2022 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Orthotist/Prosthetist (Income $30-$48k) in the Great Lakes Region

When pursuing a degree in today’s world, students have many different options to choose from. 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 Orthotist/Prosthetist Schools for a Master’s in the Great Lakes Region For Those Making $30-$48k” ranking is part of that endeavor.

In 2019-2020, 354 people earned their degree in orthotist/prosthetist, making the major the 719th most popular in the United States.

Across the Great Lakes region, there were 76 orthotist/prosthetist graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 69 orthotist/prosthetist graduates with average earnings and debt of $57,039 and $42,488 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Orthotist/Prosthetist Schools for a Master’s in the Great Lakes Region For Those Making $30-$48k” ranking analyzed 2 colleges that offered a degree in orthotist/prosthetist. This ranking identifies schools with high-quality orthotist/prosthetist programs that also have a lower cost than schools of similar quality.

To come up with these rankings, we looked at factors such as the cost to attend the school after aid is awarded and overall quality of the orthotist/prosthetist program at the school. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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Best Value Orthotist/Prosthetist Schools for a Master’s in the Great Lakes Region For Those Making $30-$48k

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Orthotist/Prosthetist Schools for a Master’s in the Great Lakes Region For Those Making $30-$48k.

Top 2 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Orthotist/Prosthetist (Income $30-$48k) in the Great Lakes Region

#1

Northwestern University

Evanston, Illinois

#1 in overall quality

$56,567 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Northwestern University. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Orthotist/Prosthetist Schools for a Master’s in the Great Lakes Region For Those Making $30-$48k list. Northwestern University is a large school located in Evanston, Illinois that handed out 47 masters’s orthotist/prosthetist degrees in 2019-2020.

Northwestern also took the #1 spot in our “Best Orthotist/Prosthetist Master’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at Northwestern University are $56,567, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Full Northwestern Orthotist/Prosthetist Report

#2

Eastern Michigan University

Ypsilanti, Michigan

#2 in overall quality

$26,552 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Eastern Michigan University. It ranked #2 on our 2022 Best Value Orthotist/Prosthetist Schools for a Master’s in the Great Lakes Region For Those Making $30-$48k list. Ypsilanti, Michigan is the setting for this fairly large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out masters’s orthotist/prosthetist degrees to 22 students in 2019-2020.

Eastern Michigan also took the #2 spot in our “Best Orthotist/Prosthetist 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 Eastern Michigan University are $26,552.

Full Eastern Michigan University Orthotist/Prosthetist Report

• Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Orthotist/Prosthetist (Income $30-$48k)

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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