2022 Best Value Social Work Schools for a Doctorate in Michigan

With all of the options students have for higher education today, it can be tough to choose which direction to take. 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 Social Work Schools for a Doctorate in Michigan” ranking is part of that endeavor.

Social Work is the 12th most popular major in the country with 57,618 degrees awarded in 2019-2020. In 2017-2018, social work graduates who were awarded their degree in 2015-2017, earned an average of $36,459 and had an average of $30,084 in loans still to pay off.

Across Michigan, there were 2,430 social work graduates with average earnings and debt of $34,772 and $32,840 respectively. At the doctor’s degree level specifically, there were 6 social work graduates with average earnings and debt of $70,785 and $113,051 respectively.

The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great social work programs and cost less that schools of similar quality.

When determining these rankings, we looked at things such as overall quality of the social work program at the school and the cost to attend the school once aid has been awarded. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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Best Value Social Work Schools for a Doctorate in Michigan

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Social Work Schools for a Doctorate in Michigan.

Top 2 Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Social Work in Michigan

#1

Michigan State University

East Lansing, Michigan

#1 in overall quality

$37,056 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

Out of the 1 schools in the Best Value Social Work Schools for a Doctorate in Michigan that were part of this year’s ranking, Michigan State University landed the #1 spot on the list. Michigan State University is a large school located in East Lansing, Michigan that handed out 4 doctorate’s social work degrees in 2019-2020.

Michigan State did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best Social Work 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 Michigan State University are $37,056.

Read full report on Social Work at Michigan State University

#2

Wayne State University

Detroit, Michigan

#2 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 #2 on our 2022 Best Value Social Work Schools for a Doctorate in Michigan list. Detroit, Michigan is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out doctorate’s social work degrees to 2 students in 2019-2020.

Wayne State not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #2 on our “Best Social Work Doctor’s Degree Schools in Michigan” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at Wayne State are $37,215, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Read full report on Social Work at Wayne State 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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