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2022 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Physician Assistant in Michigan

6 Ranked Colleges
246 Degrees Awarded
$25,700 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees*
Best Value Physician Assistant Schools for a Master's in Michigan

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 Physician Assistant Schools for a Master’s in Michigan” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.

Physician Assistant is the 76th most popular major in the country with 10,746 degrees awarded in 2019-2020.

Across Michigan, there were 246 physician assistant graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 246 physician assistant graduates with average earnings and debt of $58,608 and $41,198 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Physician Assistant Schools for a Master’s in Michigan” ranking analyzed 6 colleges that offered a degree in physician assistant. Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent physician assistant programs, but they also cost less that schools of similar quality.

Some of the factors we look at when determining these rankings are overall quality of the physician assistant program at the school and the cost of the school after aid is awarded among other things. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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Best Value Physician Assistant Schools for a Master’s in Michigan

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Physician Assistant Schools for a Master’s in Michigan.

Top 6 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Physician Assistant in Michigan

#1

Grand Valley State University

Allendale, Michigan
#1 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Grand Valley State University. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Physician Assistant Schools for a Master’s in Michigan list. Grand Valley State University is a large school located in Allendale, Michigan that handed out 46 masters’s physician assistant degrees in 2019-2020.

GVSU not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #1 on our “Best Physician Assistant Master’s Degree Schools in Michigan” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at Grand Valley State University are $17,448, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Read full report on Physician Assistant at GVSU

#2

Western Michigan University

Kalamazoo, Michigan
#2 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Western Michigan University. The school came in at #2 for the Best Value Physician Assistant Schools for a Master’s in Michigan. Located in Kalamazoo, Michigan, this fairly large public school handed out 38 diplomas to qualified masters’s physician assistant students in 2019-2020.

WMU did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #2 on our “Best Physician Assistant 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 Western Michigan University are $31,355.

Read more about Physician Assistant at Western Michigan University

#3

Central Michigan University

Mount Pleasant, Michigan
#5 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Central Michigan University. The school came in at #3 for the Best Value Physician Assistant Schools for a Master’s in Michigan. Central Michigan University is a public institution located in Mount Pleasant, Michigan. The school has a fairly large population, and it awarded 37 masters’s degrees in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at Central Michigan, the school also landed the #5 spot in our “Best Physician Assistant Master’s Degree Schools in Michigan” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at Central Michigan are $19,359, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Full Central Michigan University Physician Assistant Report

#4

Eastern Michigan University

Ypsilanti, Michigan
#6 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Eastern Michigan University. The school came in at #4 for the Best Value Physician Assistant Schools for a Master’s in Michigan. This fairly large school is located in Ypsilanti, Michigan, and it awarded 31 masters’s physician assistant degrees in 2019-2020.

Eastern Michigan also made our “Best Physician Assistant Master’s Degree Schools in Michigan” list, coming in at #6. Average graduate tuition and fees at Eastern Michigan University are $26,552, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Full Eastern Michigan University Physician Assistant Report

#5

Wayne State University

Detroit, Michigan
#4 in overall quality

Out of the 6 schools in the Best Value Physician Assistant Schools for a Master’s in Michigan that were part of this year’s ranking, Wayne State University landed the #5 spot on the list. Wayne State University is a large school located in Detroit, Michigan that handed out 48 masters’s physician assistant degrees in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at Wayne State, the school also landed the #4 spot in our “Best Physician Assistant Master’s Degree Schools in Michigan” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at Wayne State are $37,215, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Full Wayne State Physician Assistant Report

#6

University of Detroit Mercy

Detroit, Michigan
#3 in overall quality

University of Detroit Mercy ranked #6 on this year’s Best Value Physician Assistant Schools for a Master’s in Michigan list. University of Detroit Mercy is a small school located in Detroit, Michigan that handed out 46 masters’s physician assistant degrees in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at Detroit Mercy, the school also landed the #3 spot in our “Best Physician Assistant Master’s Degree Schools in Michigan” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at Detroit Mercy are $20,047, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Full University of Detroit Mercy Physician Assistant Report

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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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