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2023 Best Value Health Professions Graduate Certificate Schools in Michigan

Identifying Quality Schools at More Affordable Prices

10 Colleges
$18,858 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$89,269 Avg Salary

Finding the Best Health Professions Graduate Certificate 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 Graduate Certificate Schools in Michigan ranking. This report analyzed 10 schools in Michigan to see which ones offered the best value graduate certificate programs for health professions 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.

2023 Best Value Health Professions Graduate Certificate Schools in Michigan

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

Top 10 Best Health Professions Graduate Certificate Schools

#1

Michigan State University

East Lansing, MI

Our 2023 rankings named Michigan State University the best value school in Michigan for health professions students working on their graduate certificate. Michigan State is a fairly large public school located in the small city of East Lansing.

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

In addition to its best value ranking, and one of the reasons why the school is on the list, Michigan State is ranked #3 for overall quality for health professions in Michigan.

Full Health Professions at Michigan State University Report

The excellent graduate certificate programs at Western Michigan University helped the school earn the #2 place on this year’s ranking of the best value health professions schools in Michigan. WMU is a large public school located in the city of Kalamazoo.

WMU graduate students pay an average of $17,807 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

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Out of the 10 schools in Michigan that were part of this year’s ranking, Grand Valley State University landed the # 3 spot on the list. Located in the suburb of Allendale, GVSU is a public school with a fairly large student population.

In-state tuition fees for graduate students at GVSU are $17,904 per year.

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The excellent graduate certificate programs at University of Michigan - Ann Arbor helped the school earn the #4 place on this year’s ranking of the best value health professions schools in Michigan. Located in the medium-sized city of Ann Arbor, U-M is a public college with a fairly large student population.

In-state tuition fees for graduate students at U-M are $25,230 per year.

U-M also made our Best Health Professions Graduate Certificate Schools in Michigan list, coming in at #2.

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#5

Central Michigan University

Mount Pleasant, MI

A rank of #5 on this year’s list means Central Michigan University is a great value for health professions students working on their graduate certificate. Central Michigan is a fairly large public school located in the town of Mount Pleasant.

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

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#6

Wayne State University

Detroit, MI

Wayne State University landed the #6 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best value graduate certificate health professions programs. Wayne State is a very large public school located in the large city of Detroit.

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

Full Health Professions at Wayne State University Report

University of Detroit Mercy did quite well in this year’s ranking of the best places for health professions students to get a graduate certificate. It came in at #7 on the list. Detroit Mercy is a moderately-sized private not-for-profit school located in the 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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Eastern Michigan University did quite well in this year’s ranking of the best places for health professions students to get a graduate certificate. It came in at #8 on the list. Eastern Michigan is a 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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#9

Oakland University

Rochester Hills, MI

Oakland University landed the #9 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best value graduate certificate health professions programs. Located in the suburb of Rochester Hills, Oakland is a public college with a fairly large student population.

In-state tuition fees for graduate students at Oakland are $19,323 per year.

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#9

Madonna University

Livonia, MI

Madonna University landed the #9 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best value graduate certificate health professions programs. Located in the city of Livonia, Madonna is a private not-for-profit college with a small student population.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state graduate student at Madonna are $16,380 a year.

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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 10 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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