2022 Best Value Medical Scientist Schools for a Master’s in the Plains States Region For Those Making $0-$30k

When it comes to choosing a college, students have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. College Factual has developed its “Best Value Medical Scientist Schools for a Master’s in the Plains States Region For Those Making $0-$30k” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.

In 2019-2020, 821 people earned their degree in medical scientist, making the major the 495th most popular in the United States.

Across the Plains States region, there were 85 medical scientist graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 72 medical scientist graduates with average earnings and debt of $53,438 and $39,783 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Medical Scientist Schools for a Master’s in the Plains States Region For Those Making $0-$30k” ranking looked at 4 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in medical scientist. Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent medical scientist programs, but they also cost less that schools of similar quality.

When determining these rankings, we looked at things such as overall quality of the medical scientist 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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Best Value Medical Scientist Schools for a Master’s in the Plains States Region For Those Making $0-$30k

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Medical Scientist Schools for a Master’s in the Plains States Region For Those Making $0-$30k.

Top 4 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Medical Scientist (Income $0-$30k) in the Plains States Region

#1

Washington University in St Louis

Saint Louis, Missouri

#2 in overall quality

$56,562 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

Out of the 4 schools in the Best Value Medical Scientist Schools for a Master’s in the Plains States Region For Those Making $0-$30k that were part of this year’s ranking, Washington University in St Louis landed the #1 spot on the list. Saint Louis, Missouri is the setting for this fairly large institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out masters’s medical scientist degrees to 27 students in 2019-2020.

WUSTL did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #2 on our “Best Medical Scientist Master’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at Washington University in St Louis are $56,562, but some majors have different tuition rates.

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#2

Saint Cloud State University

Saint Cloud, Minnesota

#4 in overall quality

$12,904 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Saint Cloud State University. The school came in at #2 for the Best Value Medical Scientist Schools for a Master’s in the Plains States Region For Those Making $0-$30k. Saint Cloud, Minnesota is the setting for this fairly large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out masters’s medical scientist degrees to 12 students in 2019-2020.

St. Cloud State University also took the #4 spot in our “Best Medical Scientist Master’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at St. Cloud State University are $12,904, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

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#3

University of Missouri - Columbia

Columbia, Missouri

$27,193 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Missouri - Columbia. The school came in at #3 for the Best Value Medical Scientist Schools for a Master’s in the Plains States Region For Those Making $0-$30k. Columbia, Missouri is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out masters’s medical scientist degrees to 1 students in 2019-2020.

Mizzou also made our “Best Medical Scientist Master’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region” list, coming in at #0. Average graduate tuition and fees at Mizzou are $27,193, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

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#4

University of Iowa

Iowa City, Iowa

#3 in overall quality

$27,613 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

Out of the 4 schools in the Best Value Medical Scientist Schools for a Master’s in the Plains States Region For Those Making $0-$30k that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Iowa landed the #4 spot on the list. Iowa is a large school located in Iowa City, Iowa that handed out 2 masters’s medical scientist degrees in 2019-2020.

Iowa did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #3 on our “Best Medical Scientist Master’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at University of Iowa are $27,613, but some majors have different tuition rates.

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• Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Medical Scientist (Income $0-$30k)

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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