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2023 Best Value Nursing Graduate Certificate Schools in Michigan

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

6 Colleges
$15,809 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$99,011 Avg Salary

Finding the Best Nursing Graduate Certificate School for You

In 2020-2021, nursing students earned 1,113 degrees and certificates from a Michigan school, making the subject the 5th 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.

Along with in-depth profiles of schools and the programs they offer, Grad Degree Search has created the Best Value Nursing Graduate Certificate Schools in Michigan to help you in your search for the best school for you. Our analysis looked at 6 schools in Michigan to see which graduate certificate programs offered the best value experiences for nursing 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 Nursing Graduate Certificate Schools in Michigan

The following schools top our list of the Best Value Nursing Graduate Certificate Colleges.

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

Our analysis found University of Michigan - Flint to be the best value school for nursing students who want to pursue a graduate certificate in Michigan. Located in the city of Flint, UM Flint is a public school with a moderately-sized student population.

UM Flint graduate students pay an average of $12,681 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

Read full report on Nursing at University of Michigan - Flint

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Grand Valley State University. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Best Value Nursing Graduate Certificate Schools in Michigan list. GVSU is a fairly large public school located in the large suburb of Allendale.

GVSU graduate students pay an average of $17,904 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

Read full report on Nursing at Grand Valley State University

#3

Wayne State University

Detroit, MI

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Wayne State University. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Best Value Nursing Graduate Certificate Schools in Michigan list. Located in the city of Detroit, Wayne State is a public school with a very large student population.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state graduate student at Wayne State are $18,937 a year.

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#3

Madonna University

Livonia, MI

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Madonna University. The school came in at #3 on this year’s Best Value Nursing Graduate Certificate Schools in Michigan list. Madonna is a small private not-for-profit school located in the small city of Livonia.

Madonna graduate students pay an average of $16,380 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

Full Nursing at Madonna University Report

#5

Oakland University

Rochester Hills, MI

A rank of #5 on this year’s list means Oakland University is a great value for nursing students working on their graduate certificate. Oakland is a large public school located in the 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 Detroit Mercy ranked #6 on this year’s Best Value Nursing Graduate Certificate 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.

Full Nursing at University of Detroit Mercy Report

Best Value Nursing Colleges in the Great Lakes Region

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

State Degrees Awarded
Illinois 6,634
Ohio 2,563
Indiana 1,819
Wisconsin 972

One of 29 majors within the area of study, nursing has other similar majors worth exploring.

Related Major Annual Graduates
Medicine 28,629
Rehabilitation & Therapeutic Professions 24,774
Public Health 19,473
Health & Medical Administrative Services 17,335
Pharmacy/Pharmaceutical Sciences 16,952

Notes and References

*These averages are for the top 6 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 Aleksahgabrielle.

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