully I get accpted for september 2007.

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Personally, I don't know what some of you base your information on.

Here's a link to shed some light on all of your "opinions". Hope it helps.


An academic quality ranking of the North American chiropractic schools

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Jaypes,
From reading your other posts, it looked like you were aplying to Carrib med schools?? Now you want to be a DC?? I also applied to the CMCC for 07 entery. Maybe i'll see you at the interviews (but will have no clue who you are lol)
So what is it for you? MD or DC??
Bye

wow, thanks for that link.. very informative. But based on my own opionons, i was correct lol. I said the CMCC was the best, followed by National. Well.. i was close.. the article said natioanl was best followed by the CMCC. Still.. i was close lol
Thanks again!

I don't think it matter where you go. I went to Sherman.. and yes.. I know their rep. I am in the top 10% of money earners in my state from a chiro stand point.

All the schools have to pass the same boards. Education is very similar, because the CCE mandates it. Some schools will have better facilities and resources.

You just have to decide on where you want to be for 3.5 years and how big of a school you want to go to.

Good luck for anyone who wants to be a DC.. There a lot of us.. that make good money.. and enjoy what we do..
However.. there are a lot of us that are going into medicine too.

IF you can get into medical school... do that!

Med school will not take credits from a chiro school.. but chiro school will take med credits..

Don't be like a lot of us and spend 200 Grand 4 years, practice and realize you should have just brought up some grades and went to med school.

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A bad day at school is still better than a good day at work.

Some of what Webb says is on the money. Success is a function of business rather than clinical accumen in chiropractic practice....sad but true.

While a very good living can be made (trust me) most D.C.'S FALL AROUND THE NATIONAL AVERAGE 80K & your practice options aren't as abundant or diverse. After awhile the clinical challenge can fade.....so its not all about the $$$$. That's why I went back to school.

I'm not sure who among us has spent 200K on chiropractic school ...its definitely not as expensive as a U.S. allopathic program...Although I graduated sometime ago.

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That's a 16 year old study. Not sure how those same schools rank now. Or even if some of them still exist.

Speak with grads from the last 5 years, if you can find them. Speaking from personal experience, NYCC was as close to medical school as it comes. Most of my friends are MD's who were in school at the same time I was in NYCC. Same textbooks, same material. Obviously not same depth in some courses, but the basic sciences are almost identical.

I guess my time at Logan was wasted

The schools you listed tend to be the more liberal end of the spectrum. If you would like to practice with more of a medical type though process then National or Northwestern would be a good choice. On the other hand, i would suggest the one you would stay clear of to get a good solid foundation in chiropractic. i have seen people who have had problems in practice because they cannot figure out what they want to practice like M.D. or D.C. you cant have both.

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The two schools I've singled out are Western States and National University of Health Sciences.

Would anyone backup the statement above by oldschool that these are the best choices?

I've herd that National changed their name a while back due to some possible money laundering issues, is this true???

Thanks.