by our College Data Analytics Team
With all of the options students have for higher education today, it can be tough to choose which direction to take. College Factual has developed its “Most Well Attended Medicine Major in the Great Lakes Region” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.
In 2020-2021, 20,665 people earned their degree in medicine, making the major the 42nd most popular in the United States.
Across the Great Lakes region, there were 3,753 medicine graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively.
For this year’s “Most Well Attended Medicine Major in the Great Lakes Region” ranking, we looked at 23 colleges that offer a degree in medicine. The schools that top this list are recognized because they have one of the most popular medicine programs in the United States.
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The following schools top our list of the Best “Most Well Attended Medicine Major in the Great Lakes Region”.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Indiana University - Purdue University - Indianapolis. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Most Well Attended Medicine Major in the Great Lakes Region list. IUPUI is located in Indianapolis, Indiana and, has a large student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 345 ’s medicine degrees to qualified students.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 4.2%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Illinois at Chicago. The school came in at #2 for the Most Well Attended Medicine Major in the Great Lakes Region. This large school is located in Chicago, Illinois, and it awarded 291 ’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%.
Read more about Medicine at University of Illinois at Chicago
Out of the 23 schools in the Most Well Attended Medicine Major in the Great Lakes Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Wayne State University landed the #3 spot on the list. Wayne State is a public institution located in Detroit, Michigan. The school has a large population, and it awarded 283 ’s degrees in 2020-2021.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Medical College of Wisconsin. It ranked #4 on our 2023 Most Well Attended Medicine Major in the Great Lakes Region list. Located in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, this small private not-for-profit school handed out 252 diplomas to qualified ’s medicine students in 2020-2021.
With a undergrad student-to-faculty ratio of to 1, it’s easy to see that the school is committed to helping their undergraduates succeed.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Case Western Reserve University. It ranked #5 on our 2023 Most Well Attended Medicine Major in the Great Lakes Region list. Case Western is a fairly large school located in Cleveland, Ohio that handed out 205 ’s medicine degrees in 2020-2021.
Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 93%. The low undergrad student loan default rate of 1.5% 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%.
Ohio State University - Main Campus came in at #6 in this year’s edition of the Most Well Attended Medicine Major in the Great Lakes Region ranking. Located in Columbus, Ohio, this large public school awarded 203 diplomas to qualified ’s medicine students in 2020-2021.
Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 94%. The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 3.6%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
With a ranking of #7, Michigan State University did quite well on the 2023 Most Well Attended Medicine Major in the Great Lakes Region list. Michigan State is a large school located in East Lansing, Michigan that handed out 186 ’s medicine degrees in 2020-2021.
Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 91%. The low undergrad student loan default rate of 2.6% 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%.
With a ranking of #8, University of Cincinnati - Main Campus did quite well on the 2023 Most Well Attended Medicine Major in the Great Lakes Region list. Located in Cincinnati, Ohio, this large public school awarded 175 diplomas to qualified ’s medicine students in 2020-2021.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 4.7%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%. The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 88%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.
Rosalind Franklin University of Medicine and Science landed the #9 spot on the 2023 Most Well Attended Medicine Major in the Great Lakes Region ranking. Rosalind Franklin University of Medicine and Science is located in North Chicago, Illinois and, has a small student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 173 ’s medicine degrees to qualified students.
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%. The impressive undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio of to 1 means that students may have more opportunities to work more closely with their professors than they would at other schools.
University of Michigan - Ann Arbor came in at #10 in this year’s edition of the Most Well Attended Medicine Major in the Great Lakes Region ranking. U-M is a large school located in Ann Arbor, Michigan that handed out 169 ’s medicine degrees in 2020-2021.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 1.3%, 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 96%.
Read more about Medicine at University of Michigan - Ann Arbor
University of Toledo ranked #11 on this year’s Most Well Attended Medicine Major in the Great Lakes Region list. Located in Toledo, Ohio, this fairly large public school awarded 168 degrees to qualified ’s medicine students in 2020-2021.
Loyola University Chicago came in at #12 in this year’s edition of the Most Well Attended Medicine Major in the Great Lakes Region ranking. Located in Chicago, Illinois, this fairly large private not-for-profit school awarded 167 degrees to qualified ’s medicine students in 2020-2021.
With a freshman retention rate of 85%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students. The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 2.7%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
With a ranking of #12, University of Wisconsin - Madison did quite well on the 2023 Most Well Attended Medicine Major in the Great Lakes Region list. UW - Madison is located in Madison, Wisconsin and, has a large student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 167 ’s medicine degrees to qualified students.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 0.9%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%. Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 95%.
With a ranking of #14, Northwestern University did quite well on the 2023 Most Well Attended Medicine Major in the Great Lakes Region list. Northwestern University is a large private not-for-profit school situated in Evanston, Illinois. It awarded 158 ’s medicine degrees in 2020-2021.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 0.6%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%. The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 97%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. The undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio of 6 to 1 is a sign that students will have more opportunities to engage with their professors one-on-one.
Northeast Ohio Medical University landed the #15 spot on the 2023 Most Well Attended Medicine Major in the Great Lakes Region ranking. NEOMED is a small school located in Rootstown, Ohio that handed out 140 ’s medicine degrees in 2020-2021.
The impressive undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio of to 1 means that students may have more opportunities to work more closely with their professors than they would at other schools.
Rush University ranked #16 on this year’s Most Well Attended Medicine Major in the Great Lakes Region list. Chicago, Illinois is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out ’s medicine degrees to 122 students in 2020-2021.
The undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio of 5 to 1 is a sign that students will have more opportunities to engage with their professors one-on-one. The low undergrad student loan default rate of 0.3% 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%.
Wright State University - Main Campus landed the #17 spot on the 2023 Most Well Attended Medicine Major in the Great Lakes Region ranking. Dayton, Ohio is the setting for this fairly large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out ’s medicine degrees to 121 students in 2020-2021.
With a ranking of #18, Oakland University did quite well on the 2023 Most Well Attended Medicine Major in the Great Lakes Region list. Located in Rochester Hills, Michigan, this fairly large public school handed out 117 degrees to qualified ’s medicine students in 2020-2021.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 3.6%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
Central Michigan University landed the #19 spot on the 2023 Most Well Attended Medicine Major in the Great Lakes Region ranking. Located in Mount Pleasant, Michigan, this fairly large public school handed out 90 degrees to qualified ’s medicine students in 2020-2021.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 4.8%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
With a ranking of #20, University of Chicago did quite well on the 2023 Most Well Attended Medicine Major in the Great Lakes Region list. University of Chicago is a private not-for-profit institution located in Chicago, Illinois. The school has a fairly large population, and it awarded 80 ’s degrees in 2020-2021.
With a undergrad student-to-faculty ratio of 5 to 1, it’s easy to see that the school is committed to helping their undergraduates succeed. Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 100%. The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 1.0%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
With a ranking of #21, Western Michigan University Homer Stryker M.D. School of Medicine did quite well on the 2023 Most Well Attended Medicine Major in the Great Lakes Region list. Western Michigan University School of Medicine is a small school located in Kalamazoo, Michigan that handed out 72 ’s medicine degrees in 2020-2021.
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Southern Illinois University Carbondale landed the #22 spot on the 2023 Most Well Attended Medicine Major in the Great Lakes Region ranking. Southern Illinois University Carbondale is a fairly large school located in Carbondale, Illinois that handed out 69 ’s medicine degrees in 2020-2021.
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign came in at #23 in this year’s edition of the Most Well Attended Medicine Major in the Great Lakes Region ranking. This large school is located in Champaign, Illinois, and it awarded 0 ’s medicine degrees in 2020-2021.
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%. The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 94%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.
Read more about Medicine at University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
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