2023 Best Value Other Health Professions Doctor's Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region
Identifying Quality Schools at More Affordable Prices
Finding the Best Other Health Professions Doctor's Degree School for You
Out of all the majors we analyze each year, other health professions was ranked #15 in the country. In fact 7,984 degrees and certificates were handed out in 2020-2021.
Today's healthcare students have lots of options to pick from when considering higher education opportunities. You can choose a traditional brick and mortar school, or with the growth of online education, you can attend a school half-way across the country without even leaving your house. Also there are many trade schools that offer short-term programs that open up more career options.
To help you arm yourself with the information you need to make your decision, Healthcare Degree Search has developed this Best Value Other Health Professions Doctor's Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region ranking. This report analyzed 9 schools in the Great Lakes Region to see which ones offered the best value doctor's degree programs for health professions students. The goal was to highlight schools with more affordable prices than others offering similar quality experiences.
Our ranking of value is based on the quality of a program as defined in our per sticker price dollar. 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.
In our regional and nationwide rankings, out-of-state tution and fees are used in our calculations. Average in-state tuition and fees are used for our statewide rankings.
Best Great Lakes Region Schools for Affordable Quality for a Doctorate in Other Health Professions
Our analysis found Xavier University to be the best value school for other health professions students who want to pursue a doctor’s degree in the Great Lakes Region . Xavier is a moderately-sized private not-for-profit school located in the large city of Cincinnati.
The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at Xavier are $12,076 a year.
On top of its placing in our value ranking, Xavier also did well on our Best Other Health Professions Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region list. It’s in the top 20% of all schools reviewed in this analysis.
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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Northern Illinois University. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Best Value Other Health Professions Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region list. NIU is a fairly large public school located in the suburb of Dekalb.
NIU graduate students pay an average of $11,390 in tuition and fees each year.
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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Rush University. The school came in at #3 on this year’s Best Value Other Health Professions Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region list. Rush University is a small private not-for-profit school located in the large city of Chicago.
Rush University graduate students pay an average of $37,253 in tuition and fees each year.
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A rank of #4 on this year’s list means Purdue University - Main Campus is a great value for other health professions students working on their doctor’s degree. Located in the small city of West Lafayette, Purdue is a public college with a fairly large student population.
Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at Purdue are $28,794 per year.
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The excellent doctor’s degree programs at University of Wisconsin - Milwaukee helped the school earn the #5 place on this year’s ranking of the best value other health professions schools in the Great Lakes Region . Located in the city of Milwaukee, UWM is a public school with a very large student population.
The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at UWM are $25,651 a year.
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With a ranking of #6, University of Illinois at Chicago did quite well on this year’s best value schools for other health professions students working on their doctor’s degree. UIC is a very large public school located in the large city of Chicago.
UIC graduate students pay an average of $28,468 in tuition and fees each year.
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University of Indianapolis came in at #7 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Other Health Professions Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region ranking. Located in the city of Indianapolis, UIndy is a private not-for-profit college with a medium-sized student population.
UIndy graduate students pay an average of $40,560 in tuition and fees each year.
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Northwestern University ranked #8 on this year’s Best Value Other Health Professions Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region list. Located in the city of Evanston, Northwestern is a private not-for-profit school with a very large student population.
The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at Northwestern are $56,567 a year.
Northwestern not only placed well in our value ranking, but it is also #1 on our Best Other Health Professions Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region list.
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Ohio State University - Main Campus landed the #9 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best value doctor’s degree other health professions programs. Located in the large city of Columbus, Ohio State is a public college with a fairly large student population.
The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at Ohio State are $38,377 a year.
Request InformationBest Other Health Professions Colleges by State
Explore the best other health professions schools for a specific state in the Great Lakes region.
State | Degrees Awarded |
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Illinois | 84 |
Ohio | 347 |
Michigan | 836 |
Indiana | 57 |
Wisconsin | 97 |
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Other Health Professions Related Majors for Health Professions
Other Health Professions is one of 30 different types of healthcare programs to choose from.
Health Professions Focus Areas
Major | Annual Graduates |
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Other Health Professions and Related Clinical Sciences | 7,984 |
Most Popular Majors Related to Health Professions
Related Major | Annual Graduates |
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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 9 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).
- Credit for the banner image above goes to https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/b/b5/NY_College_of_Health_Professions_Massage_Therapy_Class.jpg.
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