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2022 Best Value Medical Scientist Schools for a Master’s in the Great Lakes Region For Those Making $0-$30k

8 Ranked Colleges
123 Degrees Awarded
$35,600 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees*
Best Value Medical Scientist Schools for a Master's in the Great Lakes Region For Those Making $0-$30k

Students have lots of options to chooose from today when trying to decide which college to attend. Our mission at College Factual is to arm you with as much information as we can to help you make that decision. Our “Best Value Medical Scientist Schools for a Master’s in the Great Lakes Region For Those Making $0-$30k” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.

In 2019-2020, 821 people earned their degree in medical scientist, making the major the 495th most popular in the United States.

Across the Great Lakes region, there were 162 medical scientist graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 123 medical scientist graduates with average earnings and debt of $57,039 and $42,488 respectively.

For this year’s “Best Value Medical Scientist Schools for a Master’s in the Great Lakes Region For Those Making $0-$30k” ranking, we looked at 8 colleges that offer a degree in medical scientist. Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent medical scientist programs, but they also cost less that schools of similar quality.

When determining these rankings, we looked at things such as overall quality of the medical scientist program at the school and the cost to attend the school once aid has been awarded. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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Best Value Medical Scientist Schools for a Master’s in the Great Lakes Region For Those Making $0-$30k

The colleges and universities below are the best for great lakes region master’s degree medical scientist students whose families make $0-$30k.

Top 8 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Medical Scientist (Income $0-$30k) in the Great Lakes Region

#1

Northwestern University

Evanston, Illinois
#1 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Northwestern University. The school came in at #1 for the Best Value Medical Scientist Schools for a Master’s in the Great Lakes Region For Those Making $0-$30k. Northwestern is a large private not-for-profit school situated in Evanston, Illinois. It awarded 36 masters’s medical scientist degrees in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at Northwestern, the school also landed the #1 spot in our “Best Medical Scientist Master’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region” ranking. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at Northwestern University are $56,567.

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#3 in overall quality

Out of the 8 schools in the Best Value Medical Scientist Schools for a Master’s in the Great Lakes Region For Those Making $0-$30k that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Wisconsin - Madison landed the #2 spot on the list. UW - Madison is located in Madison, Wisconsin and, has a large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 3 masters’s medical scientist degrees to qualified students.

UW - Madison also took the #3 spot in our “Best Medical Scientist Master’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region” ranking. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at UW - Madison are $25,523.

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#3

Michigan State University

East Lansing, Michigan
#6 in overall quality

Out of the 8 schools in the Best Value Medical Scientist Schools for a Master’s in the Great Lakes Region For Those Making $0-$30k that were part of this year’s ranking, Michigan State University landed the #3 spot on the list. This large school is located in East Lansing, Michigan, and it awarded 2 masters’s medical scientist degrees in 2019-2020.

Michigan State not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #6 on our “Best Medical Scientist Master’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region” list. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at Michigan State are $37,056.

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#7 in overall quality

Out of the 8 schools in the Best Value Medical Scientist Schools for a Master’s in the Great Lakes Region For Those Making $0-$30k that were part of this year’s ranking, Indiana University - Purdue University - Indianapolis landed the #4 spot on the list. IUPUI is a public institution located in Indianapolis, Indiana. The school has a large population, and it awarded 17 masters’s degrees in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at IUPUI, the school also landed the #7 spot in our “Best Medical Scientist Master’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at Indiana University - Purdue University - Indianapolis are $26,013, but some majors have different tuition rates.

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#8 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Illinois at Chicago. It ranked #5 on our 2022 Best Value Medical Scientist Schools for a Master’s in the Great Lakes Region For Those Making $0-$30k list. University of Illinois at Chicago is a public institution located in Chicago, Illinois. The school has a large population, and it awarded 4 masters’s degrees in 2019-2020.

UIC also took the #8 spot in our “Best Medical Scientist Master’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at University of Illinois at Chicago are $27,036, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

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#2 in overall quality

Case Western Reserve University came in at #6 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Medical Scientist Schools for a Master’s in the Great Lakes Region For Those Making $0-$30k ranking. This fairly large school is located in Cleveland, Ohio, and it awarded 8 masters’s medical scientist degrees in 2019-2020.

Case Western also took the #2 spot in our “Best Medical Scientist Master’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region” ranking. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at Case Western Reserve University are $47,958.

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#7

Wayne State University

Detroit, Michigan

Wayne State University did quite well in the 2022 Best Value Medical Scientist Schools for a Master’s in the Great Lakes Region For Those Making $0-$30k ranking, coming in at #7. Detroit, Michigan is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out masters’s medical scientist degrees to 1 students in 2019-2020.

Wayne State not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #0 on our “Best Medical Scientist Master’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at Wayne State University are $37,215, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

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#5 in overall quality

University of Cincinnati - Main Campus landed the #8 spot on the 2022 Best Value Medical Scientist Schools for a Master’s in the Great Lakes Region For Those Making $0-$30k ranking. UC is a large school located in Cincinnati, Ohio that handed out 25 masters’s medical scientist degrees in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at UC, the school also landed the #5 spot in our “Best Medical Scientist Master’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region” ranking. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at UC are $26,644.

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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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