2023 Best Value Education Graduate Certificate Schools in Michigan
Identifying Quality Schools at More Affordable Prices
Finding the Best Education Graduate Certificate School for You
Out of the majors we analyze each year, education was ranked 4th in Michigan. In fact, 2,978 were awarded in the state in 2020-2021.
There are lots of options to pick from today when trying to decide which program is right for you. 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.
To help you arm yourself with the information you need to make your decision, Grad Degree Search has developed this Best Value Education Graduate Certificate Schools in Michigan ranking. This report analyzed 13 schools in Michigan to see which ones offered the best value graduate certificate programs for education students. The goal was to highlight schools with more affordable prices than others offering similar quality experiences.
When determining this ranking, we place a high emphasis on the school's quality as well as its sticker price. Even though a college may be affordable, it may not offer value. More specifically, we discount our quality score by the published tuition and fees charged by a school. This gives the cost per unit of quality for each college. The value is determined by how much quality your dollar buys.
Our calculations use out-of-state tuition and fees in our nationwide and regional rankings. Average in-state tuition and fees are used for our statewide rankings.
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2023 Best Value Education Graduate Certificate Schools in Michigan
Check out the education graduate certificate programs at these schools if you want to get the best value for your educational dollar.
Top 10 Best Education Graduate Certificate Schools
Our analysis found Ferris State University to be the best value school for education students who want to pursue a graduate certificate in Michigan. Ferris is a fairly large public school located in the town of Big Rapids.
Ferris graduate students pay an average of $8,232 in in-state tuition and fees each year.
Ferris did well in our overall quality rankings, too. It placed #5 on our Best Education Graduate Certificate Schools in Michigan list.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Northern Michigan University. The school came in at #2 on this year’s Best Value Education Graduate Certificate Schools in Michigan list. Located in the remote town of Marquette, Northern Michigan University is a public school with a medium-sized student population.
In-state tuition fees for graduate students at Northern Michigan University are $10,612 per year.
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Out of the 13 schools in Michigan that were part of this year’s ranking, Adrian College landed the # 3 spot on the list. Located in the distant town of Adrian, Adrian is a private not-for-profit college with a small student population.
In-state tuition fees for graduate students at Adrian are $19,525 per year.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Baker College. It ranked #4 on our 2023 Best Value Education Graduate Certificate Schools in Michigan list. Baker College is a small private not-for-profit school located in the distant town of Owosso.
Baker College graduate students pay an average of $12,750 in in-state tuition and fees each year.
The excellent graduate certificate programs at Western Michigan University helped the school earn the #5 place on this year’s ranking of the best value education schools in Michigan. WMU is a large public school located in the small city of Kalamazoo.
The average tuition and fees for an in-state graduate student at WMU are $17,807 a year.
Central Michigan University landed the #6 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best value graduate certificate education programs. Central Michigan is a fairly large public school located in the town of Mount Pleasant.
Central Michigan graduate students pay an average of $15,644 in in-state tuition and fees each year.
Michigan State University ranked #7 on this year’s Best Value Education Graduate Certificate Schools in Michigan list. Michigan State is a very large public school located in the city of East Lansing.
The average tuition and fees for an in-state graduate student at Michigan State are $19,714 a year.
Michigan State also made our Best Education Graduate Certificate Schools in Michigan list, coming in at #3.
Saginaw Valley State University ranked #8 on this year’s Best Value Education Graduate Certificate Schools in Michigan list. Located in the suburb of University Center, Saginaw Valley State University is a public college with a medium-sized student population.
The average tuition and fees for an in-state graduate student at Saginaw Valley State University are $15,748 a year.
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Eastern Michigan University ranked #9 on this year’s Best Value Education Graduate Certificate Schools in Michigan list. Eastern Michigan is a fairly large public school located in the large suburb of Ypsilanti.
The average tuition and fees for an in-state graduate student at Eastern Michigan are $16,672 a year.
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Grand Valley State University did quite well in this year’s ranking of the best places for education students to get a graduate certificate. It came in at #10 on the list. Located in the large suburb of Allendale, GVSU is a public school with a very large student population.
The average tuition and fees for an in-state graduate student at GVSU are $17,904 a year.
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Best Value Education Colleges in the Great Lakes Region
Explore all the Best Value Education Schools in the Great Lakes Area or other specific states within that region.
| State | Degrees Awarded |
|---|---|
| Illinois | 6,636 |
| Indiana | 8,353 |
| Ohio | 3,830 |
| Wisconsin | 2,679 |
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Education Related Majors for Education
Education Majors to Study
| Major | Annual Graduates |
|---|---|
| Educational Administration | 45,458 |
| Teacher Education Grade Specific | 34,451 |
| Special Education | 25,158 |
| General Education | 21,189 |
| Teacher Education Subject Specific | 20,616 |
| Curriculum & Instruction | 19,784 |
| Student Counseling | 13,840 |
| Instructional Media Design | 8,387 |
| Teaching English or French | 4,743 |
| Other Education | 2,513 |
| Multilingual Education | 1,672 |
| Educational Assessment | 1,215 |
| Education Philosophy | 421 |
| International Education | 257 |
| Teaching Assistants | 20 |
Most Popular Majors Related to Education
| Related Major | Annual Graduates |
|---|---|
| Psychology | 42,013 |
| Social Sciences | 22,292 |
| Communication & Journalism | 12,242 |
| Library Science | 5,929 |
| History | 4,391 |
Notes and References
*These averages are for the top 13 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 Horadrim.
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