2023 Best Value Nursing Graduate Certificate Schools in Michigan
Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing
Finding the Best Nursing Graduate Certificate School for You
Nursing is the most popular major in Michigan with 7,345 degrees and certificates handed out in 2020-2021.
There are lots of options to pick from today when trying to decide which healthcare program is right for you. Along with traditional schools that require in-person attendence, you can attend one of many reputable online schools. Some programs even offer a hybrid experience. Alternatively, you may choose a trade school that prepares you to enter the workforce with knowledge in a specific field.
The Best Value Nursing Graduate Certificate Schools in Michigan ranking is one of many tools that Healthcare Degree Search has developed to help you make your educational decision. Our analysis looked at 6 schools in Michigan to see which graduate certificate programs offered the best value experiences for nursing students with the aim of identifying those quality schools that are more affordable than some of their counterparts.
Our ranking of value is based on the quality of a program as defined in our per sticker price dollar. Specifically, our score for quality is discounted by the published tuition and fees charged by the given college. This gives the cost per unit of quality for each college. The more quality your dollar buys, the better the value.
In our regional and nationwide rankings, out-of-state tution and fees are used in our calculations. For statewide rankings, we use average in-state tuition and fees.
Best Michigan Schools for Affordable Quality for a Postbaccalaureate Certificates in Nursing
Our 2023 rankings named University of Michigan - Flint the best value school in Michigan for nursing students working on their graduate certificate. Located in the small city of Flint, UM Flint is a public school with a medium-sized student population.
UM Flint graduate students pay an average of $12,681 in in-state tuition and fees each year.
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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Grand Valley State University. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Best Value Nursing Graduate Certificate Schools in Michigan list. GVSU is a fairly large public school located in the large suburb of Allendale.
The average tuition and fees for an in-state graduate student at GVSU are $17,904 a year.
GVSU also took the #5 spot in our Best Nursing Graduate Certificate Schools in Michigan rankings.
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The excellent graduate certificate programs at Madonna University helped the school earn the #3 place on this year’s ranking of the best value nursing schools in Michigan. Madonna is a small private not-for-profit school located in the city of Livonia.
Madonna graduate students pay an average of $16,380 in in-state tuition and fees each year.
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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Wayne State University. The school came in at #3 on this year’s Best Value Nursing Graduate Certificate Schools in Michigan list. Located in the large city of Detroit, Wayne State is a public school with a very large student population.
The average tuition and fees for an in-state graduate student at Wayne State are $18,937 a year.
Wayne State not only placed well in our value ranking, but it is also #4 on our Best Nursing Graduate Certificate Schools in Michigan list.
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Out of the 6 schools in Michigan that were part of this year’s ranking, Oakland University landed the # 5 spot on the list. Oakland is a fairly large public school located in the large suburb of Rochester Hills.
In-state tuition fees for graduate students at Oakland are $19,323 per year.
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University of Detroit Mercy came in at #6 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Nursing Graduate Certificate Schools in Michigan ranking. Located in the city of Detroit, Detroit Mercy is a private not-for-profit college with a medium-sized student population.
The average tuition and fees for an in-state graduate student at Detroit Mercy are $21,276 a year.
Detroit Mercy also made our Best Nursing Graduate Certificate Schools in Michigan list, coming in at #3.
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Request InformationBest Value Nursing Colleges in the Great Lakes Region
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State | Degrees Awarded |
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Illinois | 21,938 |
Ohio | 13,973 |
Indiana | 7,922 |
Wisconsin | 5,410 |
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Nursing Related Majors for Nursing
One of 30 majors within the healthcare area of study, nursing has other similar majors worth exploring.
Nursing Concentrations
Most Popular Related Majors
Related Major | Annual Graduates |
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Health & Medical Administrative Services | 89,359 |
Allied Health & Medical Assisting Services | 84,492 |
Practical Nursing & Nursing Assistants | 84,274 |
Allied Health Professions | 82,308 |
Public Health | 40,596 |
Notes and References
*These averages are for the top 6 schools only.
- 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 the rest 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).
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