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Best Value General Education Doctor's Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region

2023 Best Value General Education Doctor's Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

9 Colleges
$28,680 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$72,973 Avg Salary

Finding the Best General Education Doctor's Degree School for You

General Education is the #39 most popular major in the country with 29,810 degrees and certificates awarded in 2020-2021.

It's not easy to decide which program to enroll in when you have so many options available. Along with traditional schools that require in-person attendence, you can attend one of many reputable online schools. Some programs even offer a hybrid experience. Alternatively, you may choose a trade school 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, Course Advisor has created the Best Value General Education Doctor's Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region to help you in your search for the best school for you. Our analysis looked at 9 schools in the Great Lakes Region to see which doctor's degree programs offered the best value experiences for education 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.

Best Great Lakes Region Schools for Affordable Quality for a Doctorate in General Education

Our 2023 rankings named The University of Findlay the best value school in the Great Lakes Region for general education students working on their doctor’s degree. Located in the distant town of Findlay, Findlay is a private not-for-profit school with a small student population.

Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at Findlay are $18,456 per year.

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Purdue University - Main Campus

West Lafayette, IN

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Purdue University - Main Campus. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Best Value General Education Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region list. Purdue is a very large public school located in the small city of West Lafayette.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at Purdue are $28,794 a year.

On top of its placing in our value ranking, Purdue also did well on our Best General Education Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region list. It’s in the top 10% of all schools reviewed in this analysis.

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The excellent doctor’s degree programs at University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign helped the school earn the #3 place on this year’s ranking of the best value general education schools in the Great Lakes Region . UIUC is a fairly large public school located in the small city of Champaign.

Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at UIUC are $30,862 per year.

On top of its placing in our value ranking, UIUC also did well on our Best General Education Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region list. It’s in the top 10% of all schools reviewed in this analysis.

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A rank of #4 on this year’s list means University of Michigan - Flint is a great value for general education students working on their doctor’s degree. Located in the city of Flint, UM Flint is a public college with a medium-sized student population.

UM Flint graduate students pay an average of $18,747 in tuition and fees each year.

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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Eastern Michigan University. It ranked #5 on our 2023 Best Value General Education Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region list. Located in the large suburb of Ypsilanti, Eastern Michigan is a public school with a large student population.

Eastern Michigan graduate students pay an average of $28,818 in tuition and fees each year.

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University of Michigan - Dearborn landed the #6 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best value doctor’s degree general education programs. UM Dearborn is a moderately-sized public school located in the city of Dearborn.

UM Dearborn graduate students pay an average of $25,552 in tuition and fees each year.

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Ohio State University - Main Campus ranked #7 on this year’s Best Value General Education Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region list. Ohio State is a fairly large public school located in the large city of Columbus.

Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at Ohio State are $38,377 per year.

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Cleveland State University

Cleveland, OH

Cleveland State University landed the #7 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best value doctor’s degree general education programs. Located in the city of Cleveland, Cleveland State University is a public college with a fairly large student population.

Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at Cleveland State University are $18,051 per year.

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University of Michigan - Ann Arbor came in at #9 in this year’s edition of the Best Value General Education Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region ranking. U-M is a very large public school located in the city of Ann Arbor.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at U-M are $50,464 a year.

U-M excels when it comes to quality. It’s ranked in the top 5% of all schools on our Best General Education Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region list.

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Best General Education Colleges by State

Explore the best general education colleges for a specific state in the Great Lakes region.

State Degrees Awarded
Michigan 700
Ohio 706
Illinois 453
Indiana 502
Wisconsin 515

One of 14 majors within the area of study, general education has other similar majors worth exploring.

Majors Similar to Education

Related Major Annual Graduates
Teacher Education Grade Specific 110,226
Educational Administration 46,469
Teacher Education Subject Specific 43,297
Special Education 36,792
Curriculum & Instruction 19,832

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 KOKUYO.

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