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2022 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Medical Scientist in the Great Lakes Region

8 Ranked Colleges
123 Degrees Awarded
$35,900 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees*
Best Value Medical Scientist 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. College Factual has developed its “Best Value Medical Scientist Schools for a Master’s in the Great Lakes Region” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.

Medical Scientist is the 495th most popular major in the country with 821 degrees awarded in 2019-2020.

Across the Great Lakes region, there were 162 medical scientist graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 123 medical scientist graduates with average earnings and debt of $57,039 and $42,488 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Medical Scientist Schools for a Master’s in the Great Lakes Region” ranking looked at 8 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in medical scientist. The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great medical scientist programs and cost less that schools of similar quality.

To come up with these rankings, we looked at factors such as the cost to attend the school after aid is awarded and overall quality of the medical scientist program at the school. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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Best Value Medical Scientist Schools for a Master’s in the Great Lakes Region

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

Top 8 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Medical Scientist in the Great Lakes Region

#3 in overall quality

Out of the 8 schools in the Best Value Medical Scientist Schools for a Master’s in the Great Lakes Region that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Wisconsin - Madison landed the #1 spot on the list. Madison, Wisconsin is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out masters’s medical scientist degrees to 3 students in 2019-2020.

UW - Madison did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #3 on our “Best Medical Scientist Master’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region” list. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at UW - Madison are $25,523.

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#5 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Cincinnati - Main Campus. The school came in at #2 for the Best Value Medical Scientist Schools for a Master’s in the Great Lakes Region. University of Cincinnati - Main Campus is a large school located in Cincinnati, Ohio that handed out 25 masters’s medical scientist degrees in 2019-2020.

UC did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #5 on our “Best Medical Scientist Master’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at University of Cincinnati - Main Campus are $26,644, but some majors have different tuition rates.

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#7 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Indiana University - Purdue University - Indianapolis. It ranked #3 on our 2022 Best Value Medical Scientist Schools for a Master’s in the Great Lakes Region list. Indiana University - Purdue University - Indianapolis is located in Indianapolis, Indiana and, has a large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 17 masters’s medical scientist degrees to qualified students.

In addition to being on our great lakes region master’s degree medical scientist students list, IUPUI has also earned the #7 rank in our “Best Medical Scientist Master’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at IUPUI are $26,013, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

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#8 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Illinois at Chicago. It ranked #4 on our 2022 Best Value Medical Scientist Schools for a Master’s in the Great Lakes Region list. University of Illinois at Chicago is a large school located in Chicago, Illinois that handed out 4 masters’s medical scientist degrees in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at UIC, the school also landed the #8 spot in our “Best Medical Scientist Master’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at University of Illinois at Chicago are $27,036, but some majors have different tuition rates.

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#5

Rush University

Chicago, Illinois
#4 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Rush University. The school came in at #5 for the Best Value Medical Scientist Schools for a Master’s in the Great Lakes Region. Located in Chicago, Illinois, this small private not-for-profit school handed out 27 degrees to qualified masters’s medical scientist students in 2019-2020.

Rush University did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #4 on our “Best Medical Scientist Master’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at Rush University are $37,207, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

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#6

Michigan State University

East Lansing, Michigan
#6 in overall quality

Michigan State University did quite well in the 2022 Best Value Medical Scientist Schools for a Master’s in the Great Lakes Region ranking, coming in at #6. Michigan State is a large public school situated in East Lansing, Michigan. It awarded 2 masters’s medical scientist degrees in 2019-2020.

Michigan State also took the #6 spot in our “Best Medical Scientist Master’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at Michigan State University are $37,056, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

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#2 in overall quality

Case Western Reserve University came in at #7 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Medical Scientist Schools for a Master’s in the Great Lakes Region ranking. Cleveland, Ohio 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 8 students in 2019-2020.

Case Western also made our “Best Medical Scientist Master’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region” list, coming in at #2. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at Case Western Reserve University are $47,958.

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#8

Northwestern University

Evanston, Illinois
#1 in overall quality

Northwestern University came in at #8 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Medical Scientist Schools for a Master’s in the Great Lakes Region ranking. Northwestern is a large school located in Evanston, Illinois that handed out 36 masters’s medical scientist degrees in 2019-2020.

Northwestern not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #1 on our “Best Medical Scientist Master’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region” list. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at Northwestern University are $56,567.

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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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