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2022 Best Value Education Schools for a Master’s in Michigan For Those Making $0-$30k

8 Ranked Colleges
277 Degrees Awarded
$26,000 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees*
Best Value Education Schools for a Master's in Michigan For Those Making $0-$30k

When it comes to choosing a college, students have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. Our mission at College Factual is to arm you with as much information as we can to help you make that decision. Our “Best Value Education Schools for a Master’s in Michigan For Those Making $0-$30k” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.

General Education is the 35th most popular major in the country with 29,936 degrees awarded in 2019-2020. In 2017-2018, general education graduates who were awarded their degree in 2015-2017, earned an average of $47,138 and had an average of $29,674 in loans still to pay off.

Across Michigan, there were 722 general education graduates with average earnings and debt of $46,600 and $28,669 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 277 general education graduates with average earnings and debt of $58,608 and $41,198 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Education Schools for a Master’s in Michigan For Those Making $0-$30k” ranking looked at 8 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in general education. Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent general education programs, but they also cost less that schools of similar quality.

When determining these rankings, we looked at things such as overall quality of the general education program at the school and the cost to attend the school once aid has been awarded. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.

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Best Value Education Schools for a Master’s in Michigan For Those Making $0-$30k

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Education Schools for a Master’s in Michigan For Those Making $0-$30k.

Top 8 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for General Education (Income $0-$30k) in Michigan

Out of the 8 schools in the Best Value Education Schools for a Master’s in Michigan For Those Making $0-$30k that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Michigan - Ann Arbor landed the #1 spot on the list. University of Michigan - Ann Arbor is a large school located in Ann Arbor, Michigan that handed out 119 masters’s education degrees in 2019-2020.

U-M also took the #1 spot in our “Best General Education Master’s Degree Schools in Michigan” ranking. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at University of Michigan - Ann Arbor are $49,548.

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#2

Michigan State University

East Lansing, Michigan

Out of the 8 schools in the Best Value Education Schools for a Master’s in Michigan For Those Making $0-$30k that were part of this year’s ranking, Michigan State University landed the #2 spot on the list. Located in East Lansing, Michigan, this large public school awarded 39 diplomas to qualified masters’s education students in 2019-2020.

Michigan State also made our “Best General Education Master’s Degree Schools in Michigan” list, coming in at #2. Average graduate tuition and fees at Michigan State University are $37,056, but some majors have different tuition rates.

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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Michigan - Flint. The school came in at #3 for the Best Value Education Schools for a Master’s in Michigan For Those Making $0-$30k. UM Flint is a medium-sized public school situated in Flint, Michigan. It awarded 16 masters’s education degrees in 2019-2020.

UM Flint not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #7 on our “Best General Education Master’s Degree Schools in Michigan” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at UM Flint are $18,202, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Full University of Michigan - Flint General Education Report

#4

Grand Valley State University

Allendale, Michigan

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Grand Valley State University. The school came in at #4 for the Best Value Education Schools for a Master’s in Michigan For Those Making $0-$30k. Located in Allendale, Michigan, this large public school handed out 34 degrees to qualified masters’s education students in 2019-2020.

GVSU also took the #3 spot in our “Best General Education Master’s Degree Schools in Michigan” ranking. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at GVSU are $17,448.

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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Michigan - Dearborn. It ranked #5 on our 2022 Best Value Education Schools for a Master’s in Michigan For Those Making $0-$30k list. This medium-sized school is located in Dearborn, Michigan, and it awarded 31 masters’s education degrees in 2019-2020.

UM Dearborn also took the #6 spot in our “Best General Education Master’s Degree Schools in Michigan” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at UM Dearborn are $25,072, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

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#6

Central Michigan University

Mount Pleasant, Michigan

Central Michigan University ranked #6 on this year’s Best Value Education Schools for a Master’s in Michigan For Those Making $0-$30k list. Located in Mount Pleasant, Michigan, this fairly large public school handed out 2 degrees to qualified masters’s education students in 2019-2020.

Central Michigan also took the #0 spot in our “Best General Education Master’s Degree Schools in Michigan” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at Central Michigan are $19,359, but some majors have different tuition rates.

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#7

Aquinas College Michigan

Grand Rapids, Michigan
#5 in overall quality

Aquinas College Michigan landed the #7 spot on the 2022 Best Value Education Schools for a Master’s in Michigan For Those Making $0-$30k ranking. Aquinas College Michigan is a small school located in Grand Rapids, Michigan that handed out 20 masters’s education degrees in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at Aquinas College Michigan, the school also landed the #5 spot in our “Best General Education Master’s Degree Schools in Michigan” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at Aquinas College Michigan are $11,184, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

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#8

Calvin University

Grand Rapids, Michigan
#4 in overall quality

With a ranking of #8, Calvin University did quite well on the 2022 Best Value Education Schools for a Master’s in Michigan For Those Making $0-$30k list. This small school is located in Grand Rapids, Michigan, and it awarded 16 masters’s education degrees in 2019-2020.

Calvin not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #4 on our “Best General Education Master’s Degree Schools in Michigan” list. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at Calvin University are $29,180.

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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.

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