2022 Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Health & Physical Education in Michigan

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 Phys Ed Schools for a Doctorate in Michigan” ranking is part of that endeavor.

Health & Physical Education is the 11th most popular major in the country with 64,869 degrees awarded in 2019-2020. In 2017-2018, health and physical education graduates who were awarded their degree in 2015-2017, earned an average of $29,872 and had an average of $24,778 in loans still to pay off.

Across Michigan, there were 2,107 health and physical education graduates with average earnings and debt of $31,721 and $25,929 respectively. At the doctor’s degree level specifically, there were 25 health and physical education graduates with average earnings and debt of $70,785 and $113,051 respectively.

This ranking identifies schools with high-quality health and physical education programs that also have a lower cost than 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 and physical education program at the school. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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When choosing the right school for you, it’s important to arm yourself with all the facts you can. To that end, we’ve created a number of major-specific rankings, including this “Best Value Phys Ed Schools for a Doctorate in Michigan” list to help you make the college decision.

One of our other unique offerings is College Combat. This tool lets you build your own customized comparisons utilizing the factors that are most important to you. Go ahead and give it a try, or bookmark the link so you can check it out later.

Best Value Phys Ed Schools for a Doctorate in Michigan

The colleges and universities below are the best for michigan doctor’s degree phys ed students.

Top 2 Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Health & Physical Education in Michigan

#1

Michigan State University

East Lansing, Michigan

#1 in overall quality

$37,056 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

$81,997 Average Early-Career Earnings

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Michigan State University. The school came in at #1 for the Best Value Phys Ed Schools for a Doctorate in Michigan. Michigan State University is a large school located in East Lansing, Michigan that handed out 18 doctorate’s phys ed degrees in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at Michigan State, the school also landed the #1 spot in our “Best Health & Physical Education Doctor’s Degree Schools in Michigan” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at Michigan State are $37,056, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Read more about Health & Physical Education at Michigan State University

#2

University of Michigan - Ann Arbor

Ann Arbor, Michigan

#1 in overall quality

$49,548 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

Out of the 1 schools in the Best Value Phys Ed Schools for a Doctorate in Michigan that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Michigan - Ann Arbor landed the #2 spot on the list. University of Michigan - Ann Arbor is a large school located in Ann Arbor, Michigan that handed out 7 doctorate’s phys ed degrees in 2019-2020.

U-M did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best Health & Physical Education Doctor’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 University of Michigan - Ann Arbor are $49,548.

Read more about Health & Physical Education at U-M

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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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