2022 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Health/Medical Prep Programs in the Great Lakes Region (With Aid)

With all of the options students have for higher education today, it can be tough to choose which direction to take. College Factual was founded, in part, to help students make the decision as to what would be the best school for them. Our “Best Value Medical Prep Schools for a Master’s in the Great Lakes Region For Those Getting Aid” ranking is part of that endeavor.

In 2019-2020, 8,718 people earned their degree in health/medical prep programs, making the major the 91st most popular in the United States. In 2017-2018, health/medical prep programs graduates who were awarded their degree in 2015-2017, earned an average of $33,843 and had an average of $24,525 in loans still to pay off.

Across the Great Lakes region, there were 1,991 health/medical prep programs graduates with average earnings and debt of $29,469 and $22,363 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 14 health/medical prep programs graduates with average earnings and debt of $57,039 and $42,488 respectively.

This ranking identifies schools with high-quality health/medical prep programs programs that also have a lower cost than schools of similar quality.

When determining these rankings, we looked at things such as overall quality of the health/medical prep programs program at the school and the cost to attend the school once aid has been awarded. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.

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The medical prep school you choose to invest your time and money in matters. To help you make the decision that is right for you, we’ve developed a number of major-specific rankings, including this list of “Best Value Medical Prep Schools for a Master’s in the Great Lakes Region For Those Getting Aid”.

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Best Value Medical Prep Schools for a Master’s in the Great Lakes Region For Those Getting Aid

The colleges and universities below are the best for great lakes region master’s degree medical prep students with aid.

Top 1 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Health/Medical Prep Programs in the Great Lakes Region (With Aid)

#1

University of Illinois at Chicago

Chicago, Illinois

#1 in overall quality

$27,036 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

Out of the 1 schools in the Best Value Medical Prep Schools for a Master’s in the Great Lakes Region For Those Getting Aid that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Illinois at Chicago landed the #1 spot on the list. Located in Chicago, Illinois, this large public school awarded 14 degrees to qualified masters’s medical prep students in 2019-2020.

UIC not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #1 on our “Best Health/Medical Prep Programs Master’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at UIC are $27,036, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Full UIC Health/Medical Prep Programs Report

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Notes and References

References

• 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 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).
• Information about the national average student loan default rate is from the U.S. Department of Education and refers to data about the 2016 borrower cohort tracking period for which the cohort default rate (CDR) was 10.1%.

Read more about our data sources and methodologies

Footnotes

• *Average salary, average net price, and average tuition and fees are for the top schools only.
• Some schools otherwise deserving of recognition may have been removed from this ranking in the event that new data identified post-publication warranted it, or at the request of the school.

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