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2023 Best Value Medical Science Graduate Certificate Schools in the Great Lakes Region

Identifying Quality Schools at More Affordable Prices

3 Colleges
$26,073 Avg Tuition & Fees*

Finding the Best Medical Science Graduate Certificate School for You

Medical Science is the #25 most popular major in the country with 909 degrees and certificates awarded in 2020-2021.

It's not easy to decide which healthcare program to enroll in when you have so many options available. Along with traditional schools that require in-person attendence, you can attend one of many reputable online schools. Some programs even offer a hybrid experience. Alternatively, you may choose a trade school that prepares you to enter the workforce with knowledge in a specific field.

The Best Value Medical Science Graduate Certificate Schools in the Great Lakes Region ranking is one of many tools that Healthcare Degree Search has developed to help you make your educational decision. Our analysis looked at 3 schools in the Great Lakes Region to see which graduate certificate programs offered the best value experiences for medical science students with the aim of identifying those quality schools that are more affordable than some of their counterparts.

This ranking is not just a list of inexpensive schools. We also consider each school's quality, since we believe a low-quality school may not be a 'bargain' at any price. More specifically, we discount our quality score by the published tuition and fees charged by a school. This gives the cost per unit of quality for each college. The value is determined by how much quality your dollar buys.

For nationwide and regional rankings, we use out-of-state tuition and fees in our calculations. Average in-state tuition and fees are used for our statewide rankings.

2023 Best Value Medical Science Graduate Certificate Schools in the Great Lakes Region

The following schools top our list of the Best Value Medical Science Graduate Certificate Colleges.

Best Great Lakes Region Schools for Affordable Quality for a Postbaccalaureate Certificates in Medical Science

Our analysis found University of Wisconsin - Madison to be the best value school for medical science students who want to pursue a graduate certificate in the Great Lakes Region . Located in the city of Madison, UW - Madison is a public college with a very large student population.

UW - Madison graduate students pay an average of $25,501 in tuition and fees each year.

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The excellent graduate certificate programs at University of Cincinnati - Main Campus helped the school earn the #2 place on this year’s ranking of the best value medical science schools in the Great Lakes Region . UC is a fairly large public school located in the large city of Cincinnati.

UC graduate students pay an average of $26,644 in tuition and fees each year.

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A rank of #3 on this year’s list means Wright State University - Main Campus is a great value for medical science students working on their graduate certificate. Wright State University - Main Campus is a fairly large public school located in the large suburb of Dayton.

Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at Wright State University - Main Campus are $24,286 per year.

Full Medical Science at Wright State University - Main Campus Report

Best Medical Science Colleges by State

Explore the best medical science schools for a specific state in the Great Lakes region.

State Degrees Awarded
Illinois 55
Ohio 67
Michigan 7
Indiana 10
Wisconsin 7

Medical Science is one of 30 different types of healthcare programs to choose from.

Medical Science Focus Areas

Major Annual Graduates
Medical Scientist 853
Clinical and Translational Science 52
Temporomandibular Disorders and Orofacial Pain 4

Majors Similar to Medical Science

Related Major Annual Graduates
Nursing 322,592
Health & Medical Administrative Services 89,359
Allied Health & Medical Assisting Services 84,492
Practical Nursing & Nursing Assistants 84,274
Allied Health Professions 82,308

Notes and References

*These averages are for the top 3 schools only.

  • 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 the rest 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).

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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