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2023 Best Value Medicine Schools in the Great Lakes Region

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

21 Colleges
$36,195 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$57,332 Avg Salary

Finding the Best Medicine School for You

With 28,629 degrees and certificates handed out in 2020-2021, medicine is the #7 most popular major in the United States.

When it comes to higher education, there are a lot of options for healthcare students. You're no longer limited to schools in your local area, either, since online programs are becoming more prevalent. Or you may find the programs at a trade school to be a better alternative for you.

Along with in-depth profiles of schools and the programs they offer, Healthcare Degree Search has created the Best Value Medicine Schools in the Great Lakes Region to help you in your search for the best school for you. Our analysis looked at 21 schools in the Great Lakes Region to see which programs offered the best value experiences for medicine students with the aim of identifying those quality schools that are more affordable than some of their counterparts.

When determining this ranking, we place a high emphasis on the school's quality as well as its sticker price. Even though a college may be affordable, it may not offer value. Specifically, our score for quality is discounted by the published tuition and fees charged by the given college. This gives the cost per unit of quality for each college. The more quality your dollar buys, the better the value.

Our calculations use out-of-state tuition and fees in our nationwide and regional rankings. For statewide rankings, we use average in-state tuition and fees.

Top 10 Best Medicine Schools

Our analysis found Northeast Ohio Medical University to be the best value school for medicine students who want to pursue a degree in the Great Lakes Region . Located in the large suburb of Rootstown, NEOMED is a public college with a small student population.

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A rank of #2 on this year’s list means Medical College of Wisconsin is a great value for medicine students. Located in the suburb of Milwaukee, Medical College of Wisconsin is a private not-for-profit school with a small student population.

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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend University of Wisconsin - Madison. The school came in at #3 on this year’s Best Value Medicine Schools in the Great Lakes Region list. UW - Madison is a fairly large public school located in the large city of Madison.

Out-of-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at UW - Madison are $38,608 per year.

In addition to its best value ranking, and one of the reasons why the school is on the list, UW - Madison is ranked #4 for overall quality for medicine in the Great Lakes Region .

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#4

Central Michigan University

Mount Pleasant, MI
$13,094 Average Tuition & Fees

The excellent programs at Central Michigan University helped the school earn the #4 place on this year’s ranking of the best medicine schools in the Great Lakes Region . Located in the distant town of Mount Pleasant, Central Michigan is a public school with a fairly large student population.

Central Michigan undergraduate students pay an average of $13,094 in tuition and fees each year.

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Out of the 21 schools in the Great Lakes Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Loyola University Chicago landed the # 5 spot on the list. Loyola Chicago is a fairly large private not-for-profit school located in the large city of Chicago.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state undergraduate student at Loyola Chicago are $47,808 a year.

As a testament to the quality of education it offers, Loyola Chicago also is in the top 15% of our Best Medicine Schools in the Great Lakes Region ranking.

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Rosalind Franklin University of Medicine and Science landed the #6 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best value medicine programs. RFUMS is a small private not-for-profit school located in the large suburb of North Chicago.

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$32,101 Average Tuition & Fees

Indiana University - Purdue University - Indianapolis ranked #7 on this year’s Best Value Medicine Schools in the Great Lakes Region list. IUPUI is a fairly large public school located in the large city of Indianapolis.

IUPUI undergraduate students pay an average of $32,101 in tuition and fees each year.

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#8

Oakland University

Rochester Hills, MI
$24,735 Average Tuition & Fees

Oakland University ranked #8 on this year’s Best Value Medicine Schools in the Great Lakes Region list. Oakland is a fairly large public school located in the large suburb of Rochester Hills.

Oakland undergraduate students pay an average of $24,735 in tuition and fees each year.

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$27,111 Average Tuition & Fees

With a ranking of #9, University of Cincinnati - Main Campus did quite well on this year’s best value schools for medicine students. Located in the city of Cincinnati, UC is a public school with a very large student population.

Out-of-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at UC are $27,111 per year.

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$19,252 Average Tuition & Fees

Wright State University - Main Campus came in at #9 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Medicine Schools in the Great Lakes Region ranking. Located in the large suburb of Dayton, Wright State University - Main Campus is a public school with a large student population.

Wright State University - Main Campus undergraduate students pay an average of $19,252 in tuition and fees each year.

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Best Medicine Colleges by State

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State Degrees Awarded
Illinois 1,344
Ohio 1,329
Michigan 1,198
Indiana 494
Wisconsin 419

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

Medicine Focus Areas

Major Annual Graduates
Medicine 20,665

Majors Similar to Medicine

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 21 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).

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