by our College Data Analytics Team
When it comes to choosing a college, students have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. 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 a Master’s Highly Focused on Health Law Major” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.
In 2020-2021, 468 people earned their degree in health law, making the major the 689th most popular in the United States.
At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 308 health law graduates with average earnings and debt of $58,425 and $0 respectively.
For this year’s “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Health Law Major” ranking, we looked at 14 colleges that offer a degree in health law. This a ranking of the schools where the largest percentage of students has enrolled in health law.
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The health law school you choose to invest your time and money in matters. To help you make the decision that is right for you, we’ve developed a number of major-specific rankings, including this list of “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Health Law Major”.
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The colleges and universities below are the best for master’s degree health law students.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Seton Hall University. The school came in at #1 for the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Health Law Major. This medium-sized school is located in South Orange, New Jersey, and it awarded 72 masters’s health law degrees in 2020-2021.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 3.6%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Loyola University Chicago. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Health Law Major list. Loyola University Chicago is located in Chicago, Illinois and, has a fairly large student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 84 masters’s health law degrees to qualified students.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 2.7%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%. The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 85%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Hofstra University. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Health Law Major list. This fairly large school is located in Hempstead, New York, and it awarded 41 masters’s health law degrees in 2020-2021.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 1.9% 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%.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Oklahoma Norman Campus. The school came in at #4 for the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Health Law Major. This large school is located in Norman, Oklahoma, and it awarded 50 masters’s health law degrees in 2020-2021.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 3.3%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%. With a freshman retention rate of 87%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students.
Out of the 14 schools in the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Health Law Major that were part of this year’s ranking, Samford University landed the #5 spot on the list. This medium-sized school is located in Birmingham, Alabama, and it awarded 10 masters’s health law degrees in 2020-2021.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 2.0%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%. The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 87%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.
Widener University landed the #6 spot on the 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Health Law Major ranking. Located in Chester, Pennsylvania, this medium-sized private not-for-profit school handed out 9 degrees to qualified masters’s health law students in 2020-2021.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 2.6%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
Nova Southeastern University ranked #7 on this year’s Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Health Law Major list. Fort Lauderdale, Florida is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out masters’s health law degrees to 18 students in 2020-2021.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 1.9%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
Georgetown University came in at #8 in this year’s edition of the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Health Law Major ranking. Georgetown University is a large school located in Washington, District of Columbia that handed out 11 masters’s health law degrees in 2020-2021.
The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 94%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 0.7%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
University of Houston landed the #9 spot on the 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Health Law Major ranking. UH is located in Houston, Texas and, has a large student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 8 masters’s health law degrees to qualified students.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 4.4% 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%. Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 86%.
DePaul University landed the #10 spot on the 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Health Law Major ranking. This large school is located in Chicago, Illinois, and it awarded 2 masters’s health law degrees in 2020-2021.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 3.7%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
Saint Louis University ranked #11 on this year’s Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Health Law Major list. Saint Louis University is a fairly large school located in Saint Louis, Missouri that handed out 1 masters’s health law degrees in 2020-2021.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 2.3% 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%. Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 90%. Since the school has a undergrad student-to-faculty ratio of 9 to 1, those pursuing a degree will have more opportunities to interact with their professors.
With a ranking of #12, University of Washington - Seattle Campus did quite well on the 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Health Law Major list. University of Washington - Seattle Campus is a large public school situated in Seattle, Washington. It awarded 2 masters’s health law degrees in 2020-2021.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 2.1%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%. With a freshman retention rate of 93%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students.
New York Law School did quite well in the 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Health Law Major ranking, coming in at #13. New York Law School is a small school located in New York, New York that handed out 0 masters’s health law degrees in 2020-2021.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 2.1%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%. The impressive undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio of to 1 means that students may have more opportunities to work more closely with their professors than they would at other schools.
University of California - San Diego did quite well in the 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Health Law Major ranking, coming in at #13. University of California - San Diego is located in La Jolla, California and, has a large student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 0 masters’s health law degrees to qualified students.
Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 94%. The low undergrad student loan default rate of 1.0% 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%.
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