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. College Factual was founded, in part, to help students make the decision as to what would be the best school for them. Our “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Other Public Health Major in the Great Lakes Region” ranking is part of that endeavor.
Other Public Health is the 216th most popular major in the country with 3,432 degrees awarded in 2020-2021.
Across the Great Lakes region, there were 394 other public health graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 45 other public health graduates with average earnings and debt of $58,892 and $0 respectively.
This year’s “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Other Public Health Major in the Great Lakes Region” ranking analyzed 5 colleges that offered a degree in other public health. The colleges and universities that top this list are recognized because their other public health program is one of the largest majors offered at the school.
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The following schools top our list of the Best “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Other Public Health Major in the Great Lakes Region”.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Southern Illinois University Edwardsville. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Other Public Health Major in the Great Lakes Region list. Located in Edwardsville, Illinois, this fairly large public school handed out 6 degrees to qualified masters’s other public health students in 2020-2021.
Out of the 5 schools in the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Other Public Health Major in the Great Lakes Region that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Michigan - Ann Arbor landed the #2 spot on the list. Located in Ann Arbor, Michigan, this large public school awarded 29 degrees to qualified masters’s other public health students in 2020-2021.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 1.3% 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%. Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 96%.
Full University of Michigan - Ann Arbor Other Public Health Report
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Indiana University - Purdue University - Indianapolis. The school came in at #3 for the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Other Public Health Major in the Great Lakes Region. IUPUI is a public institution located in Indianapolis, Indiana. The school has a large population, and it awarded 10 masters’s degrees in 2020-2021.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 4.2% 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%.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Chicago. The school came in at #4 for the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Other Public Health Major in the Great Lakes Region. UChicago is located in Chicago, Illinois and, has a fairly large student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 0 masters’s other public health degrees to qualified students.
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 undergrad student-to-faculty ratio of 5 to 1, it’s easy to see that the school is committed to helping their undergraduates succeed.
Out of the 5 schools in the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Other Public Health Major in the Great Lakes Region that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Cincinnati - Main Campus landed the #4 spot on the list. Located in Cincinnati, Ohio, this large public school awarded 0 degrees to qualified masters’s other public health 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.
Full University of Cincinnati - Main Campus Other Public Health Report
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