2022 Best Value Alternative Medicine Schools for a Master’s in the Plains States 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 Alternative Medicine Schools for a Master’s in the Plains States Region” ranking is part of that endeavor.

In 2019-2020, 3,308 people earned their degree in alternative medicine and systems, making the major the 160th most popular in the United States. In 2017-2018, alternative medicine and systems graduates who were awarded their degree in 2015-2017, earned an average of $23,207 and had an average of $98,121 in loans still to pay off.

Across the Plains States region, there were 119 alternative medicine and systems graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $67,495 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 58 alternative medicine and systems graduates with average earnings and debt of $53,438 and $39,783 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Alternative Medicine Schools for a Master’s in the Plains States Region” ranking analyzed 2 colleges that offered a degree in alternative medicine and systems. Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent alternative medicine and systems 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 alternative medicine and systems program at the school and the cost to attend the school once aid has been awarded. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.

One Size Does Not Fit All

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 Value Alternative Medicine Schools for a Master’s in the Plains States Region” list to help you make the college decision.

In addition to our rankings, you can take two colleges and compare them based on the criteria that matters most to you in our unique tool, College Combat. When you have some time, check it out - you may want to bookmark the link so you don’t forget it.

Best Value Alternative Medicine Schools for a Master’s in the Plains States Region

The colleges and universities below are the best for plains states region master’s degree alternative medicine students.

Top 2 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Alternative Medicine & Systems in the Plains States Region

#1

St Catherine University

Saint Paul, Minnesota

#1 in overall quality

$17,400 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

$52,107 Average Early-Career Earnings

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend St Catherine University. The school came in at #1 for the Best Value Alternative Medicine Schools for a Master’s in the Plains States Region. This small school is located in Saint Paul, Minnesota, and it awarded 12 masters’s alternative medicine degrees in 2019-2020.

St. Kate’s not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #1 on our “Best Alternative Medicine & Systems Master’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at St. Kate’s are $17,400, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Full St Catherine University Alternative Medicine & Systems Report

#2

Northwestern Health Sciences University

Bloomington, Minnesota

#2 in overall quality

$13,097 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

$26,353 Average Early-Career Earnings

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Northwestern Health Sciences University. The school came in at #2 for the Best Value Alternative Medicine Schools for a Master’s in the Plains States Region. This small school is located in Bloomington, Minnesota, and it awarded 22 masters’s alternative medicine degrees in 2019-2020.

NWHSU did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #2 on our “Best Alternative Medicine & Systems Master’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region” list. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at Northwestern Health Sciences University are $13,097.

Read full report on Alternative Medicine & Systems at Northwestern Health Sciences University

• Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Alternative Medicine & Systems

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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