2022 Best Value Health Science Schools for a Doctorate in Michigan For Those Making $0-$30k

Students have lots of options to chooose from today when trying to decide which college to attend. College Factual was founded, in part, to help students make the decision as to what would be the best school for them. Our “Best Value Health Science Schools for a Doctorate in Michigan For Those Making $0-$30k” ranking is part of that endeavor.

Health Sciences & Services is the 42nd most popular major in the country with 31,648 degrees awarded in 2019-2020. In 2017-2018, health sciences and services graduates who were awarded their degree in 2015-2017, earned an average of $34,571 and had an average of $24,129 in loans still to pay off.

Across Michigan, there were 326 health sciences and services graduates with average earnings and debt of $30,400 and $25,052 respectively. At the doctor’s degree level specifically, there were 7 health sciences and services graduates with average earnings and debt of $70,785 and $113,051 respectively.

The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great health sciences and services programs and cost less that schools of similar quality.

To come up with these rankings, we looked at factors such as the cost to attend the school after aid is awarded and overall quality of the health sciences and services program at the school. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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Best Value Health Science Schools for a Doctorate in Michigan For Those Making $0-$30k

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Health Science Schools for a Doctorate in Michigan For Those Making $0-$30k.

Top 1 Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Health Sciences & Services (Income $0-$30k) in Michigan

#1

Western Michigan University

Kalamazoo, Michigan

#1 in overall quality

$31,355 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

Out of the 1 schools in the Best Value Health Science Schools for a Doctorate in Michigan For Those Making $0-$30k that were part of this year’s ranking, Western Michigan University landed the #1 spot on the list. Located in Kalamazoo, Michigan, this fairly large public school awarded 7 degrees to qualified doctorate’s health science students in 2019-2020.

WMU also took the #1 spot in our “Best Health Sciences & Services Doctor’s Degree Schools in Michigan” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at Western Michigan University are $31,355, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Read more about Health Sciences & Services at Western Michigan University

• Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Health Sciences & Services (Income $0-$30k) in the Great Lakes Region
• Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Health Sciences & Services (Income $0-$30k)

Notes and References

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%.

Read more about our data sources and methodologies

Footnotes

• *Average salary, average net price, and average tuition and fees are for the top schools only.
• Some schools otherwise deserving of recognition may have been removed from this ranking in the event that new data identified post-publication warranted it, or at the request of the school.

Credits

• Credit for the banner image above goes to Sandra M. Palumbo.

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