2023 Best Value Public Policy Graduate Certificate Schools in Michigan

Identifying Quality Schools at More Affordable Prices

Finding the Best Public Policy Graduate Certificate School for You

In 2020-2021, 170 degrees and certificates were awarded to public policy students who went to a Michigan college or university. This makes it the #44 most popular major in the state.

With all the programs available today, it can be tough to choose which one is the best for you. You're no longer limited to schools in your local area, either, since online programs are becoming more prevalent. Or you may find the programs at a trade school to be a better alternative for you.

Along with in-depth profiles of schools and the programs they offer, Grad Degree Search has created the Best Value Public Policy Graduate Certificate Schools in Michigan to help you in your search for the best school for you.

Our ranking of value is based on the quality of a program as defined in our per sticker price dollar. 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.

In our regional and nationwide rankings, out-of-state tution and fees are used in our calculations. Average in-state tuition and fees are used for our statewide rankings.

The following school tops our list of the Best Value Public Policy Graduate Certificate Colleges.

Best Public Policy Graduate Certificate School

#1

University of Michigan - Ann Arbor

Ann Arbor, MI

16 Graduate Certificates

#2 in Quality in Michigan

$25,230 Average Tuition & Fees

Our 2023 rankings named University of Michigan - Ann Arbor the best value school in Michigan for public policy students working on their graduate certificate. Located in the midsize city of Ann Arbor, U-M is a public college with a fairly large student population.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state graduate student at U-M are $25,230 a year. While working on their Graduate Certificate, public policy majors at U-M accumulate an average of around $16,931 in student debt.

U-M also took the #2 spot in our Best Public Policy Graduate Certificate Schools in Michigan rankings.

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Notes and References

*These values are for the top school 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).
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