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2023 Best Value Accounting Graduate Certificate Schools in Michigan

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

2 Colleges
$18,073 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$55,627 Avg Salary

Finding the Best Accounting Graduate Certificate School for You

In 2020-2021, 406 degrees and certificates were awarded to accounting students who went to a Michigan college or university. This makes it the #14 most popular major in the state.

It's not easy to decide which program to enroll in when you have so many options available. As online education oppotunities continue to grow, you're not restricted to just schools in your local area anymore. Even some of the 'big name' schools are offering online courses. Also, there are a number of trade schools with offerings that you might find attractive.

To help you arm yourself with the information you need to make your decision, Grad Degree Search has developed this Best Value Accounting Graduate Certificate Schools in Michigan ranking. Our analysis looked at 2 schools in Michigan to see which graduate certificate programs offered the best value experiences for accounting 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 Accounting Graduate Certificate Schools in Michigan

The colleges and universities below are the best value schools for accounting majors pursuing a graduate certificate.

Best Michigan Schools for Affordable Quality for a Postbaccalaureate Certificates in Accounting

#1

Davenport University

Grand Rapids, MI

Our 2023 rankings named Davenport University the best value school in Michigan for accounting students working on their graduate certificate. Located in the suburb of Grand Rapids, Davenport University is a private not-for-profit college with a medium-sized student population.

In-state tuition fees for graduate students at Davenport University are $17,208 per year.

Full Accounting at Davenport University Report

#2

Wayne State University

Detroit, MI

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Wayne State University. The school came in at #2 on this year’s Best Value Accounting Graduate Certificate Schools in Michigan list. Located in the city of Detroit, Wayne State is a public college with a fairly large student population.

In-state tuition fees for graduate students at Wayne State are $18,937 per year.

Read full report on Accounting at Wayne State University

Best Value Accounting Colleges in the Great Lakes Region

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

State Degrees Awarded
Illinois 750
Ohio 470
Indiana 382
Wisconsin 146

One of 20 majors within the area of study, accounting has other similar majors worth exploring.

Related Major Annual Graduates
Business Administration & Management 131,555
Management Sciences & Quantitative Methods 31,701
Human Resource Management 12,117
General Business/Commerce 9,137
Finance & Financial Management 5,784

Notes and References

*These averages are for the top 2 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 Pixabay.

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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