2022 Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Health Sciences & Services in the Great Lakes Region

Students have lots of options to chooose from today when trying to decide which college to attend. College Factual has developed its “Best Value Health Science Schools for a Doctorate in the Great Lakes Region” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.

In 2019-2020, 31,648 people earned their degree in health sciences and services, making the major the 42nd most popular in the United States. In 2017-2018, health sciences and services graduates who were awarded their degree in 2015-2017, earned an average of $34,571 and had an average of $24,129 in loans still to pay off.

Across the Great Lakes region, there were 2,395 health sciences and services graduates with average earnings and debt of $32,578 and $25,221 respectively. At the doctor’s degree level specifically, there were 14 health sciences and services graduates with average earnings and debt of $74,428 and $121,375 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Health Science Schools for a Doctorate in the Great Lakes Region” ranking looked at 2 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in health sciences and services. The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great health sciences and services programs and cost less that schools of similar quality.

When determining these rankings, we looked at things such as overall quality of the health sciences and services program at the school and the cost to attend the school once aid has been awarded. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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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 Science Schools for a Doctorate in the Great Lakes Region” ranking, along with many other major-related rankings, to help you make that decision.

To further help you make the college decision, we’ve developed a unique tool called College Combat that allows you to compare schools based on the factors that matter the most to you. If you’re torn between two schools, you can use it to help you see how they stack up against one another. Bookmark it so you can compare any new schools that might interest you.

Best Value Health Science Schools for a Doctorate in the Great Lakes Region

The colleges and universities below are the best for great lakes region doctor’s degree health science students.

Top 2 Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Health Sciences & Services in the Great Lakes Region

#1

Indiana State University

Terre Haute, Indiana

#2 in overall quality

$15,346 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Indiana State University. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Health Science Schools for a Doctorate in the Great Lakes Region list. Located in Terre Haute, Indiana, this fairly large public school handed out 7 diplomas to qualified doctorate’s health science students in 2019-2020.

Indiana State did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #2 on our “Best Health Sciences & Services Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at Indiana State University are $15,346, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Read more about Health Sciences & Services at Indiana State University

#2

Western Michigan University

Kalamazoo, Michigan

#1 in overall quality

$31,355 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Western Michigan University. It ranked #2 on our 2022 Best Value Health Science Schools for a Doctorate in the Great Lakes Region list. Kalamazoo, Michigan is the setting for this fairly large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out doctorate’s health science degrees to 7 students in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at WMU, the school also landed the #1 spot in our “Best Health Sciences & Services Doctor’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 Western Michigan University are $31,355.

Read more about Health Sciences & Services at WMU

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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.

Credits

• Credit for the banner image above goes to Sandra M. Palumbo.

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