2025 Best Health Professions Master's Degree Schools in Michigan

Ranked #3 in popularity, health professions is one of the most sought-after master's degree programs in the nation. This makes choosing the right school a hard decision.

College Factual reviewed 19 schools in Michigan to determine which ones were the best for master's degree seekers in the field of health professions. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 3,099 master's degrees in health professions during the 2022-2023 academic year.

What's on this page: * Our Methodology

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Choosing a Great Health Professions School for Your Master's Degree

Your choice of health professions for getting your master's degree school matters. This section explores some of the factors we include in our ranking and how much they vary depending on the school you select. When choosing a school we recommend considering some of the following factors:

Quality Overall Is Important

The overall quality of a master's degree school is important to ensure a quality education, not just how well they do in a particular major. To account for this we include a school's overall Best Colleges for a Master's Degree ranking which itself looks at a collection of different factors like degree completion, educational resources, student body caliber and post-graduation earnings for the school as a whole.

Average Earnings

To determine the overall quality of a graduate school, one factor we look at is the average early-career salary of those receiving their master's degree from the school. This is because one of the main reasons people pursue their master's degree is to enable themselves to find better-paying positions.

Other Factors We Consider

The metrics below are just some of the other metrics that we use to determine our rankings.

• Major Focus - How much a school focuses on health professions students vs. other majors.
• Major Demand - The number of health professions students who choose to seek a master's degree at the school.
• Educational Resources - How many resources are allocated to students. These resources may include educational expenditures per student, number of students per instructor, and graduation rate among other things.
• Student Debt - How much debt health professions students go into to obtain their master's degree and how well they are able to pay back that debt.
• Accreditation - Whether a school is regionally accredited and/or accredited by a recognized health professions related body.

Our full ranking methodology documents in more detail how we consider these factors to identify the best colleges for health professions students working on their master's degree.

One Size Does Not Fit All

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 Health Professions Master's Degree Schools in Michigan list to help you make the college decision.

Best Schools for Master’s Students to Study Health Professions in Michigan

Below you'll see a list of the best colleges and universities for pursuing a master's degree in health professions.

10 Top Michigan Schools for a Master's in Health Professions

1

University of Michigan - Ann Arbor
Ann Arbor, MI

Doctor's Degree Highest Degree Type

493 Annual Graduates

University of Michigan - Ann Arbor is one of the finest schools in the country for getting a master's degree in health professions. Located in the medium-sized city of Ann Arbor, U-M is a public university with a fairly large student population.More information about a master’s in health professions from University of Michigan - Ann Arbor

2

Michigan State University
East Lansing, MI

Doctor's Degree Highest Degree Type

276 Annual Graduates

Every student who is interested in a master's degree in health professions has to look into Michigan State University. Michigan State is a fairly large public university located in the city of East Lansing.More information about a master’s in health professions from Michigan State University

3

Madonna University
Livonia, MI

Doctor's Degree Highest Degree Type

34 Annual Graduates

Madonna University is one of the finest schools in the country for getting a master's degree in health professions. Madonna is a small private not-for-profit university located in the city of Livonia.More information about a master’s in health professions from Madonna University

4

Wayne State University
Detroit, MI

Doctor's Degree Highest Degree Type

241 Annual Graduates

Wayne State University is a great decision for individuals interested in a master's degree in health professions. Located in the large city of Detroit, Wayne State is a public university with a fairly large student population.More information about a master’s in health professions from Wayne State University

5

University of Detroit Mercy
Detroit, MI

Doctor's Degree Highest Degree Type

163 Annual Graduates

Located in the city of Detroit, Detroit Mercy is a private not-for-profit university with a medium-sized student population.More information about a master’s in health professions from University of Detroit Mercy

6

Oakland University
Rochester Hills, MI

Doctor's Degree Highest Degree Type

133 Annual Graduates

Located in the suburb of Rochester Hills, Oakland is a public university with a large student population.More information about a master’s in health professions from Oakland University

7

Western Michigan University
Kalamazoo, MI

Doctor's Degree Highest Degree Type

256 Annual Graduates

WMU is a fairly large public university located in the small city of Kalamazoo.More information about a master’s in health professions from Western Michigan University

8

Spring Arbor University
Spring Arbor, MI

Doctor's Degree Highest Degree Type

241 Annual Graduates

Spring Arbor is a small private not-for-profit university located in the rural area of Spring Arbor.More information about a master’s in health professions from Spring Arbor University

9

Grand Valley State University
Allendale, MI

Doctor's Degree Highest Degree Type

275 Annual Graduates

GVSU is a fairly large public university located in the fringe town of Allendale.More information about a master’s in health professions from Grand Valley State University

10

Central Michigan University
Mount Pleasant, MI

Doctor's Degree Highest Degree Type

190 Annual Graduates

Located in the town of Mount Pleasant, Central Michigan is a public university with a fairly large student population.More information about a master’s in health professions from Central Michigan University

Best Health Professions Colleges in the Great Lakes Region

Explore all the Best Health Professions Colleges in the Great Lakes Area or other specific states within that region.

State	Colleges	Degrees Awarded
Illinois	34	8,388
Indiana	33	3,579
Ohio	32	5,036
Wisconsin	31	1,940

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Health Professions Majors to Study

Major	Annual Graduates
Nursing	710
Mental & Social Health Services	454
Allied Health Professions	414
Public Health	414
Health & Medical Administrative Services	303
Rehabilitation & Therapeutic Professions	275
Communication Sciences	264
Medical Illustration & Informatics	60
Dietetics & Clinical Nutrition Services	51
Advanced Dentistry & Oral Sciences	47

Notes and References

• The bars on the spread charts above show the distribution of the schools on this list +/- one standard deviation from the mean.
• 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). More about our data sources and methodologies.