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When pursuing a degree in today’s world, students have many different options to choose from. At College Factual, we’re committed to helping you make that decision by providing information such as that found in our “Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Public Health/Community Nursing Major in the Great Lakes Region” ranking.
In 2021-2022, 2,011 people earned their degree in public health/community nurse/nursing, making the major the 316th most popular in the United States.
Across the Great Lakes region, there were 84 public health/community nurse/nursing graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the doctor’s degree level specifically, there were 17 public health/community nurse/nursing graduates with average earnings and debt of $74,470 and $126,402 respectively.
This year’s “Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Public Health/Community Nursing Major in the Great Lakes Region” ranking looked at 2 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in public health/community nurse/nursing. This a ranking of the schools where the largest percentage of students has enrolled in public health/community nurse/nursing.
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The public health/community nursing 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 “Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Public Health/Community Nursing Major in the Great Lakes Region”.
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The colleges and universities below are the best for great lakes region doctor’s degree public health/community nursing students.
Out of the 2 schools in the Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Public Health/Community Nursing Major in the Great Lakes Region that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Michigan - Ann Arbor landed the #1 spot on the list. Located in Ann Arbor, Michigan, this large public school handed out 17 degrees to qualified doctorate’s public health/community nursing students in 2021-2022.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 0.2%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%. With a freshman retention rate of 97%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students.
Read more about Public Health/Community Nurse/Nursing at University of Michigan - Ann Arbor
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Wayne State University. The school came in at #2 for the Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Public Health/Community Nursing Major in the Great Lakes Region. Located in Detroit, Michigan, this large public school awarded 6 degrees to qualified doctorate’s public health/community nursing students in 2021-2022.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 1.5%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
Full Wayne State Public Health/Community Nurse/Nursing Report
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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%.
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- *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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