2022 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Orthotist/Prosthetist in the Southwest Region

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Orthotist/Prosthetist is the 719th most popular major in the country with 354 degrees awarded in 2019-2020.

Across the Southwest region, there were 71 orthotist/prosthetist graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 37 orthotist/prosthetist graduates with average earnings and debt of $53,078 and $37,227 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Orthotist/Prosthetist Schools for a Master’s in the Southwest Region” ranking analyzed 2 colleges that offered a degree in orthotist/prosthetist. Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent orthotist/prosthetist programs, but they also cost less that schools of similar quality.

Some of the factors we look at when determining these rankings are overall quality of the orthotist/prosthetist program at the school and the cost of the school after aid is awarded among other things. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.

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Best Value Orthotist/Prosthetist Schools for a Master’s in the Southwest Region

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Orthotist/Prosthetist Schools for a Master’s in the Southwest Region.

Top 2 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Orthotist/Prosthetist in the Southwest Region

#1

University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center

Dallas, Texas

#2 in overall quality

$17,725 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

Out of the 2 schools in the Best Value Orthotist/Prosthetist Schools for a Master’s in the Southwest Region that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center landed the #1 spot on the list. Located in Dallas, Texas, this small public school handed out 13 diplomas to qualified masters’s orthotist/prosthetist students in 2019-2020.

UT Southwestern not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #2 on our “Best Orthotist/Prosthetist Master’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center are $17,725.

Read more about Orthotist/Prosthetist at University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center

#2

Baylor College of Medicine

Houston, Texas

#1 in overall quality

$28,375 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Baylor College of Medicine. The school came in at #2 for the Best Value Orthotist/Prosthetist Schools for a Master’s in the Southwest Region. Baylor College of Medicine is located in Houston, Texas and, has a small student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 24 masters’s orthotist/prosthetist degrees to qualified students.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at Baylor College of Medicine, the school also landed the #1 spot in our “Best Orthotist/Prosthetist Master’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at Baylor College of Medicine are $28,375, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

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• Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Orthotist/Prosthetist

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%.

Read more about our data sources and methodologies

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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