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2023 Best Value History Doctor's Degree Schools in Michigan

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

5 Colleges
$19,405 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$54,296 Avg Salary

Finding the Best History Doctor's Degree School for You

History is the #26 most popular major in Michigan with 614 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. 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 that offer short-term programs that open up more career options.

Along with in-depth profiles of schools and the programs they offer, Course Advisor has created the Best Value History Doctor's Degree Schools in Michigan to help you in your search for the best school for you. Our analysis looked at 5 schools in Michigan to see which doctor's degree programs offered the best value experiences for history 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 History Doctor’s Degree Schools in Michigan

The following schools top our list of the Best Value History Doctor's Degree Colleges.

Best Michigan Schools for Affordable Quality for a Doctorate in History

#1

Michigan State University

East Lansing, MI

Our analysis found Michigan State University to be the best value school for history students who want to pursue a doctor’s degree in Michigan. Located in the city of East Lansing, Michigan State is a public school with a fairly large student population.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state graduate student at Michigan State are $19,714 a year.

Michigan State not only placed well in our value ranking, but it is also #3 on our Best History Doctor’s Degree Schools in Michigan list.

Read full report on History at Michigan State University

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend University of Michigan - Ann Arbor. The school came in at #2 on this year’s Best Value History Doctor’s Degree Schools in Michigan list. U-M is a very large public school located in the city of Ann Arbor.

U-M graduate students pay an average of $25,230 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

U-M not only placed well in our value ranking, but it is also #1 on our Best History Doctor’s Degree Schools in Michigan list.

Read full report on History at University of Michigan - Ann Arbor

#3

Central Michigan University

Mount Pleasant, MI

The excellent doctor’s degree programs at Central Michigan University helped the school earn the #3 place on this year’s ranking of the best value history schools in Michigan. Located in the town of Mount Pleasant, Central Michigan is a public college 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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A rank of #4 on this year’s list means Western Michigan University is a great value for history students working on their doctor’s degree. Located in the city of Kalamazoo, WMU is a public school with a fairly large student population.

In-state tuition fees for graduate students at WMU are $17,807 per year.

Full History at Western Michigan University Report

#5

Wayne State University

Detroit, MI

The excellent doctor’s degree programs at Wayne State University helped the school earn the #5 place on this year’s ranking of the best value history schools in Michigan. Located in the large city of Detroit, Wayne State is a public school with a fairly large student population.

Wayne State graduate students pay an average of $18,937 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

Full History at Wayne State University Report

Best Value History Colleges in the Great Lakes Region

Explore all the Best Value History Schools in the Great Lakes Area or other specific states within that region.

State Degrees Awarded
Indiana 533
Ohio 986
Illinois 974
Wisconsin 561

History Majors to Study

Major Annual Graduates
History 32,731

Related Major Annual Graduates
Education 327,871
Social Sciences 205,984
Psychology 195,678
Communication & Journalism 120,571
Family, Consumer & Human Sciences 55,820

Notes and References

*These averages are for the top 5 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 Abraham Ortelius.

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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