2023 Best Value Health Professions Doctor's Degree Schools in Michigan
Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing
Finding the Best Health Professions Doctor's Degree School for You
Health Professions is one of the most popular subjects to study in Michigan. With 17,976 degrees and certificates handed out in 2020-2021, it ranked 2nd out of all the majors we track in the state.
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 Health Professions Doctor's Degree Schools in Michigan to help you in your search for the best school for you. This report analyzed 11 schools in Michigan to see which ones offered the best value doctor's degree programs for health professions 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.
Top 10 Best Health Professions Doctor's Degree Schools
Our 2023 rankings named Ferris State University the best value school in Michigan for health professions students working on their doctor’s degree. Located in the town of Big Rapids, Ferris is a public college with a fairly large student population.
In-state tuition fees for graduate students at Ferris are $8,232 per year.
Ferris also took the #4 spot in our Best Health Professions Doctor’s Degree Schools in Michigan rankings.
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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend University of Michigan - Flint. The school came in at #2 on this year’s Best Value Health Professions Doctor’s Degree Schools in Michigan list. Located in the small city of Flint, UM Flint is a public college with a medium-sized student population.
In-state tuition fees for graduate students at UM Flint are $12,681 per year.
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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend University of Detroit Mercy. The school came in at #3 on this year’s Best Value Health Professions Doctor’s Degree Schools in Michigan list. Located in the city of Detroit, Detroit Mercy is a private not-for-profit school with a medium-sized student population.
In-state tuition fees for graduate students at Detroit Mercy are $21,276 per year.
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Out of the 11 schools in Michigan that were part of this year’s ranking, Grand Valley State University landed the # 4 spot on the list. GVSU is a very large public school located in the large suburb of Allendale.
The average tuition and fees for an in-state graduate student at GVSU are $17,904 a year.
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Out of the 11 schools in Michigan that were part of this year’s ranking, Michigan State University landed the # 5 spot on the list. Located in the city of East Lansing, Michigan State is a public school with a very large student population.
Michigan State graduate students pay an average of $19,714 in in-state tuition and fees each year.
Michigan State not only placed well in our value ranking, but it is also #3 on our Best Health Professions Doctor’s Degree Schools in Michigan list.
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Central Michigan University ranked #6 on this year’s Best Value Health Professions Doctor’s Degree Schools in Michigan list. Located in the distant town of Mount Pleasant, Central Michigan is a public school with a large student population.
The average tuition and fees for an in-state graduate student at Central Michigan are $15,644 a year.
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Wayne State University did quite well in this year’s ranking of the best places for health professions students to get a doctor’s degree. It came in at #7 on the list. Located in the city of Detroit, Wayne State is a public college with a very large student population.
Wayne State graduate students pay an average of $18,937 in in-state tuition and fees each year.
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Western Michigan University did quite well in this year’s ranking of the best places for health professions students to get a doctor’s degree. It came in at #8 on the list. Located in the small city of Kalamazoo, WMU is a public college with a fairly large student population.
The average tuition and fees for an in-state graduate student at WMU are $17,807 a year.
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With a ranking of #9, Oakland University did quite well on this year’s best value schools for health professions students working on their doctor’s degree. Oakland is a fairly large public school located in the large suburb of Rochester Hills.
Oakland graduate students pay an average of $19,323 in in-state tuition and fees each year.
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University of Michigan - Ann Arbor came in at #10 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Health Professions Doctor’s Degree Schools in Michigan ranking. U-M is a fairly large public school located in the midsize city of Ann Arbor.
In-state tuition fees for graduate students at U-M are $25,230 per year.
U-M also took the #1 spot in our Best Health Professions Doctor’s Degree Schools in Michigan rankings.
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| State | Degrees Awarded |
|---|---|
| Indiana | 17,552 |
| Ohio | 28,247 |
| Illinois | 34,790 |
| Wisconsin | 11,436 |
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Notes and References
*These averages are for the top 11 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).
More about our data sources and methodologies.