2024 Best Acupuncture and Oriental Medicine Master's Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region

a master's degree in acupuncture and oriental medicine is more popular than many other degrees. In fact, it ranks #137 out of 1172 on popularity of all such degrees in the nation. This means you won't have too much trouble finding schools that offer the degree.

For its 2024 ranking, College Factual looked at 2 schools in the Great Lakes Region to determine which ones were the best for acupuncture and oriental medicine students pursuing a master's degree. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 45 master's degrees in acupuncture and oriental medicine during the 2020-2021 academic year.

What's on this page: * Our Methodology

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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 acupuncture and oriental medicine students as compared to other majors.
• Major Demand - How many other acupuncture and oriental medicine students want to attend this school to pursue a master'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.
• Accreditation - Whether a school is regionally accredited and/or accredited by a recognized acupuncture and oriental medicine related body.

Our full ranking methodology documents in more detail how we consider these factors to identify the best colleges for acupuncture and oriental medicine students working on their master's degree.

More Ways to Rank Acupuncture and Oriental Medicine Schools

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 Acupuncture and Oriental Medicine Master's Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region list to help you make the college decision.

Best Schools for Master’s Students to Study Acupuncture and Oriental Medicine in the Great Lakes Region

Below you'll see a list of the best colleges and universities for pursuing a master's degree in acupuncture and oriental medicine.

Top Great Lakes Region Schools for a Master's in Acupuncture and Oriental Medicine

1

National University of Health Sciences
Lombard, IL

Master's Degree Highest Degree Type

21 Annual Graduates

National University of Health Sciences is a good decision for students interested in a master's degree in acupuncture and oriental medicine. Located in the large suburb of Lombard, National College of Chiropractic is a private not-for-profit university with a small student population.More information about a master’s in acupuncture and oriental medicine from National University of Health Sciences

2

Pacific College of Health and Science
Chicago, IL

Doctor's Degree Highest Degree Type

17 Annual Graduates

It is difficult to beat Pacific College of Health and Science if you wish to pursue a master's degree in acupuncture and oriental medicine. Located in the large city of Chicago, Pacific College Chicago is a private for-profit college with a fairly small student population.More information about a master’s in acupuncture and oriental medicine from Pacific College of Health and Science

Best Acupuncture and Oriental Medicine Colleges by State

Explore the best acupuncture and oriental medicine colleges for a specific state in the Great Lakes Region .

State	Colleges	Degrees Awarded
Illinois	553	38
Ohio	494	7

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Acupuncture and Oriental Medicine Related Rankings by Major

One of 7 majors within the Alternative Medicine & Systems area of study, Acupuncture and Oriental Medicine has other similar majors worth exploring.

Majors Similar to Acupuncture and Oriental Medicine

Related Major	Annual Graduates
Traditional Chinese Medicine and Chinese Herbology	19
General Alternative and Complementary Medicine and Medical Systems	4

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 Aphiwat chuangchoem. More about our data sources and methodologies.