2022 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Elementary Education in Michigan

When pursuing a degree in today’s world, students have many different options to choose from. 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 Elementary Teaching Schools for a Master’s in Michigan” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.

Elementary Education is the 19th most popular major in the country with 40,622 degrees awarded in 2019-2020.

Across Michigan, there were 727 elementary education graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 33 elementary education graduates with average earnings and debt of $58,608 and $41,198 respectively.

For this year’s “Best Value Elementary Teaching Schools for a Master’s in Michigan” ranking, we looked at 2 colleges that offer a degree in elementary education. This ranking identifies schools with high-quality elementary education programs that also have a lower cost than schools of similar quality.

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

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Best Value Elementary Teaching Schools for a Master’s in Michigan

The colleges and universities below are the best for michigan master’s degree elementary teaching students.

Top 2 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Elementary Education in Michigan

#1

Wayne State University

Detroit, Michigan

#1 in overall quality

$37,215 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Wayne State University. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Elementary Teaching Schools for a Master’s in Michigan list. Wayne State is a public institution located in Detroit, Michigan. The school has a large population, and it awarded 18 masters’s degrees in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at Wayne State, the school also landed the #1 spot in our “Best Elementary Education Master’s Degree Schools in Michigan” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at Wayne State University are $37,215, but some majors have different tuition rates.

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#2

Oakland University

Rochester Hills, Michigan

#2 in overall quality

$24,648 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Oakland University. It ranked #2 on our 2022 Best Value Elementary Teaching Schools for a Master’s in Michigan list. Oakland is a fairly large public school situated in Rochester Hills, Michigan. It awarded 14 masters’s elementary teaching degrees in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at Oakland, the school also landed the #2 spot in our “Best Elementary Education Master’s Degree Schools in Michigan” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at Oakland are $24,648, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Read full report on Elementary Education at Oakland University

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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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