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2022 Best Value Medical Science Schools for a Master’s in the Great Lakes Region For Those Making $75-$110k

8 Ranked Colleges
123 Degrees Awarded
$35,600 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees*
Best Value Medical Science Schools for a Master's in the Great Lakes Region For Those Making $75-$110k

Students have lots of options to chooose from today when trying to decide which college to attend. College Factual has developed its “Best Value Medical Science Schools for a Master’s in the Great Lakes Region For Those Making $75-$110k” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.

Medical Science is the 254th most popular major in the country with 842 degrees awarded in 2019-2020. In 2017-2018, medical science graduates who were awarded their degree in 2015-2017, earned an average of $150,200 and had an average of $85,505 in loans still to pay off.

Across the Great Lakes region, there were 165 medical science graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 123 medical science graduates with average earnings and debt of $57,039 and $42,488 respectively.

For this year’s “Best Value Medical Science Schools for a Master’s in the Great Lakes Region For Those Making $75-$110k” ranking, we looked at 8 colleges that offer a degree in medical science. The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great medical science 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 science program at the school. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.

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Best Value Medical Science Schools for a Master’s in the Great Lakes Region For Those Making $75-$110k

The colleges and universities below are the best for great lakes region master’s degree medical science students whose families make $75-$110k.

Top 8 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Medical Science (Income $75-$110k) in the Great Lakes Region

#1

Northwestern University

Evanston, Illinois

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Northwestern University. The school came in at #1 for the Best Value Medical Science Schools for a Master’s in the Great Lakes Region For Those Making $75-$110k. Located in Evanston, Illinois, this large private not-for-profit school awarded 36 diplomas to qualified masters’s medical science students in 2019-2020.

Northwestern also made our “Best Medical Science Master’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region” list, coming in at #1. Average graduate tuition and fees at Northwestern University are $56,567, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Full Northwestern University Medical Science Report

#7 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Indiana University - Purdue University - Indianapolis. The school came in at #2 for the Best Value Medical Science Schools for a Master’s in the Great Lakes Region For Those Making $75-$110k. Indiana University - Purdue University - Indianapolis is a large school located in Indianapolis, Indiana that handed out 17 masters’s medical science degrees in 2019-2020.

IUPUI not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #7 on our “Best Medical Science Master’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at Indiana University - Purdue University - Indianapolis are $26,013, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Read more about Medical Science at IUPUI

#3 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Wisconsin - Madison. It ranked #3 on our 2022 Best Value Medical Science Schools for a Master’s in the Great Lakes Region For Those Making $75-$110k list. UW - Madison is a large school located in Madison, Wisconsin that handed out 3 masters’s medical science degrees in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our great lakes region master’s degree medical science students whose families make $75-$110k list, UW - Madison has also earned the #3 rank in our “Best Medical Science Master’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region” ranking. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at University of Wisconsin - Madison are $25,523.

Read more about Medical Science at University of Wisconsin - Madison

#8 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Illinois at Chicago. The school came in at #4 for the Best Value Medical Science Schools for a Master’s in the Great Lakes Region For Those Making $75-$110k. This large school is located in Chicago, Illinois, and it awarded 4 masters’s medical science degrees in 2019-2020.

UIC not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #8 on our “Best Medical Science 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 UIC are $27,036.

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#5

Wayne State University

Detroit, Michigan

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Wayne State University. It ranked #5 on our 2022 Best Value Medical Science Schools for a Master’s in the Great Lakes Region For Those Making $75-$110k list. Wayne State University is located in Detroit, Michigan and, has a large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 1 masters’s medical science degrees to qualified students.

Wayne State did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #0 on our “Best Medical Science Master’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at Wayne State University are $37,215, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

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#5 in overall quality

University of Cincinnati - Main Campus ranked #6 on this year’s Best Value Medical Science Schools for a Master’s in the Great Lakes Region For Those Making $75-$110k list. University of Cincinnati - Main Campus is located in Cincinnati, Ohio and, has a large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 25 masters’s medical science degrees to qualified students.

UC not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #5 on our “Best Medical Science 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 you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Full UC Medical Science Report

#7

Michigan State University

East Lansing, Michigan
#6 in overall quality

With a ranking of #7, Michigan State University did quite well on the 2022 Best Value Medical Science Schools for a Master’s in the Great Lakes Region For Those Making $75-$110k list. Located in East Lansing, Michigan, this large public school handed out 2 degrees to qualified masters’s medical science students in 2019-2020.

Michigan State also made our “Best Medical Science Master’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region” list, coming in at #6. Average graduate tuition and fees at Michigan State University are $37,056, but some majors have different tuition rates.

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#2 in overall quality

Case Western Reserve University came in at #8 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Medical Science Schools for a Master’s in the Great Lakes Region For Those Making $75-$110k ranking. Case Western is a fairly large private not-for-profit school situated in Cleveland, Ohio. It awarded 8 masters’s medical science degrees in 2019-2020.

Case Western also took the #2 spot in our “Best Medical Science Master’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at Case Western are $47,958, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Read full report on Medical Science at Case Western Reserve University

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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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