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2022 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for General Health & Wellness in the Great Lakes Region

6 Ranked Colleges
88 Degrees Awarded
$22,600 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees*
Best Value Health and Wellness Schools for a Master's in the Great Lakes Region

When pursuing a degree in today’s world, students have many different options to choose from. Our mission at College Factual is to arm you with as much information as we can to help you make that decision. Our “Best Value Health and Wellness Schools for a Master’s in the Great Lakes Region” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.

General Health & Wellness is the 159th most popular major in the country with 5,006 degrees awarded in 2019-2020.

Across the Great Lakes region, there were 1,264 general health and wellness graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 88 general health and wellness graduates with average earnings and debt of $57,039 and $42,488 respectively.

For this year’s “Best Value Health and Wellness Schools for a Master’s in the Great Lakes Region” ranking, we looked at 6 colleges that offer a degree in general health and wellness. This ranking identifies schools with high-quality general health and wellness programs that also have a lower cost than schools of similar quality.

When determining these rankings, we looked at things such as overall quality of the general health and wellness program at the school and the cost to attend the school once aid has been awarded. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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Since picking the right college can be one of the most important decisions of your life, we’ve developed the “Best Value Health and Wellness Schools for a Master’s in the Great Lakes Region” 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.

Best Value Health and Wellness Schools for a Master’s in the Great Lakes Region

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Health and Wellness Schools for a Master’s in the Great Lakes Region.

Top 6 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for General Health & Wellness in the Great Lakes Region

#1

Otterbein University

Westerville, Ohio
#2 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Otterbein University. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Health and Wellness Schools for a Master’s in the Great Lakes Region list. Otterbein is a small private not-for-profit school situated in Westerville, Ohio. It awarded 4 masters’s health and wellness degrees in 2019-2020.

Otterbein not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #2 on our “Best General Health & Wellness Master’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at Otterbein University are $6,767, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Full Otterbein General Health & Wellness Report

#2

University of Wisconsin - River Falls

River Falls, Wisconsin
#3 in overall quality

Out of the 6 schools in the Best Value Health and Wellness Schools for a Master’s in the Great Lakes Region that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Wisconsin - River Falls landed the #2 spot on the list. UW - River Falls is a medium-sized school located in River Falls, Wisconsin that handed out 4 masters’s health and wellness degrees in 2019-2020.

UW - River Falls not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #3 on our “Best General Health & Wellness Master’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at University of Wisconsin - River Falls are $18,233, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Full UW - River Falls General Health & Wellness Report

#4 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Bowling Green State University - Main Campus. The school came in at #3 for the Best Value Health and Wellness Schools for a Master’s in the Great Lakes Region. Bowling Green State University - Main Campus is located in Bowling Green, Ohio and, has a fairly large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 24 masters’s health and wellness degrees to qualified students.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at BGSU, the school also landed the #4 spot in our “Best General Health & Wellness 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 BGSU are $15,823.

Read full report on General Health & Wellness at BGSU

#4

University of Wisconsin - Stevens Point

Stevens Point, Wisconsin
#5 in overall quality

Out of the 6 schools in the Best Value Health and Wellness Schools for a Master’s in the Great Lakes Region that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Wisconsin - Stevens Point landed the #4 spot on the list. This medium-sized school is located in Stevens Point, Wisconsin, and it awarded 6 masters’s health and wellness degrees in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our great lakes region master’s degree health and wellness students list, UW - Stevens Point has also earned the #5 rank in our “Best General Health & Wellness Master’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at University of Wisconsin - Stevens Point are $19,178, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Read more about General Health & Wellness at University of Wisconsin - Stevens Point

#6 in overall quality

Out of the 6 schools in the Best Value Health and Wellness Schools for a Master’s in the Great Lakes Region that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Wisconsin - Green Bay landed the #5 spot on the list. UW - Green Bay is a medium-sized school located in Green Bay, Wisconsin that handed out 17 masters’s health and wellness degrees in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our great lakes region master’s degree health and wellness students list, UW - Green Bay has also earned the #6 rank in our “Best General Health & Wellness 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 UW - Green Bay are $19,126.

Read full report on General Health & Wellness at University of Wisconsin - Green Bay

#6

Northwestern University

Evanston, Illinois
#1 in overall quality

With a ranking of #6, Northwestern University did quite well on the 2022 Best Value Health and Wellness Schools for a Master’s in the Great Lakes Region list. Evanston, Illinois is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out masters’s health and wellness degrees to 19 students in 2019-2020.

Northwestern also made our “Best General Health & Wellness Master’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region” list, coming in at #1. Average graduate tuition and fees at Northwestern University are $56,567, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Read more about General Health & Wellness at Northwestern University

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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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