by our College Data Analytics Team
It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. College Factual has developed its “Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Health Professions Major in the Plains States Region” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.
Other Health Professions is the 102nd most popular major in the country with 7,984 degrees awarded in 2020-2021. In 2019-2020, other health professions graduates who were awarded their degree in 2017-2019, earned an average of $45,061 and had an average of $24,616 in loans still to pay off.
Across the Plains States region, there were 592 other health professions graduates with average earnings and debt of $36,784 and $20,572 respectively. At the doctor’s degree level specifically, there were 1 other health professions graduates with average earnings and debt of $75,829 and $0 respectively.
For this year’s “Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Health Professions Major in the Plains States Region” ranking, we looked at 2 colleges that offer a degree in other health professions. This a ranking of the schools where the largest percentage of students has enrolled in other health professions.
For more information, check out our ranking methodology.
The health professions 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 Health Professions Major in the Plains States Region”.
You can create your own custom comparison that focuses on the factors most important to you using our tool, College Combat. Test it out by comparing your favorite schools against others you are considering, or bookmark the tool so you can experiment with it later.
The colleges and universities below are the best for plains states region doctor’s degree health professions students.
Out of the 2 schools in the Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Health Professions Major in the Plains States Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Allen College landed the #1 spot on the list. This small school is located in Waterloo, Iowa, and it awarded 1 doctorate’s health professions 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%.
Out of the 2 schools in the Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Health Professions Major in the Plains States Region that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Iowa landed the #2 spot on the list. Iowa City, Iowa is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out doctorate’s health professions degrees to 23 students in 2020-2021.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 2.2% 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 88%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students.
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