by our College Data Analytics Team
When it comes to choosing a college, students have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. One of our goals at College Factual is to give you as much information as we can - such as our “Schools Highly Focused on Medicine Major in Michigan” ranking - to help you make that decision.
Medicine is the 40th most popular major in the country with 28,629 degrees awarded in 2020-2021. In 2019-2020, medicine graduates who were awarded their degree in 2017-2019, earned an average of $57,621 and had an average of $16,640 in loans still to pay off.
Across Michigan, there were 1,198 medicine graduates with average earnings and debt of $56,525 and $0 respectively.
This year’s “Schools Highly Focused on Medicine Major in Michigan” ranking looked at 6 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in medicine. That schools that top this list have a program in medicine in which the largest percentage of students at the school are enrolled.
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Since picking the right college can be one of the most important decisions of your life, we’ve developed the “Schools Highly Focused on Medicine Major in Michigan” ranking, along with many other major-related rankings, to help you make that decision.
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The colleges and universities below are the best for michigan medicine students.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Western Michigan University Homer Stryker M.D. School of Medicine. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Schools Highly Focused on Medicine Major in Michigan list. Located in Kalamazoo, Michigan, this small private not-for-profit school handed out 72 degrees to qualified ’s medicine students in 2020-2021.
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Out of the 6 schools in the Schools Highly Focused on Medicine Major in Michigan that were part of this year’s ranking, Wayne State University landed the #2 spot on the list. This large school is located in Detroit, Michigan, and it awarded 283 ’s medicine degrees in 2020-2021.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Oakland University. The school came in at #3 for the Schools Highly Focused on Medicine Major in Michigan. This fairly large school is located in Rochester Hills, Michigan, and it awarded 117 ’s medicine degrees in 2020-2021.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 3.6% 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%.
Out of the 6 schools in the Schools Highly Focused on Medicine Major in Michigan that were part of this year’s ranking, Central Michigan University landed the #4 spot on the list. Central Michigan is a public institution located in Mount Pleasant, Michigan. The school has a fairly large population, and it awarded 90 ’s degrees in 2020-2021.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 4.8%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
Out of the 6 schools in the Schools Highly Focused on Medicine Major in Michigan that were part of this year’s ranking, Michigan State University landed the #5 spot on the list. Michigan State is a public institution located in East Lansing, Michigan. The school has a large population, and it awarded 467 ’s degrees in 2020-2021.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 2.6%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%. The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 91%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.
University of Michigan - Ann Arbor came in at #6 in this year’s edition of the Schools Highly Focused on Medicine Major in Michigan ranking. U-M is located in Ann Arbor, Michigan and, has a large student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 169 ’s medicine degrees to qualified students.
With a freshman retention rate of 96%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students. 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%.
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