2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Orthotist/Prosthetist Major in the Far Western US Region
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Ranked Colleges
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Degrees Awarded
$37,200
Avg Cost*
It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. 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 Orthotist/Prosthetist Major in the Far Western US Region” ranking is part of that endeavor.
Orthotist/Prosthetist is the 710th most popular major in the country with 335 degrees awarded in 2020-2021.
Across the Far Western US region, there were 31 orthotist/prosthetist graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 28 orthotist/prosthetist graduates with average earnings and debt of $61,693 and $0 respectively.
For this year’s “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Orthotist/Prosthetist Major in the Far Western US Region” ranking, we looked at 2 colleges that offer a degree in orthotist/prosthetist. That schools that top this list have a program in orthotist/prosthetist in which the largest percentage of students at the school are enrolled.
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Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Orthotist/Prosthetist Major in the Far Western US Region
The colleges and universities below are the best for far western us region master’s degree orthotist/prosthetist students.
Top 2 Most Focused Master’s Degree Colleges for Orthotist/Prosthetist in the Far Western US Region
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Loma Linda University. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Orthotist/Prosthetist Major in the Far Western US Region list. Loma Linda University is located in Loma Linda, California and, has a small student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 17 masters’s orthotist/prosthetist degrees to qualified students.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 0.6%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%. With a undergrad student-to-faculty ratio of 3 to 1, it’s easy to see that the school is committed to helping their undergraduates succeed.
Full Loma Linda University Orthotist/Prosthetist Report
Out of the 2 schools in the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Orthotist/Prosthetist Major in the Far Western US Region that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Washington - Seattle Campus landed the #2 spot on the list. University of Washington - Seattle Campus is a public institution located in Seattle, Washington. The school has a large population, and it awarded 11 masters’s degrees in 2020-2021.
With a freshman retention rate of 93%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students. The low undergrad student loan default rate of 2.1% 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%.
Read full report on Orthotist/Prosthetist at UW Seattle
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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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- *Avg Salary and Avg 4-Year Grad Rate 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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