2022 Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Medicine in Missouri

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 Medicine Schools for a Doctorate in Missouri” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.

Medicine is the 40th most popular major in the country with 20,073 degrees awarded in 2019-2020.

Across Missouri, there were 512 medicine graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the doctor’s degree level specifically, there were 512 medicine graduates with average earnings and debt of $73,755 and $111,628 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Medicine Schools for a Doctorate in Missouri” ranking looked at 4 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in medicine. Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent medicine programs, but they also cost less that schools of similar quality.

Some of the factors we look at when determining these rankings are overall quality of the medicine program at the school and the cost of the school after aid is awarded among other things. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.

One Size Does Not Fit All

The medicine school you choose to invest your time and money in matters. To help you make the decision that is right for you, we’ve developed a number of major-specific rankings, including this list of “Best Value Medicine Schools for a Doctorate in Missouri”.

We’ve created a tool called College Combat that lets you create your own customized comparisons based on the factors that matter the most to you. Go ahead and give it a try, or bookmark the link so you can check it out later.

Best Value Medicine Schools for a Doctorate in Missouri

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Medicine Schools for a Doctorate in Missouri.

Top 4 Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Medicine in Missouri

#1

University of Missouri - Columbia

Columbia, Missouri

#3 in overall quality

$27,193 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Missouri - Columbia. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Medicine Schools for a Doctorate in Missouri list. Columbia, Missouri is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out doctorate’s medicine degrees to 106 students in 2019-2020.

Mizzou did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #3 on our “Best Medicine Doctor’s Degree Schools in Missouri” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at Mizzou are $27,193, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Read more about Medicine at Mizzou

#2

University of Missouri - Kansas City

Kansas City, Missouri

#4 in overall quality

$26,699 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

Out of the 4 schools in the Best Value Medicine Schools for a Doctorate in Missouri that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Missouri - Kansas City landed the #2 spot on the list. Located in Kansas City, Missouri, this fairly large public school awarded 112 diplomas to qualified doctorate’s medicine students in 2019-2020.

UMKC did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #4 on our “Best Medicine Doctor’s Degree Schools in Missouri” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at University of Missouri - Kansas City are $26,699, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Read more about Medicine at University of Missouri - Kansas City

#3

Saint Louis University

Saint Louis, Missouri

#2 in overall quality

$22,074 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

Out of the 4 schools in the Best Value Medicine Schools for a Doctorate in Missouri that were part of this year’s ranking, Saint Louis University landed the #3 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 doctorate’s medicine degrees to 173 students in 2019-2020.

SLU also made our “Best Medicine Doctor’s Degree Schools in Missouri” list, coming in at #2. Average graduate tuition and fees at SLU are $22,074, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Full SLU Medicine Report

#4

Washington University in St Louis

Saint Louis, Missouri

#1 in overall quality

$56,562 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Washington University in St Louis. The school came in at #4 for the Best Value Medicine Schools for a Doctorate in Missouri. Located in Saint Louis, Missouri, this fairly large private not-for-profit school awarded 121 diplomas to qualified doctorate’s medicine students in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at WUSTL, the school also landed the #1 spot in our “Best Medicine Doctor’s Degree Schools in Missouri” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at Washington University in St Louis are $56,562, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Read more about Medicine at WUSTL

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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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