2023 Most Focused Colleges for Orthotist/Prosthetist in the Plains States Region

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In 2020-2021, 335 people earned their degree in orthotist/prosthetist, making the major the 710th most popular in the United States.

Across the Plains States region, there were 91 orthotist/prosthetist graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively.

This year’s “Schools Highly Focused on Orthotist/Prosthetist Major in the Plains States Region” ranking analyzed 2 colleges that offered a degree 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 Highly Focused on Orthotist/Prosthetist Major in the Plains States Region

The colleges and universities below are the best for plains states region orthotist/prosthetist students.

Top 2 Most Focused Colleges for Orthotist/Prosthetist in the Plains States Region

1

Concordia University, Saint Paul
Saint Paul, Minnesota

$51,318 Average Early-Career Earnings

$29,712 Average Student Debt

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Concordia University, Saint Paul. The school came in at #1 for the Schools Highly Focused on Orthotist/Prosthetist Major in the Plains States Region. Saint Paul, Minnesota is the setting for this medium-sized institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out ’s orthotist/prosthetist degrees to 36 students in 2020-2021.

The low undergrad student loan default rate of 3.5% 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%.

Read full report on Orthotist/Prosthetist at Concordia University, Saint Paul

2

Century College
White Bear Lake, Minnesota

$40,997 Average Early-Career Earnings

$22,896 Average Student Debt

Out of the 2 schools in the Schools Highly Focused on Orthotist/Prosthetist Major in the Plains States Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Century College landed the #2 spot on the list. This medium-sized school is located in White Bear Lake, Minnesota, and it awarded 55 ’s orthotist/prosthetist degrees in 2020-2021.

Full Century College Orthotist/Prosthetist Report

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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%.

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.