by our College Data Analytics Team
With all of the options students have for higher education today, it can be tough to choose which direction to take. College Factual has developed its “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Medical Illustration Major in the Plains States Region” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.
In 2020-2021, 2,089 people earned their degree in medical illustration and informatics, making the major the 193rd most popular in the United States. In 2019-2020, medical illustration and informatics graduates who were awarded their degree in 2017-2019, earned an average of $70,135 and had an average of $32,175 in loans still to pay off.
Across the Plains States region, there were 295 medical illustration and informatics graduates with average earnings and debt of $68,652 and $0 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 234 medical illustration and informatics graduates with average earnings and debt of $55,401 and $0 respectively.
For this year’s “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Medical Illustration Major in the Plains States Region” ranking, we looked at 12 colleges that offer a degree in medical illustration and informatics. This a ranking of the schools where the largest percentage of students has enrolled in medical illustration and informatics.
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The colleges and universities below are the best for plains states region master’s degree medical illustration students.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Capella University. The school came in at #1 for the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Medical Illustration Major in the Plains States Region. Capella University is a large school located in Minneapolis, Minnesota that handed out 185 masters’s medical illustration degrees in 2020-2021.
Full Capella University Medical Illustration & Informatics Report
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend St Catherine University. The school came in at #2 for the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Medical Illustration Major in the Plains States Region. 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 low undergrad student loan default rate of 3.1% 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%.
Out of the 12 schools in the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Medical Illustration Major in the Plains States Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Saint Louis University landed the #3 spot on the list. Located in Saint Louis, Missouri, this fairly large private not-for-profit school handed out 15 degrees to qualified masters’s medical illustration students in 2020-2021.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 2.3% 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%. The impressive undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio of 9 to 1 means that students may have more opportunities to work more closely with their professors than they would at other schools. The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 90%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Logan University. The school came in at #4 for the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Medical Illustration Major in the Plains States Region. Logan University is a private not-for-profit institution located in Chesterfield, Missouri. The school has a small population, and it awarded 2 masters’s degrees in 2020-2021.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 2.8%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
Read more about Medical Illustration & Informatics at Logan University
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Mary. It ranked #5 on our 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Medical Illustration Major in the Plains States Region list. UMary is a small private not-for-profit school situated in Bismarck, North Dakota. It awarded 3 masters’s medical illustration degrees in 2020-2021.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 3.0% 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 University of Mary Medical Illustration & Informatics Report
Mount Mercy University ranked #6 on this year’s Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Medical Illustration Major in the Plains States Region list. Cedar Rapids, Iowa is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out masters’s medical illustration degrees to 1 students in 2020-2021.
Read full report on Medical Illustration & Informatics at Mount Mercy University
With a ranking of #7, University of Missouri - Columbia did quite well on the 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Medical Illustration Major in the Plains States Region list. Columbia, Missouri is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out masters’s medical illustration degrees to 15 students in 2020-2021.
With a freshman retention rate of 89%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students. The low undergrad student loan default rate of 2.5% 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%.
Read full report on Medical Illustration & Informatics at University of Missouri - Columbia
University of Kansas landed the #8 spot on the 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Medical Illustration Major in the Plains States Region ranking. University of Kansas is a large school located in Lawrence, Kansas that handed out 2 masters’s medical illustration degrees in 2020-2021.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 4.3%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%. The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 86%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.
Read full report on Medical Illustration & Informatics at University of Kansas
University of Iowa did quite well in the 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Medical Illustration Major in the Plains States Region ranking, coming in at #9. Located in Iowa City, Iowa, this large public school awarded 1 degrees to qualified masters’s medical illustration students in 2020-2021.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 2.2% 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%. The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 88%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.
Allen College did quite well in the 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Medical Illustration Major in the Plains States Region ranking, coming in at #9. Located in Waterloo, Iowa, this small private not-for-profit school handed out 0 degrees to qualified masters’s medical illustration students in 2020-2021.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 1.3% 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%.
Read more about Medical Illustration & Informatics at Allen College
Minnesota State University - Mankato did quite well in the 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Medical Illustration Major in the Plains States Region ranking, coming in at #9. Mankato, Minnesota is the setting for this fairly large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out masters’s medical illustration degrees to 0 students in 2020-2021.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 3.6%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
Read full report on Medical Illustration & Informatics at Minnesota State Mankato
Dakota State University did quite well in the 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Medical Illustration Major in the Plains States Region ranking, coming in at #9. Madison, South Dakota is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The public school handed out masters’s medical illustration degrees to 0 students in 2020-2021.
Read full report on Medical Illustration & Informatics at Dakota State University
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