by our College Data Analytics Team
It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. Our mission at College Factual is to arm you with as much information as we can to help you make that decision. Our “Most Well Attended Alternative Medicine Major in the Plains States Region for a Master’s” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.
Alternative Medicine & Systems is the 167th most popular major in the country with 3,564 degrees awarded in 2020-2021. In 2019-2020, alternative medicine and systems graduates who were awarded their degree in 2017-2019, earned an average of $29,138 and had an average of $24,035 in loans still to pay off.
Across the Plains States region, there were 157 alternative medicine and systems graduates with average earnings and debt of $38,052 and $0 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 92 alternative medicine and systems graduates with average earnings and debt of $55,401 and $0 respectively.
This year’s “Most Well Attended Alternative Medicine Major in the Plains States Region for a Master’s” ranking analyzed 4 colleges that offered a degree in alternative medicine and systems. To top this list, a school must have a successful alternative medicine and systems program that graduates more students in the field than other colleges that offer the same major.
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Since picking the right college can be one of the most important decisions of your life, we’ve developed the “Most Well Attended Alternative Medicine Major in the Plains States Region for a Master’s” ranking, along with many other major-related rankings, to help you make that decision.
We’ve created a tool called College Combat that lets you create your own customized comparisons based on the factors that matter the most to you. When you have some time, check it out - you may want to bookmark the link so you don’t forget it.
The following schools top our list of the Best “Most Well Attended Alternative Medicine Major in the Plains States Region for a Master’s”.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Maharishi International University. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Most Well Attended Alternative Medicine Major in the Plains States Region for a Master’s list. Maharishi International University is located in Fairfield, Iowa and, has a small student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 37 masters’s alternative medicine degrees to qualified students.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend American Academy of Acupuncture and Oriental Medicine. The school came in at #2 for the Most Well Attended Alternative Medicine Major in the Plains States Region for a Master’s. Located in Roseville, Minnesota, this small private for-profit school handed out 26 degrees to qualified masters’s alternative medicine students in 2020-2021.
With a undergrad student-to-faculty ratio of to 1, it’s easy to see that the school is committed to helping their undergraduates succeed. The low undergrad student loan default rate of 4.4% is a good sign that students have an easier time paying off their loans than they might at other schools. For comparison, the national default rate is 10.1%.
Full American Academy of Acupuncture and Oriental Medicine Alternative Medicine & Systems Report
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Northwestern Health Sciences University. The school came in at #3 for the Most Well Attended Alternative Medicine Major in the Plains States Region for a Master’s. Located in Bloomington, Minnesota, this small private not-for-profit school awarded 18 diplomas to qualified masters’s alternative medicine students in 2020-2021.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 0.8%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%. The impressive undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio of 7 to 1 means that students may have more opportunities to work more closely with their professors than they would at other schools.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend St Catherine University. The school came in at #4 for the Most Well Attended Alternative Medicine Major in the Plains States Region for a Master’s. St. Kate’s is a private not-for-profit institution located in Saint Paul, Minnesota. The school has a small population, and it awarded 11 masters’s degrees in 2020-2021.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 3.1%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
Read full report on Alternative Medicine & Systems at St. Kate’s
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