2023 Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Health Science Major in the Great Lakes 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 “Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Health Science Major in the Great Lakes Region” ranking is part of that endeavor.

Health Sciences & Services is the 34th most popular major in the country with 35,945 degrees awarded in 2020-2021. In 2019-2020, health sciences and services graduates who were awarded their degree in 2017-2019, earned an average of $35,887 and had an average of $24,736 in loans still to pay off.

Across the Great Lakes region, there were 2,948 health sciences and services graduates with average earnings and debt of $36,532 and $27,623 respectively. At the doctor’s degree level specifically, there were 11 health sciences and services graduates with average earnings and debt of $74,305 and $0 respectively.

This year’s “Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Health Science Major in the Great Lakes Region” ranking analyzed 3 colleges that offered a degree in health sciences and services. The colleges and universities that top this list are recognized because their health sciences and services program is one of the largest majors offered at the school.

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Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Health Science Major in the Great Lakes Region

The following schools top our list of the Best “Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Health Science Major in the Great Lakes Region”.

Top 3 Most Focused Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Health Sciences & Services in the Great Lakes Region

1

Western Michigan University
Kalamazoo, Michigan

Out of the 3 schools in the Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Health Science Major in the Great Lakes Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Western Michigan University landed the #1 spot on the list. Located in Kalamazoo, Michigan, this fairly large public school awarded 8 degrees to qualified doctorate’s health science students in 2020-2021.

Read more about Health Sciences & Services at Western Michigan University

2

Indiana State University
Terre Haute, Indiana

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Indiana State University. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Health Science Major in the Great Lakes Region list. Located in Terre Haute, Indiana, this medium-sized public school handed out 3 diplomas to qualified doctorate’s health science students in 2020-2021.

Full Indiana State University Health Sciences & Services Report

3

Midwestern University - Downers Grove
Downers Grove, Illinois

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Midwestern University - Downers Grove. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Health Science Major in the Great Lakes Region list. Midwestern University - Downers Grove is a small school located in Downers Grove, Illinois that handed out 0 doctorate’s health science degrees in 2020-2021.

The undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio of to 1 is a sign that students will have more opportunities to engage with their professors one-on-one.

Full Midwestern University - Downers Grove Health Sciences & Services Report

• Most Focused Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Health Sciences & Services

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

• *Avg Salary and Avg 4-Year Grad Rate 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.