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2023 Best Value Health Professions Doctor's Degree Schools in Michigan

Identifying Quality Schools at More Affordable Prices

11 Colleges
$19,988 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$81,655 Avg Salary

Finding the Best Health Professions Doctor's Degree School for You

Health Professions is the most popular major in Michigan with 5,949 degrees and certificates handed out 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 Health Professions Doctor's Degree Schools in Michigan ranking. Our analysis looked at 11 schools in Michigan to see which doctor's degree programs offered the best value experiences for health professions students with the aim of identifying those quality schools that are more affordable than some of their counterparts.

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.

2023 Best Value Health Professions Doctor’s Degree Schools in Michigan

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

Top 10 Best Health Professions Doctor's Degree Schools

#1

Ferris State University

Big Rapids, MI

Our 2023 rankings named Ferris State University the best value school in Michigan for health professions students working on their doctor’s degree. 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 also took the #4 spot in our Best Health Professions Doctor’s Degree Schools in Michigan rankings.

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Out of the 11 schools in Michigan that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Michigan - Flint landed the # 2 spot on the list. UM Flint is a moderately-sized public school located in the city of Flint.

In-state tuition fees for graduate students at UM Flint are $12,681 per year.

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The excellent doctor’s degree programs at University of Detroit Mercy helped the school earn the #3 place on this year’s ranking of the best value health professions schools in Michigan. Detroit Mercy is a moderately-sized private not-for-profit school located in the large city of Detroit.

Detroit Mercy graduate students pay an average of $21,276 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Grand Valley State University. The school came in at #4 on this year’s Best Value Health Professions Doctor’s Degree Schools in Michigan list. Located in the suburb of Allendale, GVSU is a public college with a fairly 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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#5

Michigan State University

East Lansing, MI

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. Michigan State is a fairly 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 took the #3 spot in our Best Health Professions Doctor’s Degree Schools in Michigan rankings.

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#6

Central Michigan University

Mount Pleasant, MI

With a ranking of #6, Central Michigan University did quite well on this year’s best value schools for health professions students working on their doctor’s degree. Central Michigan is a large public school located in the distant town of Mount Pleasant.

In-state tuition fees for graduate students at Central Michigan are $15,644 per year.

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#7

Wayne State University

Detroit, MI

Wayne State University came in at #7 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Health Professions Doctor’s Degree Schools in Michigan ranking. Wayne State is a fairly large public school located in the large city of Detroit.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state graduate student at Wayne State are $18,937 a 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. WMU is a large public school located in the small city of Kalamazoo.

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

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#9

Oakland University

Rochester Hills, MI

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. Located in the suburb of Rochester Hills, Oakland is a public school with a large student population.

Oakland graduate students pay an average of $19,323 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

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With a ranking of #10, University of Michigan - Ann Arbor did quite well on this year’s best value schools for health professions students working on their doctor’s degree. Located in the midsize city of Ann Arbor, U-M is a public school with a very large student population.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state graduate student at U-M are $25,230 a year.

U-M also took the #1 spot in our Best Health Professions Doctor’s Degree Schools in Michigan rankings.

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Best Value Health Professions Colleges in the Great Lakes Region

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State Degrees Awarded
Illinois 13,418
Indiana 5,507
Ohio 8,765
Wisconsin 3,630

Health Professions Majors to Study

Major Annual Graduates
Nursing 66,964
Medicine 28,629
Rehabilitation & Therapeutic Professions 24,774
Public Health 19,473
Health & Medical Administrative Services 17,335
Pharmacy/Pharmaceutical Sciences 16,952
Mental & Social Health Services 16,815
Allied Health Professions 12,950
Communication Sciences 10,547
Dentistry 6,770
Bioethics/Medical Ethics 4,684
Chiropractic 2,658
Alternative Medicine & Systems 2,582
Dietetics & Clinical Nutrition Services 2,481
Optometry 1,822
Advanced Dentistry & Oral Sciences 1,762
Medical Illustration & Informatics 1,747
Health Sciences & Services 1,746
Other Health Professions 1,261
Health/Medical Prep Programs 1,122
Clinical/Medical Laboratory Science 954
Medical Science 909
Allied Health & Medical Assisting Services 462
Dental Support Services 122
Alternative Medical Support Services 80
Movement & Mind-Body Therapies 55
Energy & Biologically Based Therapies 37
Ophthalmic & Optometric Support Services 11
Practical Nursing & Nursing Assistants 4

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.

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