2025 Best Other Health Professions Doctor's Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region

If you plan on getting your doctor's degree in other health professions, you won't be alone since the degree program is ranked #112 in the country in terms of popularity. This means you won't have too much trouble finding schools that offer the degree.

College Factual looked at 2 colleges and universities when compiling its 2025 Best Other Health Professions Doctor's Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region ranking. Combined, these schools handed out 55 doctor's degrees in other health professions to qualified students.

What's on this page: * Our Methodology

• Best Doctor’s Degree Schools List

Average Earnings

To determine the overall quality of a graduate school, one factor we look at is the average early-career salary of those receiving their doctor's degree from the school. After all, your doctor's degree won't mean much if it doesn't help you find a job that will help you earn a living.

Other Factors We Consider

The metrics below are just some of the other metrics that we use to determine our rankings.

• Major Focus - How many resources a school devotes to other health professions students as compared to other majors.
• Major Demand - How many other other health professions students want to attend this school to pursue a doctor's degree.
• Educational Resources - How many resources are allocated to students. These resources may include educational expenditures per student, number of students per instructor, and graduation rate among other things.
• Student Debt - How much debt other health professions students go into to obtain their doctor'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 other health professions related body.

Our complete ranking methodology documents in more detail how we consider these factors to identify the best colleges for other health professions students working on their doctor's degree.

One Size Does Not Fit All

Since picking the right college can be one of the most important decisions of your life, we've developed the Best Other Health Professions Doctor's Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region ranking, along with many other major-related rankings, to help you make that decision.

Best Schools for Doctorate Students to Study Other Health Professions in the Great Lakes Region

Explore the top ranked colleges and universities for other health professions students seeking a a doctor's degree.

Top Great Lakes Region Schools for a Doctorate in Health Professions

1

University of Indianapolis
Indianapolis, IN

12 Annual Graduates

University of Indianapolis is a wonderful decision for students pursuing a doctor's degree in other health professions. Located in the city of Indianapolis, UIndy is a private not-for-profit university with a moderately-sized student population.More information about a doctorate in other health professions from University of Indianapolis

2

Northern Illinois University
Dekalb, IL

10 Annual Graduates

Northern Illinois University is one of the finest schools in the country for getting a doctor's degree in other health professions. Located in the suburb of Dekalb, NIU is a public university with a fairly large student population.More information about a doctorate in other health professions from Northern Illinois University

Best Other Health Professions Colleges by State

Explore the best other health professions schools for a specific state in the Great Lakes Region .

State	Colleges	Degrees Awarded
Illinois	153	12
Michigan	149	0
Ohio	144	13
Indiana	132	21
Wisconsin	108	2

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Other Health Professions Related Rankings by Major

Other Health Professions is one of 34 different types of Health Professions programs to choose from.

Health Professions Concentrations

Major	Annual Graduates
Other Health Professions and Related Clinical Sciences	55

Majors Similar to Health Professions

Related Major	Annual Graduates
Medicine	4,798
Rehabilitation & Therapeutic Professions	2,227
Nursing	2,185
Pharmacy/Pharmaceutical Sciences	2,002
Dentistry	1,011
Optometry	359
Communication Sciences	240
Medical Science	108
Public Health	99
Chiropractic	65

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 https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/b/b5/NY_College_of_Health_Professions_Massage_Therapy_Class.jpg. More about our data sources and methodologies.