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2022 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Medical Science in the Great Lakes Region (With Aid)

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 Getting Aid

When it comes to choosing a college, students have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. College Factual was founded, in part, to help students make the decision as to what would be the best school for them. Our “Best Value Medical Science Schools for a Master’s in the Great Lakes Region For Those Getting Aid” ranking is part of that endeavor.

In 2019-2020, 842 people earned their degree in medical science, making the major the 254th most popular in the United States. 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.

This year’s “Best Value Medical Science Schools for a Master’s in the Great Lakes Region For Those Getting Aid” ranking looked at 8 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in medical science. Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent medical science 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 science program at the school and the cost to attend the school once aid has been awarded. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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Best Value Medical Science Schools for a Master’s in the Great Lakes Region For Those Getting Aid

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Medical Science Schools for a Master’s in the Great Lakes Region For Those Getting Aid.

Top 8 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Medical Science in the Great Lakes Region (With Aid)

#3 in overall quality

Out of the 8 schools in the Best Value Medical Science Schools for a Master’s in the Great Lakes Region For Those Getting Aid 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 science degrees to 3 students in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our great lakes region master’s degree medical science students with aid list, UW - Madison has also earned the #3 rank in our “Best Medical Science Master’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at UW - Madison are $25,523, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

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#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 Getting Aid. IUPUI is a large public school situated in Indianapolis, Indiana. It awarded 17 masters’s medical science degrees in 2019-2020.

IUPUI also made our “Best Medical Science Master’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region” list, coming in at #7. Average graduate tuition and fees at Indiana University - Purdue University - Indianapolis are $26,013, but some majors have different tuition rates.

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#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 #3 for the Best Value Medical Science Schools for a Master’s in the Great Lakes Region For Those Getting Aid. University of Illinois at Chicago is a large public school situated in Chicago, Illinois. It awarded 4 masters’s medical science degrees in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our great lakes region master’s degree medical science students with aid list, UIC has also earned the #8 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 UIC are $27,036.

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#4

Northwestern University

Evanston, Illinois

Out of the 8 schools in the Best Value Medical Science Schools for a Master’s in the Great Lakes Region For Those Getting Aid that were part of this year’s ranking, Northwestern University landed the #4 spot on the list. Northwestern is a private not-for-profit institution located in Evanston, Illinois. The school has a large population, and it awarded 36 masters’s degrees in 2019-2020.

Northwestern did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best Medical Science Master’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at Northwestern are $56,567, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

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#5

Michigan State University

East Lansing, Michigan
#6 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Michigan State University. The school came in at #5 for the Best Value Medical Science Schools for a Master’s in the Great Lakes Region For Those Getting Aid. East Lansing, Michigan is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out masters’s medical science degrees to 2 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 are $37,056, but some majors have different tuition rates.

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#6

Wayne State University

Detroit, Michigan

With a ranking of #6, Wayne State University did quite well on the 2022 Best Value Medical Science Schools for a Master’s in the Great Lakes Region For Those Getting Aid list. Located in Detroit, Michigan, this large public school awarded 1 degrees to qualified masters’s medical science students in 2019-2020.

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 are $37,215, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

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#5 in overall quality

With a ranking of #7, University of Cincinnati - Main Campus did quite well on the 2022 Best Value Medical Science Schools for a Master’s in the Great Lakes Region For Those Getting Aid list. Located in Cincinnati, Ohio, this large public school awarded 25 degrees to qualified masters’s medical science students in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our great lakes region master’s degree medical science students with aid list, UC has also earned the #5 rank in our “Best Medical Science Master’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at UC are $26,644, 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 #8 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Medical Science Schools for a Master’s in the Great Lakes Region For Those Getting Aid ranking. Case Western is a fairly large school located in Cleveland, Ohio that handed out 8 masters’s medical science degrees in 2019-2020.

Case Western also made our “Best Medical Science 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 are $47,958.

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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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