2023 Most Focused Master’s Degree Colleges for Orthotist/Prosthetist in the Southwest Region

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Orthotist/Prosthetist is the 710th most popular major in the country with 335 degrees awarded in 2020-2021.

Across the Southwest region, there were 66 orthotist/prosthetist graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 36 orthotist/prosthetist graduates with average earnings and debt of $56,204 and $0 respectively.

This year’s “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Orthotist/Prosthetist Major in the Southwest Region” ranking looked at 2 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in orthotist/prosthetist. The colleges and universities that top this list are recognized because their orthotist/prosthetist program is one of the largest majors offered at the school.

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Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Orthotist/Prosthetist Major in the Southwest Region

The following schools top our list of the Best “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Orthotist/Prosthetist Major in the Southwest Region”.

Top 2 Most Focused Master’s Degree Colleges for Orthotist/Prosthetist in the Southwest Region

1

Baylor College of Medicine
Houston, Texas

#5 overall quality in Southwest

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Baylor College of Medicine. The school came in at #1 for the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Orthotist/Prosthetist Major in the Southwest Region. Located in Houston, Texas, this small private not-for-profit school awarded 22 diplomas to qualified masters’s orthotist/prosthetist students in 2020-2021.

Since the school has a undergrad student-to-faculty ratio of to 1, those pursuing a degree will have more opportunities to interact with their professors.

Full Baylor College of Medicine Orthotist/Prosthetist Report

2

University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center
Dallas, Texas

#9 overall quality in Southwest

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center. The school came in at #2 for the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Orthotist/Prosthetist Major in the Southwest Region. UT Southwestern is a public institution located in Dallas, Texas. The school has a small population, and it awarded 14 masters’s degrees in 2020-2021.

Since the school has a undergrad student-to-faculty ratio of to 1, those pursuing a degree will have more opportunities to interact with their professors. The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 0.3%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.

Full University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center Orthotist/Prosthetist Report

• Most Focused 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

• *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.

Credits

• Credit for the banner image above goes to Barbara E. Carver.