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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.

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

The colleges and universities below are the best value schools for education majors pursuing a doctor's degree.

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

Our analysis found The University of Findlay to be the best value school for general education students who want to pursue a doctor’s degree in the Great Lakes Region . 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.

Full General Education at The University of Findlay Report

#2

Purdue University - Main Campus

West Lafayette, IN

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Purdue University - Main Campus. The school came in at #2 on this year’s Best Value General Education Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region list. Purdue is a fairly large public school located in the city of West Lafayette.

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

In addition to its great value ranking, Purdue is in the top 10% of all schools on our Best General Education Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region list.

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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 very large public school located in the city of Champaign.

UIUC graduate students pay an average of $30,862 in tuition and fees each 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.

Full General Education at University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Report

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend University of Michigan - Flint. The school came in at #4 on this year’s Best Value General Education Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region list. Located in the small city of Flint, UM Flint is a public college with a moderately-sized student population.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at UM Flint are $18,747 a year.

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The excellent doctor’s degree programs at Eastern Michigan University helped the school earn the #5 place on this year’s ranking of the best value general education schools in the Great Lakes Region . Located in the large suburb of Ypsilanti, Eastern Michigan is a public college with a large student population.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at Eastern Michigan are $28,818 a 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.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at UM Dearborn are $25,552 a year.

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Ohio State University - Main Campus landed the #7 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best value doctor’s degree general education programs. Ohio State is a fairly large public school located in the city of Columbus.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at Ohio State are $38,377 a year.

Full General Education at Ohio State University - Main Campus Report

#7

Cleveland State University

Cleveland, OH

With a ranking of #7, Cleveland State University did quite well on this year’s best value schools for general education students working on their doctor’s degree. Located in the city of Cleveland, Cleveland State University is a public college with a 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 fairly large public school located in the midsize city of Ann Arbor.

Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at U-M are $50,464 per year.

On top of its placing in our value ranking, U-M also did well on our Best General Education Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region list. It’s in the top 5% of all schools reviewed in this analysis.

Full General Education at University of Michigan - Ann Arbor Report

Best General Education Colleges by State

Explore the best general education schools 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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