2023 Best Value Teaching Doctor's Degree Schools in Michigan
Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Prices
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. Also there are many trade schools and bootcamps that offer short-term programs that open up more career options.
To assist you in seeing some of the education options that are available to you, Teaching Degree Search has created its Best Value Teaching Doctor's Degree Schools in Michigan ranking. This report analyzed 11 schools in Michigan to see which ones offered the best value doctor's degree programs for teaching 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. 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.
In our regional and nationwide rankings, out-of-state tution and fees are used in our calculations. For statewide rankings, we use average in-state tuition and fees.
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Top Value Teaching Doctor's Degree Schools in Michigan
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Our analysis found Ferris State University to be the best value school for teaching students who want to pursue a doctor’s degree in Michigan. Ferris is located in Big Rapids, Michigan and has a fairly large student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 28 doctor’s degrees to qualified students.
The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at Ferris are $8,232 a year.
Some students may be able to take online graduate classes at Ferris. 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.
In addition to its best value ranking, and one of the reasons why the school is on the list, Ferris is ranked #4 for overall quality in Michigan.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Cornerstone University. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Best Value Teaching Doctor’s Degree Schools in Michigan list. Located in Grand Rapids, Michigan, the small private not-for-profit school awarded 7 diplomas to qualifed doctor’s degree students in 2020-2021.
Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at Cornerstone are $14,960 per year.
Online graduate courses are available at Cornerstone, but you will need to check with the school to see if they are available for your field of interest. In 2019-2020 about 73% of the graduate students at the school chose to take one or more online courses.
Cornerstone did well in our overall quality rankings, too. It placed #2 on our Best Teaching Doctor’s Degree Schools in Michigan list.
Out of the 11 schools in Michigan that were part of this year’s value ranking, Central Michigan University landed the # 3 spot on the list. Central Michigan is located in Mount Pleasant, Michigan and has a fairly large student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 31 doctor’s degrees to qualified students.
Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at Central Michigan are $15,644 per year.
Central Michigan 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 61% took at least some of their classes online.
A rank of #4 on this year’s list means University of Michigan - Flint is a great place for teaching students working on their doctor’s degree who want the most bang for their educational buck. This medium-sized public school is located in Flint, Michigan, and it awarded 7 doctor’s degrees in 2020-2021.
The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at UM Flint are $18,747 a year.
One thing to take note of is that UM Flint does offer online graduate classes in some areas. Of all the graduate students enrolled at the school during the 2019-2020 academic year, around 63% took at least some of their classes online.
The excellent doctor’s degree programs at Western Michigan University helped the school earn the #5 place on this year’s ranking of the best value teaching schools in Michigan. This fairly large public school is located in Kalamazoo, Michigan, and it awarded 28 doctor’s degrees in 2020-2021.
The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at WMU are $26,248 a year.
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.
WMU did well in our overall quality rankings, too. It placed #5 on our Best Teaching Doctor’s Degree Schools in Michigan list.
With a ranking of #6, Michigan State University did quite well on this year’s best value schools for teaching students working on their doctor’s degree. Michigan State University is a large public school located in East Lansing, Michigan that handed out 89 doctor’s degrees in 2020-2021.
Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at Michigan State are $38,638 per year.
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.
Michigan State also took the #3 spot in our Best Teaching Doctor’s Degree Schools in Michigan rankings.
Eastern Michigan University did quite well in this year’s ranking of the best value places for teaching students to get a doctor’s degree. It came in at #7 on the list. Located in Ypsilanti, Michigan, the fairly large public school awarded 20 diplomas to qualifed doctor’s degree students in 2020-2021.
Eastern Michigan graduate students pay an average of $28,818 in tuition and fees each year.
If you are interested in distance education, be sure to check with the school since Eastern 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 93% took at least some of their classes online.
University of Michigan - Dearborn did quite well in this year’s ranking of the best value places for teaching students to get a doctor’s degree. It came in at #8 on the list. This medium-sized public school is located in Dearborn, Michigan, and it awarded 3 doctor’s degrees in 2020-2021.
UM Dearborn graduate students pay an average of $25,552 in tuition and fees each year.
Some students may be able to take online graduate classes at UM Dearborn. During the 2019-2020 year, about 88% of the graduate students at the school took at least one online course.
With a ranking of #9, University of Michigan - Ann Arbor did quite well on this year’s best value schools for teaching students working on their doctor’s degree. Located in Ann Arbor, Michigan, the large public school awarded 24 diplomas to qualifed doctor’s degree students in 2020-2021.
U-M graduate students pay an average of $50,464 in tuition and fees each year.
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. During the 2019-2020 year, about 74% of the graduate students at the school took at least one online course.
U-M not only placed well in our value ranking, but it is also #1 on our Best Teaching Doctor’s Degree Schools in Michigan list.
Wayne State University did quite well in this year’s ranking of the best value places for teaching students to get a doctor’s degree. It came in at #9 on the list. This large public school is located in Detroit, Michigan, and it awarded 31 doctor’s degrees in 2020-2021.
The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at Wayne State are $38,667 a year.
Online graduate courses are available at Wayne State, but you will need to check with the school to see if they are available for your field of interest. In fact, around 75% of the graduate population registered for at least one online class in 2019-2020.
Oakland University ranked #11 on this year’s Best Value Teaching Doctor’s Degree Schools in Michigan list. Rochester Hills, Michigan is the setting for this fairly large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out doctor’s degrees to 39 students in 2020-2021.
Oakland graduate students pay an average of $24,648 in tuition and fees each year.
Depending on your major, you may be able to take online graduate classes at Oakland. Of all the graduate students enrolled at the school during the 2019-2020 academic year, around 88% took at least some of their classes online.
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Notes and References
Footnotes
*These averages are for the top 11 schools only.
References
- 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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