2023 Best Value Nursing Doctor's Degree Schools in Michigan
Identifying High-Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing
Today's nursing students have lots of options to pick from when considering higher education opportunities. Along with traditional schools that require in-person attendence, you can attend one of many reputable online schools. Some programs even offer a hybrid experience. Alternatively, you may choose a trade school or bootcamp that prepares you to enter the workforce with knowledge in a specific field.
The Best Value Nursing Doctor's Degree Schools in Michigan ranking is one of many tools that Nursing Degree Search has developed to help you make your educational decision. Our analysis looked at 12 schools in Michigan to see which doctor's degree 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.
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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Top Value Nursing Doctor's Degree Schools in Michigan
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Our 2023 rankings named Ferris State University the best value school in Michigan for nursing students working on their doctor’s degree. This fairly large public school is located in Big Rapids, Michigan, and it awarded 2 doctor’s degrees in 2020-2021.
Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at Ferris are $8,232 per year.
Online graduate courses are available at Ferris, but you will need to check with the school to see if they are available for your field of interest. In 2019-2020 about 67% of the graduate students at the school chose to take one or more online courses.
Ferris also took the #3 spot in our Best Nursing Doctor’s Degree Schools in Michigan rankings.
Out of the 12 schools in Michigan that were part of this year’s value ranking, University of Michigan - Flint landed the # 2 spot on the list. Flint, Michigan is the setting for this medium-sized institution of higher learning. The public school handed out doctor’s degrees to 33 students in 2020-2021.
The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at UM Flint are $18,747 a year.
You may have the opportunity to take online graduate classes at UM Flint. To give an idea of how popular online courses are at the school, 63% of graduates took at least one course online in 2019-2020.
In addition to its best value ranking, and one of the reasons why the school is on the list, UM Flint is ranked #4 for overall quality in Michigan.
Out of the 12 schools in Michigan that were part of this year’s value ranking, Northern Michigan University landed the # 3 spot on the list. Northern Michigan University is a medium-sized public school located in Marquette, Michigan that handed out 1 doctor’s degrees in 2020-2021.
The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at Northern Michigan University are $14,068 a year.
Northern Michigan University does have options available for those who want to take online graduate classes. You will need to check with the school to see if they are available for your specific major. During the 2019-2020 year, about 79% of the graduate students at the school took at least one online course.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Michigan State University. It ranked #4 on our 2023 Best Value Nursing Doctor’s Degree Schools in Michigan list. Located in East Lansing, Michigan, the large public school handed out 23 doctor’s degree awards in 2020-2021.
Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at Michigan State are $38,638 per year.
Michigan State does have options available for those who want to take online graduate classes. You will need to check with the school to see if they are available for your specific major. In 2019-2020 about 65% of the graduate students at the school chose to take one or more online courses.
Michigan State also made our Best Nursing Doctor’s Degree Schools in Michigan list, coming in at #2.
A rank of #5 on this year’s list means Grand Valley State University is a great place for nursing students working on their doctor’s degree who want the most bang for their educational buck. GVSU is located in Allendale, Michigan and has a large student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 23 doctor’s degrees to qualified students.
GVSU graduate students pay an average of $17,904 in tuition and fees each year.
Some students may be able to take online graduate classes at GVSU. Of all the graduate students enrolled at the school during the 2019-2020 academic year, around 73% took at least some of their classes online.
Wayne State University landed the #6 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best value doctor’s degree nursing programs. This large public school is located in Detroit, Michigan, and it awarded 33 doctor’s degrees in 2020-2021.
Wayne State graduate students pay an average of $38,667 in tuition and fees each year.
Depending on your major, you may be able to take online graduate classes at Wayne State. To give an idea of how popular online courses are at the school, 75% of graduates took at least one course online in 2019-2020.
In addition to its best value ranking, and one of the reasons why the school is on the list, Wayne State is ranked #5 for overall quality in Michigan.
With a ranking of #7, Saginaw Valley State University did quite well on this year’s best value schools for nursing students working on their doctor’s degree. Saginaw Valley State University is a medium-sized public school located in University Center, Michigan that handed out 1 doctor’s degrees in 2020-2021.
Saginaw Valley State University graduate students pay an average of $29,622 in tuition and fees each year.
Online graduate courses are available at Saginaw Valley State University, but you will need to check with the school to see if they are available for your field of interest. During the 2019-2020 year, about 78% of the graduate students at the school took at least one online course.
Oakland University ranked #8 on this year’s Best Value Nursing Doctor’s Degree Schools in Michigan list. Located in Rochester Hills, Michigan, the fairly large public school awarded 6 diplomas to qualifed doctor’s degree students in 2020-2021.
The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at Oakland are $24,648 a year.
If you are interested in distance education, be sure to check with the school since Oakland does offer online graduate classes for certain majors. To give an idea of how popular online courses are at the school, 88% of graduates took at least one course online in 2019-2020.
Madonna University came in at #9 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Nursing Doctor’s Degree Schools in Michigan ranking. Madonna is a private not-for-profit institution located in Livonia, Michigan. The school has a small population, and it awarded 2 doctor’s degrees in 2020-2021.
The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at Madonna are $16,380 a year.
Some students may be able to take online graduate classes at Madonna. During the 2019-2020 year, about 69% of the graduate students at the school took at least one online course.
University of Detroit Mercy did quite well in this year’s ranking of the best value places for nursing students to get a doctor’s degree. It came in at #10 on the list. Detroit Mercy is located in Detroit, Michigan and has a medium-sized student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 9 doctor’s degrees to qualified students.
Detroit Mercy graduate students pay an average of $21,276 in tuition and fees each year.
Detroit Mercy does have options available for those who want to take online graduate classes. You will need to check with the school to see if they are available for your specific major. Of all the graduate students enrolled at the school during the 2019-2020 academic year, around 74% took at least some of their classes online.
Andrews University landed the #11 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best value doctor’s degree nursing programs. Andrews University is a small private not-for-profit school located in Berrien Springs, Michigan that handed out 2 doctor’s degrees in 2020-2021.
The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at Andrews are $29,630 a year.
Some students may be able to take online graduate classes at Andrews. In fact, around 36% of the graduate population registered for at least one online class in 2019-2020.
Andrews did well in our overall quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our Best Nursing Doctor’s Degree Schools in Michigan list.
University of Michigan - Ann Arbor came in at #12 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Nursing Doctor’s Degree Schools in Michigan ranking. University of Michigan - Ann Arbor is a large public school located in Ann Arbor, Michigan that handed out 34 doctor’s degrees in 2020-2021.
Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at U-M are $50,464 per year.
U-M does offer online graduate classes for certain degree levels. To give an idea of how popular online courses are at the school, 74% of graduates took at least one course online in 2019-2020.
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*These averages are for the top 12 schools only.
References
- 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 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).
- Information about the national average student loan default rate is from the U.S. Department of Education and refers to data about the 2016 borrower cohort tracking period for which the cohort default rate (CDR) was 10.1%.
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