2023 Best Value Teaching Doctor's Degree Schools in Ohio
Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Prices
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The Best Value Teaching Doctor's Degree Schools in Ohio ranking is one of many tools that Teaching Degree Search has developed to help you make your educational decision. This report analyzed 15 schools in Ohio 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.
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.
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Top Value Teaching Doctor's Degree Schools in Ohio
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Our 2023 rankings named Ashland University the best value school in Ohio for teaching students working on their doctor’s degree. Located in Ashland, Ohio, the small private not-for-profit school awarded 9 diplomas to qualifed doctor’s degree students in 2020-2021.
Ashland graduate students pay an average of $6,972 in tuition and fees each year.
Ashland does offer online graduate classes for certain degree levels. Of all the graduate students enrolled at the school during the 2019-2020 academic year, around 84% took at least some of their classes online.
Out of the 15 schools in Ohio that were part of this year’s value ranking, Youngstown State University landed the # 2 spot on the list. Youngstown State University is a public institution located in Youngstown, Ohio. The school has a fairly large population, and it awarded 16 doctor’s degrees in 2020-2021.
Youngstown State University graduate students pay an average of $6,931 in tuition and fees each year.
Some students may be able to take online graduate classes at Youngstown State University. Of all the graduate students enrolled at the school during the 2019-2020 academic year, around 60% took at least some of their classes online.
Out of the 15 schools in Ohio that were part of this year’s value ranking, Xavier University landed the # 3 spot on the list. Xavier University is a medium-sized private not-for-profit school located in Cincinnati, Ohio that handed out 12 doctor’s degrees in 2020-2021.
Xavier graduate students pay an average of $12,076 in tuition and fees each year.
Xavier 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. In 2019-2020 about 46% of the graduate students at the school chose to take one or more online courses.
Xavier also took the #1 spot in our Best Teaching Doctor’s Degree Schools in Ohio rankings.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Bowling Green State University - Main Campus. It ranked #4 on our 2023 Best Value Teaching Doctor’s Degree Schools in Ohio list. BGSU is a public institution located in Bowling Green, Ohio. The school has a fairly large population, and it awarded 11 doctor’s degrees in 2020-2021.
BGSU graduate students pay an average of $15,823 in tuition and fees each year.
BGSU 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. In 2019-2020 about 54% of the graduate students at the school chose to take one or more online courses.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Ohio State University - Main Campus. It ranked #5 on our 2023 Best Value Teaching Doctor’s Degree Schools in Ohio list. Located in Columbus, Ohio, the large public school awarded 74 diplomas to qualifed doctor’s degree students in 2020-2021.
The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at Ohio State are $38,377 a year.
If you are interested in distance education, be sure to check with the school since Ohio State does offer online graduate classes for certain majors. In 2019-2020 about 76% of the graduate students at the school chose to take one or more online courses.
Ohio State did well in our overall quality rankings, too. It placed #3 on our Best Teaching Doctor’s Degree Schools in Ohio list.
Ohio University - Athens Campus ranked #6 on this year’s Best Value Teaching Doctor’s Degree Schools in Ohio list. OHIO Athens is a large public school situated in Athens, Ohio. It awarded 34 doctor’s degrees in 2020-2021.
The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at OHIO Athens are $17,712 a year.
Some students may be able to take online graduate classes at OHIO Athens. In 2019-2020 about 70% of the graduate students at the school chose to take one or more online courses.
Miami University - Oxford came in at #7 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Teaching Doctor’s Degree Schools in Ohio ranking. Oxford, Ohio is the setting for this fairly large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out doctor’s degrees to 29 students in 2020-2021.
Miami University - Oxford graduate students pay an average of $32,332 in tuition and fees each year.
One thing to take note of is that Miami University - Oxford does offer online graduate classes in some areas. To give an idea of how popular online courses are at the school, 36% of graduates took at least one course online in 2019-2020.
Wright State University - Main Campus came in at #8 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Teaching Doctor’s Degree Schools in Ohio ranking. Wright State University - Main Campus is a fairly large public school located in Dayton, Ohio that handed out 4 doctor’s degrees in 2020-2021.
The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at Wright State University - Main Campus are $24,286 a year.
Wright State University - Main Campus 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. During the 2019-2020 year, about 73% of the graduate students at the school took at least one online course.
University of Cincinnati - Main Campus ranked #9 on this year’s Best Value Teaching Doctor’s Degree Schools in Ohio list. University of Cincinnati - Main Campus is a large public school located in Cincinnati, Ohio that handed out 14 doctor’s degrees in 2020-2021.
Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at UC are $26,644 per year.
You may have the opportunity to take online graduate classes at UC. In fact, around 82% of the graduate population registered for at least one online class in 2019-2020.
UC also took the #5 spot in our Best Teaching Doctor’s Degree Schools in Ohio rankings.
University of Dayton 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 #10 on the list. University of Dayton is a fairly large private not-for-profit school located in Dayton, Ohio that handed out 4 doctor’s degrees in 2020-2021.
Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at UDayton are $18,140 per year.
Some students may be able to take online graduate classes at UDayton. To give an idea of how popular online courses are at the school, 45% of graduates took at least one course online in 2019-2020.
UDayton did well in our overall quality rankings, too. It placed #2 on our Best Teaching Doctor’s Degree Schools in Ohio list.
With a ranking of #11, Kent State University at Kent did quite well on this year’s best value schools for teaching students working on their doctor’s degree. Kent State is located in Kent, Ohio and has a large student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 30 doctor’s degrees to qualified students.
Kent State graduate students pay an average of $21,952 in tuition and fees each year.
Online graduate courses are available at Kent State, but you will need to check with the school to see if they are available for your field of interest. In fact, around 57% of the graduate population registered for at least one online class in 2019-2020.
The University of Findlay ranked #12 on this year’s Best Value Teaching Doctor’s Degree Schools in Ohio list. Findlay is a private not-for-profit institution located in Findlay, Ohio. The school has a small population, and it awarded 13 doctor’s degrees in 2020-2021.
Findlay graduate students pay an average of $18,456 in tuition and fees each year.
Online graduate courses are available at Findlay, but you will need to check with the school to see if they are available for your field of interest. Of all the graduate students enrolled at the school during the 2019-2020 academic year, around 49% took at least some of their classes online.
Findlay not only placed well in our value ranking, but it is also #4 on our Best Teaching Doctor’s Degree Schools in Ohio list.
University of Akron Main Campus 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 #13 on the list. University of Akron Main Campus is a fairly large public school situated in Akron, Ohio. It awarded 1 doctor’s degrees in 2020-2021.
The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at University of Akron Main Campus are $11,936 a year.
Depending on your major, you may be able to take online graduate classes at University of Akron Main Campus. During the 2019-2020 year, about 80% of the graduate students at the school took at least one online course.
With a ranking of #14, University of Toledo did quite well on this year’s best value schools for teaching students working on their doctor’s degree. Located in Toledo, Ohio, the fairly large public school handed out 34 doctor’s degree awards in 2020-2021.
University of Toledo graduate students pay an average of $27,739 in tuition and fees each year.
One thing to take note of is that University of Toledo does offer online graduate classes in some areas. In fact, around 29% of the graduate population registered for at least one online class in 2019-2020.
Cleveland 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 #15 on the list. Cleveland State University is a public institution located in Cleveland, Ohio. The school has a fairly large population, and it awarded 19 doctor’s degrees in 2020-2021.
Cleveland State University graduate students pay an average of $18,051 in tuition and fees each year.
Some students may be able to take online graduate classes at Cleveland State University. 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 15 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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