2024 Best Medical Science Doctor's Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region

If you plan on getting your doctor's degree in medical science, you won't be alone since the degree program is ranked #118 in the country in terms of popularity. This means you won't have too much trouble finding schools that offer the degree.

For its 2024 ranking, College Factual looked at 2 schools in the Great Lakes Region to determine which ones were the best for medical science students pursuing a doctor's degree. Combined, these schools handed out 13 doctor's degrees in medical science to qualified students.

Jump to one of the following sections: * Our Methodology

• Best Doctor’s Degree Schools List

Average Earnings

To determine the overall quality of a graduate school, one factor we look at is the average early-career salary of those receiving their doctor's degree from the school. After all, your doctor's degree won't mean much if it doesn't help you find a job that will help you earn a living.

Other Factors We Consider

In addition to the above, you should consider some of the following factors:

• Major Focus - How many resources a school devotes to medical science students as compared to other majors.
• Major Demand - How many other medical science students want to attend this school to pursue a doctor's degree.
• Educational Resources - The amount of money and other resources allocated to students while they are pursuing their degree. These resources include such things as number of students per instructor and education expenditures per student.
• Student Debt - How much debt medical science students go into to obtain their doctor's degree and how well they are able to pay back that debt.
• Accreditation - Whether a school is regionally accredited and/or accredited by a recognized medical science related body.

Our full ranking methodology documents in more detail how we consider these factors to identify the best colleges for medical science students working on their doctor's degree.

One Size Does Not Fit All

When choosing the right school for you, it's important to arm yourself with all the facts you can. To that end, we've created a number of major-specific rankings, including this Best Medical Science Doctor's Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region list to help you make the college decision.

Best Schools for Doctorate Students to Study Medical Science in the Great Lakes Region

The following list ranks the best colleges and universities for pursuing a doctor's degree in medical science.

Top Great Lakes Region Schools for a Doctorate in Medical Science

1

University of Wisconsin - Madison
Madison, WI

3 Annual Graduates

University of Wisconsin - Madison is a wonderful choice for individuals pursuing a doctor's degree in medical science. Located in the large city of Madison, UW - Madison is a public university with a fairly large student population.More information about a doctorate in medical science from University of Wisconsin - Madison

2

Ohio University - Athens Campus
Athens, OH

6 Annual Graduates

Every student pursuing a degree in a doctor's degree in medical science has to check out Ohio University - Athens Campus. OHIO Athens is a fairly large public university located in the town of Athens.More information about a doctorate in medical science from Ohio University - Athens Campus

Best Medical Science Colleges by State

Explore the best medical science colleges for a specific state in the Great Lakes Region .

State	Colleges	Degrees Awarded
Illinois	153	0
Ohio	144	7
Indiana	132	3
Wisconsin	108	3

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Rankings in Majors Related to Medical Science

Medical Science is one of 34 different types of Health Professions programs to choose from.

Medical Science Focus Areas

Major	Annual Graduates
Medical Scientist	12
Clinical and Translational Science	1

Majors Similar to Medical Science

Related Major	Annual Graduates
Medicine	4,784
Pharmacy/Pharmaceutical Sciences	2,233
Nursing	1,972
Rehabilitation & Therapeutic Professions	1,827
Dentistry	976
Optometry	353
Communication Sciences	223
Public Health	112
Chiropractic	87
Other Health Professions	48

Notes and References

• The bars on the spread charts above show the distribution of the schools on this list +/- one standard deviation from the mean.
• 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 the rest 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). More about our data sources and methodologies.