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2022 Best Value Health Professions Schools for a Master’s in the Great Lakes Region For Those Making $30-$48k

6 Ranked Colleges
93 Degrees Awarded
$29,900 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees*
Best Value Health Professions Schools for a Master's in the Great Lakes Region For Those Making $30-$48k

When pursuing a degree in today’s world, students have many different options to choose from. College Factual was founded, in part, to help students make the decision as to what would be the best school for them. Our “Best Value Health Professions Schools for a Master’s in the Great Lakes Region For Those Making $30-$48k” ranking is part of that endeavor.

In 2019-2020, 7,767 people earned their degree in other health professions, making the major the 100th most popular in the United States. In 2017-2018, other health professions graduates who were awarded their degree in 2015-2017, earned an average of $39,856 and had an average of $27,421 in loans still to pay off.

Across the Great Lakes region, there were 1,602 other health professions graduates with average earnings and debt of $44,000 and $28,326 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 93 other health professions graduates with average earnings and debt of $57,039 and $42,488 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Health Professions Schools for a Master’s in the Great Lakes Region For Those Making $30-$48k” ranking analyzed 6 colleges that offered a degree in other health professions. This ranking identifies schools with high-quality other health professions programs that also have a lower cost than schools of similar quality.

To come up with these rankings, we looked at factors such as the cost to attend the school after aid is awarded and overall quality of the other health professions program at the school. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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Best Value Health Professions Schools for a Master’s in the Great Lakes Region For Those Making $30-$48k

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Health Professions Schools for a Master’s in the Great Lakes Region For Those Making $30-$48k.

Top 6 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Other Health Professions (Income $30-$48k) in the Great Lakes Region

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Michigan - Ann Arbor. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Health Professions Schools for a Master’s in the Great Lakes Region For Those Making $30-$48k list. Located in Ann Arbor, Michigan, this large public school awarded 39 degrees to qualified masters’s health professions students in 2019-2020.

U-M also made our “Best Other Health Professions Master’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region” list, coming in at #1. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at U-M are $49,548.

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#2

Purdue University - Main Campus

West Lafayette, Indiana
#2 in overall quality

Out of the 6 schools in the Best Value Health Professions Schools for a Master’s in the Great Lakes Region For Those Making $30-$48k that were part of this year’s ranking, Purdue University - Main Campus landed the #2 spot on the list. Purdue is a public institution located in West Lafayette, Indiana. The school has a large population, and it awarded 11 masters’s degrees in 2019-2020.

Purdue not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #2 on our “Best Other Health Professions Master’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region” list. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at Purdue are $28,794.

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Out of the 6 schools in the Best Value Health Professions Schools for a Master’s in the Great Lakes Region For Those Making $30-$48k that were part of this year’s ranking, Ohio State University - Main Campus landed the #3 spot on the list. Ohio State is located in Columbus, Ohio and, has a large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 17 masters’s health professions degrees to qualified students.

Ohio State did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #4 on our “Best Other Health Professions Master’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at Ohio State University - Main Campus are $37,141, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

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#5 in overall quality

Out of the 6 schools in the Best Value Health Professions Schools for a Master’s in the Great Lakes Region For Those Making $30-$48k that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Illinois at Chicago landed the #4 spot on the list. This large school is located in Chicago, Illinois, and it awarded 12 masters’s health professions degrees in 2019-2020.

UIC did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #5 on our “Best Other Health Professions Master’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region” list. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at University of Illinois at Chicago are $27,036.

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#5

Cleveland State University

Cleveland, Ohio

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Cleveland State University. It ranked #5 on our 2022 Best Value Health Professions Schools for a Master’s in the Great Lakes Region For Those Making $30-$48k list. Located in Cleveland, Ohio, this fairly large public school awarded 2 diplomas to qualified masters’s health professions students in 2019-2020.

Cleveland State University also took the #0 spot in our “Best Other Health Professions Master’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region” ranking. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at Cleveland State University are $17,622.

Full Cleveland State University Other Health Professions Report

#6

Loyola University Chicago

Chicago, Illinois
#6 in overall quality

Loyola University Chicago ranked #6 on this year’s Best Value Health Professions Schools for a Master’s in the Great Lakes Region For Those Making $30-$48k list. Chicago, Illinois is the setting for this fairly large institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out masters’s health professions degrees to 5 students in 2019-2020.

Loyola Chicago also made our “Best Other Health Professions Master’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region” list, coming in at #6. Average graduate tuition and fees at Loyola Chicago are $19,154, but some majors have different tuition rates.

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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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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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