2023 Best Value Teaching Graduate Certificate 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.
Along with in-depth profiles of schools and the programs they offer, Teaching Degree Search has created the Best Value Teaching Graduate Certificate Schools in Michigan to help you in your search for the best school for you. Our analysis looked at 13 schools in Michigan to see which graduate certificate programs offered the best value experiences for teaching students with the aim of identifying those quality schools that are more affordable than some of their counterparts.
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 Graduate Certificate Schools in Michigan
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Our 2023 rankings named Ferris State University the best value school in Michigan for teaching students working on their graduate certificate. Located in Big Rapids, Michigan, the fairly large public school handed out 1 graduate certificate awards in 2020-2021.
Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at Ferris are $8,232 per 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.
Ferris also took the #5 spot in our Best Teaching Graduate Certificate Schools in Michigan rankings.
Out of the 13 schools in Michigan that were part of this year’s value ranking, Northern Michigan University landed the # 2 spot on the list. Northern Michigan University is a public institution located in Marquette, Michigan. The school has a medium-sized population, and it awarded 6 graduate certificates in 2020-2021.
Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at Northern Michigan University are $14,068 per year.
If you are interested in distance education, be sure to check with the school since Northern Michigan University does offer online graduate classes for certain majors. To give an idea of how popular online courses are at the school, 79% of graduates took at least one course online in 2019-2020.
The excellent graduate certificate programs at Adrian College helped the school earn the #3 place on this year’s ranking of the best value teaching schools in Michigan. Adrian is a private not-for-profit institution located in Adrian, Michigan. The school has a small population, and it awarded 3 graduate certificates in 2020-2021.
The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at Adrian are $19,525 a year.
Online graduate courses are available at Adrian, 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 79% of the graduate students at the school took at least one online course.
Adrian did well in our overall quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our Best Teaching Graduate Certificate Schools in Michigan list.
Out of the 13 schools in Michigan that were part of this year’s value ranking, Baker College landed the # 4 spot on the list. Baker College is a small private not-for-profit school situated in Owosso, Michigan. It awarded 3 graduate certificates in 2020-2021.
Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at Baker College are $12,750 per year. Graduate Certificate recipients from this school accumulate an average of $46,807 in student debt by the time they complete their degree.
Depending on your major, you may be able to take online graduate classes at Baker College. To give an idea of how popular online courses are at the school, 87% of graduates took at least one course online in 2019-2020.
Out of the 13 schools in Michigan that were part of this year’s value ranking, Western Michigan University landed the # 5 spot on the list. WMU is a public institution located in Kalamazoo, Michigan. The school has a fairly large population, and it awarded 8 graduate certificates in 2020-2021.
Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at WMU are $26,248 per year.
Depending on your major, you may be able to take online graduate classes at WMU. To give an idea of how popular online courses are at the school, 67% of graduates took at least one course online in 2019-2020.
WMU also took the #4 spot in our Best Teaching Graduate Certificate Schools in Michigan rankings.
Central Michigan University ranked #6 on this year’s Best Value Teaching Graduate Certificate Schools in Michigan list. Located in Mount Pleasant, Michigan, the fairly large public school handed out 19 graduate certificate awards in 2020-2021.
Central Michigan graduate students pay an average of $15,644 in tuition and fees each year.
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. To give an idea of how popular online courses are at the school, 61% of graduates took at least one course online in 2019-2020.
With a ranking of #7, Michigan State University did quite well on this year’s best value schools for teaching students working on their graduate certificate. This large public school is located in East Lansing, Michigan, and it awarded 82 graduate certificates in 2020-2021.
Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at Michigan State are $38,638 per year.
Online graduate courses are available at Michigan State, 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 65% took at least some of their classes online.
Michigan State not only placed well in our value ranking, but it is also #3 on our Best Teaching Graduate Certificate Schools in Michigan list.
Saginaw Valley State University landed the #8 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best value graduate certificate teaching programs. This medium-sized public school is located in University Center, Michigan, and it awarded 14 graduate certificates in 2020-2021.
Saginaw Valley State University graduate students pay an average of $29,622 in tuition and fees each year.
Depending on your major, you may be able to take online graduate classes at Saginaw Valley State University. During the 2019-2020 year, about 78% of the graduate students at the school took at least one online course.
Eastern Michigan University came in at #9 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Teaching Graduate Certificate Schools in Michigan ranking. Located in Ypsilanti, Michigan, the fairly large public school handed out 65 graduate certificate awards in 2020-2021.
The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at Eastern Michigan are $28,818 a year.
Depending on your major, you may be able to take online graduate classes at Eastern Michigan. 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.
Grand Valley State University did quite well in this year’s ranking of the best value places for teaching students to get a graduate certificate. It came in at #10 on the list. GVSU is a public institution located in Allendale, Michigan. The school has a large population, and it awarded 2 graduate certificates in 2020-2021.
The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at GVSU are $17,904 a year.
GVSU 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. To give an idea of how popular online courses are at the school, 73% of graduates took at least one course online in 2019-2020.
University of Michigan - Ann Arbor landed the #11 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best value graduate certificate teaching programs. Located in Ann Arbor, Michigan, the large public school awarded 6 diplomas to qualifed graduate certificate students in 2020-2021.
U-M graduate students pay an average of $50,464 in tuition and fees each year. Graduate Certificate recipients from this school accumulate an average of $20,014 in student debt by the time they complete their degree.
If you are interested in distance education, be sure to check with the school since U-M does offer online graduate classes for certain majors. In 2019-2020 about 74% of the graduate students at the school chose to take one or more online courses.
U-M not only placed well in our value ranking, but it is also #2 on our Best Teaching Graduate Certificate Schools in Michigan list.
With a ranking of #12, Oakland University did quite well on this year’s best value schools for teaching students working on their graduate certificate. Oakland is a fairly large public school situated in Rochester Hills, Michigan. It awarded 45 graduate certificates in 2020-2021.
Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at Oakland are $24,648 per year.
Online graduate courses are available at Oakland, 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 88% took at least some of their classes online.
Wayne State University landed the #13 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best value graduate certificate teaching programs. Located in Detroit, Michigan, the large public school awarded 72 diplomas to qualifed graduate certificate students in 2020-2021.
The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at Wayne State are $38,667 a year.
Wayne State does offer online graduate classes for certain degree levels. To give an idea of how popular online courses are at the school, 75% of graduates took at least one course online in 2019-2020.
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Notes and References
Footnotes
*These averages are for the top 13 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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