2026 Best Value Trade & Industrial Teacher Education Schools in Michigan
[Trade & Industrial Teacher Education](/majors/education/teacher-education-and-development/trade-and-industrial-teacher-education/) degree programs vary widely in price and payoff across the country. A high-value program keeps cost low while graduates go on to earn well.
To produce this 2026 ranking, College Factual evaluated 2 schools on the balance of cost and outcomes for trade & industrial teacher education students.
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2026 Best Value Trade & Industrial Teacher Education Schools in Michigan
Below are the schools that deliver the strongest value in trade & industrial teacher education, balancing cost against outcomes.
Best Value Trade & Industrial Teacher Education Schools
Western Michigan University tops our 2026 list of the best value trade & industrial teacher education schools in Michigan. Located in the city of Kalamazoo, Western Michigan University is a large public university. The average in-state cost of tuition and fees is $15,987, with out-of-state students paying around $19,952. Typical student debt for trade & industrial teacher education graduates is $29,000. Trade & Industrial Teacher Education graduates of Western Michigan University earn a median of $48,382 early in their careers. That is a strong return on a $29,000 median debt. The acceptance rate is 85%.
Notes and References
The ranking above is published by College Factual (MF_RANKING_2025), 2026 edition. Schools are scored on the balance of cost (tuition and student debt) against student outcomes (post-graduation earnings) — a measure of return on investment, drawn primarily from the U.S. Department of Education (IPEDS and College Scorecard).
Ranking method: College Major Best Value · 2 schools evaluated.
*Averages shown above reflect the top 1 ranked 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 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).
More about our data sources and methodologies.
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