by our College Data Analytics TeamCollege Factual began publishing its yearly rankings to help students identify graduate schools that put a high emphasis on educational quality as well as helping students succeed. Our methodology places a high weight on things such as post-graduation wages, time to graduate, and student-per-faculty ratio. Post-graduation debt, faculty and staff diversity, and other factors are also taken into account.
Otterbein University landed the #342 spot in College Factual's 2024 Best Master's Degree Schools in the U.S. ranking out of a pool of 1149 colleges and universities that were eligible for this year's ranking.
In addition, Otterbein took the #12 spot for Best Master's Degree Schools in Ohio.
There were 676 college and universities analyzed in the 2024 Best Doctorate Schools in the United States ranking, and Otterbein took the #154 spot on the list.
For the Best Doctorate Degree Schools in Ohio, Otterbein came in at #6.
The total graduate student population at Otterbein is made up of 69.6% women and 30.4% men. Note that these percentages may differ for certain degree programs.
About 15.3% of the graduate students who attend Otterbein are from a racial-ethnic minority group*. The school attracts students from outside the U.S., too. Around 0.3% of graduate students hail from another country. For more details on graduate school diversity at the school, check out the chart below. If you click on it, you'll be taken to a page with more details.
The average tuition and fees for graduate students is shown below.
| In-State | Out-of-State | |
|---|---|---|
| Tuition | $14,042 | $14,042 |
| Fees | $350 | $350 |
The average starting salary for graduate students who earn their master's degree at Otterbein is $102,659. Chalk that up in the win column since that salary is 76% higher than the national average of $58,425.
Get more details about the location of Otterbein University.
Contact details for Otterbein are given below.
| Contact Details | |
|---|---|
| Address: | 1 South Grove Street, Westerville, OH 43081 |
| Phone: | 614-890-3000 |
| Website: | https://www.otterbein.edu/ |
| Facebook: | http://www.facebook.com/pages/Otterbein-University/154106131291768 |
| Twitter: | http://twitter.com/otterbein |
About 37.2% of the graduate students at Otterbein University took at least one online class during the 2020-2021 academic year. Approximately 22.4% of grad students took all their classes online during that same time period.
The only degree programs listed here are those in which master’s degrees were awarded in 2020-2021.
Just like the master’s degree programs, only programs that had doctorate degrees awarded in 2020-2021 are shown here.
| Doctorate Degree Program | Annual Graduates |
|---|---|
| Nursing | 5 |
Footnotes
*The racial-ethnic minorities count is calculated by taking the total number of students and subtracting white students, international students, and students whose race/ethnicity was unknown. This number is then divided by the total number of students at the school to obtain the racial-ethnic minorities percentage.
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