by our College Data Analytics Team
It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. Our mission at College Factual is to arm you with as much information as we can to help you make that decision. Our “Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Health Professions Major in the Great Lakes Region” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.
Health Professions is one of the most popular majors in the nation, ranking 2nd of all the majors we analyze. In 2020-2021, 977,800 degrees were awarded to students with this major. In 2019-2020, health professions graduates who were awarded their degree in 2017-2019, earned an average of $47,927 and had an average of $20,846 in loans still to pay off.
Across the Great Lakes region, there were 159,163 health professions graduates with average earnings and debt of $47,728 and $21,920 respectively. At the associate degree level specifically, there were 24,848 health professions graduates with average earnings and debt of $36,077 and $19,490 respectively.
This year’s “Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Health Professions Major in the Great Lakes Region” ranking analyzed 226 colleges that offered a degree in health professions. This a ranking of the schools where the largest percentage of students has enrolled in health professions.
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The following schools top our list of the Best “Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Health Professions Major in the Great Lakes Region”.
Out of the 226 schools in the Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Health Professions Major in the Great Lakes Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Galen College of Nursing - Cincinnati landed the #1 spot on the list. This small school is located in Cincinnati, Ohio, and it awarded 222 associates’s health professions degrees in 2020-2021.
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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Ohio Valley College of Technology. The school came in at #2 for the Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Health Professions Major in the Great Lakes Region. Located in East Liverpool, Ohio, this small private for-profit school handed out 81 diplomas to qualified associates’s health professions students in 2020-2021.
Full Ohio Valley College of Technology Health Professions Report
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Ohio University - Zanesville Campus. The school came in at #3 for the Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Health Professions Major in the Great Lakes Region. This small school is located in Zanesville, Ohio, and it awarded 56 associates’s health professions degrees in 2020-2021.
Read full report on Health Professions at Ohio University - Zanesville Campus
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Kent State University at East Liverpool. The school came in at #4 for the Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Health Professions Major in the Great Lakes Region. Located in East Liverpool, Ohio, this small public school awarded 82 diplomas to qualified associates’s health professions students in 2020-2021.
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Out of the 226 schools in the Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Health Professions Major in the Great Lakes Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Good Samaritan College of Nursing & Health Science landed the #5 spot on the list. Good Samaritan College of Nursing & Health Science is located in Cincinnati, Ohio and, has a small student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 89 associates’s health professions degrees to qualified students.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 2.4%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%. The impressive undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio of 8 to 1 means that students may have more opportunities to work more closely with their professors than they would at other schools.
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Ohio University - Southern Campus ranked #6 on this year’s Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Health Professions Major in the Great Lakes Region list. Ironton, Ohio is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The public school handed out associates’s health professions degrees to 83 students in 2020-2021.
Ross College-Sylvania landed the #7 spot on the 2023 Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Health Professions Major in the Great Lakes Region ranking. This small school is located in Sylvania, Ohio, and it awarded 229 associates’s health professions degrees in 2020-2021.
Fox College landed the #8 spot on the 2023 Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Health Professions Major in the Great Lakes Region ranking. Fox College is a private for-profit institution located in Bedford Park, Illinois. The school has a small population, and it awarded 192 associates’s degrees in 2020-2021.
Northwestern College - Bridgeview landed the #9 spot on the 2023 Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Health Professions Major in the Great Lakes Region ranking. Northwestern College - Bridgeview is a small private for-profit school situated in Bridgeview, Illinois. It awarded 118 associates’s health professions degrees in 2020-2021.
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With a ranking of #10, Bryant & Stratton College - Parma did quite well on the 2023 Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Health Professions Major in the Great Lakes Region list. Bryant & Stratton College - Parma is a small school located in Parma, Ohio that handed out 148 associates’s health professions degrees in 2020-2021.
The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 100%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.
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Ambria College of Nursing did quite well in the 2023 Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Health Professions Major in the Great Lakes Region ranking, coming in at #11. Ambria College of Nursing is a small school located in Hoffman Estates, Illinois that handed out 29 associates’s health professions degrees in 2020-2021.
With a undergrad student-to-faculty ratio of 8 to 1, it’s easy to see that the school is committed to helping their undergraduates succeed. The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 2.4%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
Read more about Health Professions at Ambria College of Nursing
With a ranking of #12, Felbry College School of Nursing did quite well on the 2023 Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Health Professions Major in the Great Lakes Region list. Felbry College School of Nursing is located in Columbus, Ohio and, has a small student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 52 associates’s health professions degrees to qualified students.
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Rasmussen University - Illinois came in at #13 in this year’s edition of the Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Health Professions Major in the Great Lakes Region ranking. Rasmussen University - Illinois is located in Rockford, Illinois and, has a small student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 565 associates’s health professions degrees to qualified students.
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Bryant & Stratton College - Wauwatosa came in at #14 in this year’s edition of the Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Health Professions Major in the Great Lakes Region ranking. Bryant & Stratton College - Wauwatosa is a small school located in Wauwatosa, Wisconsin that handed out 214 associates’s health professions degrees in 2020-2021.
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Kent State University at Ashtabula did quite well in the 2023 Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Health Professions Major in the Great Lakes Region ranking, coming in at #15. Kent State University at Ashtabula is located in Ashtabula, Ohio and, has a small student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 108 associates’s health professions degrees to qualified students.
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Herzing University - Akron ranked #16 on this year’s Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Health Professions Major in the Great Lakes Region list. Herzing Akron is a small school located in Akron, Ohio that handed out 66 associates’s health professions degrees in 2020-2021.
Mercy College of Ohio came in at #17 in this year’s edition of the Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Health Professions Major in the Great Lakes Region ranking. Mercy College of Ohio is a small school located in Toledo, Ohio that handed out 170 associates’s health professions degrees in 2020-2021.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 2.5% 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%. The undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio of 7 to 1 is a sign that students will have more opportunities to engage with their professors one-on-one.
Ohio Medical Career College came in at #18 in this year’s edition of the Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Health Professions Major in the Great Lakes Region ranking. Ohio Medical Career College is a small school located in Dayton, Ohio that handed out 25 associates’s health professions degrees in 2020-2021.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 1.7%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
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With a ranking of #19, Rasmussen University - Wisconsin did quite well on the 2023 Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Health Professions Major in the Great Lakes Region list. Green Bay, Wisconsin is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The private for-profit school handed out associates’s health professions degrees to 141 students in 2020-2021.
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With a ranking of #20, Hondros College of Nursing did quite well on the 2023 Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Health Professions Major in the Great Lakes Region list. Hondros College of Nursing is located in Westerville, Ohio and, has a small student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 309 associates’s health professions degrees to qualified students.
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With a ranking of #21, University of Rio Grande did quite well on the 2023 Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Health Professions Major in the Great Lakes Region list. Located in Rio Grande, Ohio, this small private not-for-profit school handed out 157 degrees to qualified associates’s health professions students in 2020-2021.
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With a ranking of #22, Aultman College of Nursing and Health Sciences did quite well on the 2023 Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Health Professions Major in the Great Lakes Region list. This small school is located in Canton, Ohio, and it awarded 31 associates’s health professions degrees in 2020-2021.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 3.8%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%. With a undergrad student-to-faculty ratio of 9 to 1, it’s easy to see that the school is committed to helping their undergraduates succeed.
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American Institute of Alternative Medicine landed the #23 spot on the 2023 Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Health Professions Major in the Great Lakes Region ranking. American Institute of Alternative Medicine is a small school located in Columbus, Ohio that handed out 96 associates’s health professions degrees in 2020-2021.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 3.1%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
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Central Ohio Technical College did quite well in the 2023 Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Health Professions Major in the Great Lakes Region ranking, coming in at #24. Located in Newark, Ohio, this small public school handed out 243 diplomas to qualified associates’s health professions students in 2020-2021.
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Fortis College - Columbus ranked #25 on this year’s Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Health Professions Major in the Great Lakes Region list. Fortis College - Columbus is a small school located in Westerville, Ohio that handed out 134 associates’s health professions degrees in 2020-2021.
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Not only did these schools make the top 34 list, but they also landed in the top 15% of this year’s ranking:
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