2022 Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Science Education in the Great Lakes Region

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 Physical Science Education Schools for a Doctorate in the Great Lakes Region” ranking is part of that endeavor.

Science Education is the 361st most popular major in the country with 1,248 degrees awarded in 2019-2020.

Across the Great Lakes region, there were 201 science education graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the doctor’s degree level specifically, there were 3 science education graduates with average earnings and debt of $74,428 and $121,375 respectively.

This ranking identifies schools with high-quality science education programs that also have a lower cost than schools of similar quality.

Some of the factors we look at when determining these rankings are overall quality of the science education program at the school and the cost of the school after aid is awarded among other things. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.

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Since the program you select can have a significant impact on your future, we’ve developed a number of rankings, including this “Best Value Physical Science Education Schools for a Doctorate in the Great Lakes Region” list, to help you choose the best school for you.

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Best Value Physical Science Education Schools for a Doctorate in the Great Lakes Region

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Physical Science Education Schools for a Doctorate in the Great Lakes Region.

Top 1 Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Science Education in the Great Lakes Region

#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 Physical Science Education Schools for a Doctorate in the Great Lakes Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Western Michigan University landed the #1 spot on the list. Western Michigan University is a fairly large school located in Kalamazoo, Michigan that handed out 2 doctorate’s physical science education degrees in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at WMU, the school also landed the #1 spot in our “Best Science Education Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region” ranking. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at Western Michigan University are $31,355.

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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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