2023 Most Popular Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Medicine in the Plains States Region
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Ranked Colleges
1,559
Degrees Awarded
$30,700
Avg Cost*
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 “Most Well Attended Medicine Major in the Plains States Region for a Doctorate” ranking is part of that endeavor.
Medicine is the 42nd most popular major in the country with 20,665 degrees awarded in 2020-2021.
Across the Plains States region, there were 1,559 medicine graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the doctor’s degree level specifically, there were 1,559 medicine graduates with average earnings and debt of $75,829 and $0 respectively.
This year’s “Most Well Attended Medicine Major in the Plains States Region for a Doctorate” ranking looked at 13 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in medicine. This ranking identifies schools that graduate the most students in medicine.
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Most Well Attended Medicine Major in the Plains States Region for a Doctorate
The colleges and universities below are the best for plains states region doctor’s degree medicine students.
Top 13 Most Popular Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Medicine in the Plains States Region
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Minnesota - Twin Cities. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Most Well Attended Medicine Major in the Plains States Region for a Doctorate list. This large school is located in Minneapolis, Minnesota, and it awarded 242 doctorate’s medicine degrees in 2020-2021.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 1.7%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%. Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 93%.
Read more about Medicine at University of Minnesota - Twin Cities
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Kansas. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Most Well Attended Medicine Major in the Plains States Region for a Doctorate list. University of Kansas is a large school located in Lawrence, Kansas that handed out 214 doctorate’s medicine degrees in 2020-2021.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 4.3%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%. With a freshman retention rate of 86%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students.
Read more about Medicine at KU
Out of the 13 schools in the Most Well Attended Medicine Major in the Plains States Region for a Doctorate 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 2020-2021.
With a undergrad student-to-faculty ratio of 9 to 1, it’s easy to see that the school is committed to helping their undergraduates succeed. The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 2.3%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%. With a freshman retention rate of 90%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students.
Full SLU Medicine Report
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Creighton University. It ranked #4 on our 2023 Most Well Attended Medicine Major in the Plains States Region for a Doctorate list. Located in Omaha, Nebraska, this medium-sized private not-for-profit school handed out 164 diplomas to qualified doctorate’s medicine students in 2020-2021.
The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 92%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. The low undergrad student loan default rate of 1.6% is a good sign that students have an easier time paying off their loans than they might at other schools. For comparison, the national default rate is 10.1%.
Full Creighton Medicine Report
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Iowa. It ranked #5 on our 2023 Most Well Attended Medicine Major in the Plains States Region for a Doctorate list. Located in Iowa City, Iowa, this large public school awarded 142 diplomas to qualified doctorate’s medicine students in 2020-2021.
The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 88%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 2.2%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
Full Iowa Medicine Report
University of Missouri - Columbia did quite well in the 2023 Most Well Attended Medicine Major in the Plains States Region for a Doctorate ranking, coming in at #6. Mizzou is a large public school situated in Columbia, Missouri. It awarded 124 doctorate’s medicine degrees in 2020-2021.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 2.5% is a good sign that students have an easier time paying off their loans than they might at other schools. For comparison, the national default rate is 10.1%. With a freshman retention rate of 89%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students.
Read full report on Medicine at Mizzou
University of Nebraska Medical Center landed the #7 spot on the 2023 Most Well Attended Medicine Major in the Plains States Region for a Doctorate ranking. UNMC is a public institution located in Omaha, Nebraska. The school has a small population, and it awarded 123 doctorate’s degrees in 2020-2021.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 0.4%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%. The impressive undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio of 2 to 1 means that students may have more opportunities to work more closely with their professors than they would at other schools.
Full UNMC Medicine Report
With a ranking of #8, Washington University in St Louis did quite well on the 2023 Most Well Attended Medicine Major in the Plains States Region for a Doctorate list. WUSTL is located in Saint Louis, Missouri and, has a fairly large student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 105 doctorate’s medicine degrees to qualified students.
The undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio of 7 to 1 is a sign that students will have more opportunities to engage with their professors one-on-one. The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 94%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 1.1%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
Read full report on Medicine at WUSTL
University of Missouri - Kansas City ranked #9 on this year’s Most Well Attended Medicine Major in the Plains States Region for a Doctorate list. University of Missouri - Kansas City is a fairly large school located in Kansas City, Missouri that handed out 104 doctorate’s medicine degrees in 2020-2021.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 3.7% is a good sign that students have an easier time paying off their loans than they might at other schools. For comparison, the national default rate is 10.1%.
Full UMKC Medicine Report
Mayo Clinic School of Medicine landed the #10 spot on the 2023 Most Well Attended Medicine Major in the Plains States Region for a Doctorate ranking. Rochester, Minnesota is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out doctorate’s medicine degrees to 99 students in 2020-2021.
The impressive undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio of 4 to 1 means that students may have more opportunities to work more closely with their professors than they would at other schools.
Read full report on Medicine at Mayo Clinic School of Medicine
University of South Dakota did quite well in the 2023 Most Well Attended Medicine Major in the Plains States Region for a Doctorate ranking, coming in at #11. Vermillion, South Dakota is the setting for this medium-sized institution of higher learning. The public school handed out doctorate’s medicine degrees to 66 students in 2020-2021.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 3.1%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
Full USD Medicine Report
University of North Dakota did quite well in the 2023 Most Well Attended Medicine Major in the Plains States Region for a Doctorate ranking, coming in at #12. UND is a fairly large school located in Grand Forks, North Dakota that handed out 3 doctorate’s medicine degrees in 2020-2021.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 2.8%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
Read more about Medicine at University of North Dakota
University of Minnesota - Duluth ranked #13 on this year’s Most Well Attended Medicine Major in the Plains States Region for a Doctorate list. University of Minnesota - Duluth is located in Duluth, Minnesota and, has a medium-sized student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 0 doctorate’s medicine degrees to qualified students.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 2.6%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
Read more about Medicine at University of Minnesota - Duluth
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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
- *Avg Salary and Avg 4-Year Grad Rate 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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