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2023 Best Teaching Doctor's Degree Schools in Michigan

11 Schools Ranked

When it comes to higher education, there are a lot of options for teaching students. 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. Alternatively, you may choose a trade school or bootcamp that prepares you to enter the workforce with knowledge in a specific field.

Along with in-depth profiles of schools and the programs they offer, Teaching Degree Search has created the Best Teaching Doctor's Degree Schools in Michigan to help you in your search for the best school for you. This report analyzed 11 schools in Michigan to see which ones offered the best doctor's degree programs for teaching students. The factors used to develop this ranking include those related to how in-demand the school us, the overall quality of the school, and post-graduation wages, and more.

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Top Teaching Doctor's Degree Schools in Michigan

Learn more about these excellent schools below:

#1

University of Michigan - Ann Arbor

Ann Arbor, Michigan
$25,230 Average Tuition & Fees

Our 2023 rankings named University of Michigan - Ann Arbor the best school in Michigan for teaching students working on their doctor’s degree.

Online graduate courses are available at U-M, but you will need to check with the school to see if they are available for your field of interest. In 2019-2020 about 74% of the graduate students at the school chose to take one or more online courses.

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#2

Cornerstone University

Grand Rapids, Michigan
$14,960 Average Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Cornerstone University. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Best Teaching Doctor’s Degree Schools in Michigan list.

Cornerstone does have options available for those who want to take online graduate classes. You will need to check with the school to see if they are available for your specific major. Of all the graduate students enrolled at the school during the 2019-2020 academic year, around 73% took at least some of their classes online.

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#3

Michigan State University

East Lansing, Michigan

The excellent doctor’s degree programs at Michigan State University helped the school earn the #3 place on this year’s ranking of the best teaching schools in Michigan.

Michigan State does offer online graduate classes for certain degree levels. In 2019-2020 about 65% of the graduate students at the school chose to take one or more online courses.

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#4

Ferris State University

Big Rapids, Michigan

The excellent doctor’s degree programs at Ferris State University helped the school earn the #4 place on this year’s ranking of the best teaching schools in Michigan.

If you are interested in distance education, be sure to check with the school since Ferris does offer online graduate classes for certain majors. During the 2019-2020 year, about 67% of the graduate students at the school took at least one online course.

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#5

Western Michigan University

Kalamazoo, Michigan
$17,807 Average Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Western Michigan University. It ranked #5 on our 2023 Best Teaching Doctor’s Degree Schools in Michigan list.

WMU does have options available for those who want to take online graduate classes. You will need to check with the school to see if they are available for your specific major. Of all the graduate students enrolled at the school during the 2019-2020 academic year, around 67% took at least some of their classes online.

Full Western Michigan University Report

#6

Central Michigan University

Mount Pleasant, Michigan
$15,644 Average Tuition & Fees

With a ranking of #6, Central Michigan University did quite well on this year’s best schools for teaching students working on their doctor’s degree.

If you are interested in distance education, be sure to check with the school since Central Michigan does offer online graduate classes for certain majors. Of all the graduate students enrolled at the school during the 2019-2020 academic year, around 61% took at least some of their classes online.

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#7

Wayne State University

Detroit, Michigan
$18,937 Average Tuition & Fees

With a ranking of #7, Wayne State University did quite well on this year’s best schools for teaching students working on their doctor’s degree.

If you are interested in distance education, be sure to check with the school since Wayne State does offer online graduate classes for certain majors. In fact, around 75% of the graduate population registered for at least one online class in 2019-2020.

Full Wayne State University Report

#8

Oakland University

Rochester Hills, Michigan

Oakland University came in at #8 in this year’s edition of the Best Teaching Doctor’s Degree Schools in Michigan ranking.

One thing to take note of is that Oakland does offer online graduate classes in some areas. In 2019-2020 about 88% of the graduate students at the school chose to take one or more online courses.

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#9

Eastern Michigan University

Ypsilanti, Michigan
$16,672 Average Tuition & Fees

Eastern Michigan University landed the #9 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best doctor’s degree teaching programs.

One thing to take note of is that Eastern Michigan does offer online graduate classes in some areas. In fact, around 93% of the graduate population registered for at least one online class in 2019-2020.

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#10

University of Michigan - Flint

Flint, Michigan
$12,681 Average Tuition & Fees

University of Michigan - Flint ranked #10 on this year’s Best Teaching Doctor’s Degree Schools in Michigan list.

Some students may be able to take online graduate classes at UM Flint. To give an idea of how popular online courses are at the school, 63% of graduates took at least one course online in 2019-2020.

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#11

University of Michigan - Dearborn

Dearborn, Michigan
$14,510 Average Tuition & Fees

University of Michigan - Dearborn did quite well in this year’s ranking of the best places for teaching students to get a doctor’s degree. It came in at #11 on the list.

UM Dearborn does offer online graduate classes for certain degree levels. In fact, around 88% of the graduate population registered for at least one online class in 2019-2020.

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Notes and References

Footnotes

*These averages are for the top 11 schools only.

References

  • Read more about our ranking methodology.
  • 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%.

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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