If you plan on getting your master's degree in
medical illustration & informatics, you won't be alone since the degree program is ranked #87 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.
College Factual reviewed 12 schools in the Southeast Region to determine which ones were the best for master's degree seekers in the field of medical illustration & informatics. Combined, these schools handed out 433 master's degrees in medical illustration & informatics to qualified students.
Jump to one of the following sections: * Our Methodology
Your choice of medical illustration & informatics for getting your master's degree school matters. This section explores some of the factors we include in our ranking and how much they vary depending on the school you select. To make it into this list, a school must excel in the following areas.
A Great Overall School
A school that excels in educating for a particular major and degree level must be a great school overall as well. To make it into this list a school must rank well in our overall Best Colleges for a Master's Degree ranking. This ranking considered factors such as graduation rates, overall graduate earnings and other educational resources to identify great colleges and universities.
Early-Career Earnings
One measure we use to determine the quality of a school is to look at the average salary of master's graduates during the early years of their career. That is, everyone wants their master's degree to be worth something, and salaries are one measure of determining that.
Other Factors We Consider
In addition to the above, you should consider some of the following factors:
- Major Focus - How many resources a school devotes to medical illustration & informatics students as compared to other majors.
- Major Demand - How many other medical illustration & informatics students want to attend this school to pursue a master's degree.
- Educational Resources - The amount of money and other resources allocated to students while they are pursuing their degree. These resources include such things as number of students per instructor and education expenditures per student.
- Student Debt - How much debt medical illustration & informatics students go into to obtain their master's degree and how well they are able to pay back that debt.
- Accreditation - Whether a school is regionally accredited and/or accredited by a recognized medical illustration & informatics related body.
Our full ranking methodology documents in more detail how we consider these factors to identify the best colleges for medical illustration & informatics students working on their master's degree.
One Size Does Not Fit All
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 Medical Illustration & Informatics Master's Degree Schools in the Southeast Region list to help you make the college decision.
