2025 Best Anatomy Schools in the Great Lakes Region

If you plan on majoring in anatomy, you won't be alone since the degree program is ranked #463 in the country in terms of popularity. As a result, there are many college that offer the degree, making your choice of school a hard one.

In 2025, College Factual analyzed 2 schools in order to identify the top ones for its Best Anatomy Schools in the Great Lakes Region ranking. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 65 degrees in anatomy annually.

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• Best Overall Anatomy Schools List

Anatomy Rankings by Degree Level

When choosing the right school for you, it's important to arm yourself with all the facts you can. To that end, we've created a number of major-specific rankings, including this Best Anatomy Schools in the Great Lakes Region list to help you make the college decision. If you'd like to restrict your choices to just one part of the country, you can filter this list by location.

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Best Schools for Anatomy in the Great Lakes Region

If you aren't interested in a particular degree level and want to know which schools are the overall best at delivering an education for the anatomy degrees they offer, see the list below.

Top Great Lakes Region Schools in Anatomy

1

Ohio State University - Main Campus
Columbus, OH

Master's Degree Highest Degree Type

Ohio State University - Main Campus is a wonderful choice for students interested in a degree in anatomy. Ohio State is a very large public university located in the large city of Columbus.More information about a degree in anatomy from Ohio State University - Main Campus

2

Case Western Reserve University
Cleveland, OH

Master's Degree Highest Degree Type

14.3% Growth in Graduates

Case Western Reserve University is one of the best schools in the country for getting a degree in anatomy. Case Western is a large private not-for-profit university located in the large city of Cleveland.More information about a degree in anatomy from Case Western Reserve University

Best Anatomy Colleges by State

Explore the best anatomy schools for a specific state in the Great Lakes Region .

State	Colleges	Degrees Awarded
Ohio	939	45
Michigan	915	4
Illinois	870	3
Indiana	737	3

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Rankings in Majors Related to Anatomy

Anatomy is one of 6 different types of Cell Biology & Anatomical Sciences programs to choose from.

Most Popular Majors Related to Anatomy

Related Major	Annual Graduates
Cell/Cellular & Molecular Biology	504
Other Cell/Cellular Biology & Anatomical Sciences	70
Cell Biology & Anatomy	53
Developmental Biology & Embryology	8
Cell/Cellular Biology & Histology	7

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Notes and References

• The bars on the spread charts above show the distribution of the schools on this list +/- one standard deviation from the mean.
• 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 Kelvin Song.

More about our data sources and methodologies.