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2022 Best Value Child Development Schools for a Doctorate in Michigan For Those Making $30-$48k

2 Ranked Colleges
33 Degrees Awarded
$34,400 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees*
Best Value Child Development Schools for a Doctorate in Michigan For Those Making $30-$48k

Students have lots of options to chooose from today when trying to decide which college to attend. 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 Child Development Schools for a Doctorate in Michigan For Those Making $30-$48k” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.

In 2019-2020, 15,161 people earned their degree in child development and psychology, making the major the 72nd most popular in the United States. In 2017-2018, child development and psychology graduates who were awarded their degree in 2015-2017, earned an average of $32,673 and had an average of $25,889 in loans still to pay off.

Across Michigan, there were 888 child development and psychology graduates with average earnings and debt of $31,200 and $20,750 respectively. At the doctor’s degree level specifically, there were 33 child development and psychology graduates with average earnings and debt of $70,785 and $113,051 respectively.

For this year’s “Best Value Child Development Schools for a Doctorate in Michigan For Those Making $30-$48k” ranking, we looked at 2 colleges that offer a degree in child development and psychology. This ranking identifies schools with high-quality child development and psychology 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 child development and psychology 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 Child Development Schools for a Doctorate in Michigan For Those Making $30-$48k

The colleges and universities below are the best for michigan doctor’s degree child development students whose families make $30-$48k.

Top 2 Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Child Development & Psychology (Income $30-$48k) in Michigan

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Michigan - Ann Arbor. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Child Development Schools for a Doctorate in Michigan For Those Making $30-$48k list. U-M is a large public school situated in Ann Arbor, Michigan. It awarded 29 doctorate’s child development degrees in 2019-2020.

U-M did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best Child Development & Psychology Doctor’s Degree Schools in Michigan” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at University of Michigan - Ann Arbor are $49,548, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Full U-M Child Development & Psychology Report

#2

Central Michigan University

Mount Pleasant, Michigan
#2 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Central Michigan University. It ranked #2 on our 2022 Best Value Child Development Schools for a Doctorate in Michigan For Those Making $30-$48k list. Central Michigan University is a public institution located in Mount Pleasant, Michigan. The school has a fairly large population, and it awarded 4 doctorate’s degrees in 2019-2020.

Central Michigan did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #2 on our “Best Child Development & Psychology Doctor’s Degree Schools in Michigan” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at Central Michigan University are $19,359, but some majors have different tuition rates.

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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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