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Best MBA Programs in Michigan
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This ranking scores 21 institutions on graduation rates, graduate earnings, debt burdens, and social mobility data from Opportunity Insights. Every data point comes from federal sources. No surveys, no opinions.
Social mobility carries the heaviest weight in our algorithm. We use Raj Chetty's Mobility Report Card — built on 30 million anonymized tax records — to measure whether a college changes a family's economic trajectory across generations. Schools that take low-income students and launch them into higher earnings rank higher than schools that admit wealthy students and take credit for their success.
The transparency penalty matters here. Schools that don't report their data get scored lower than schools that do. If an institution won't show you its numbers, we think you should know that before you write them a tuition check.
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MBA programs in Michigan ranked by graduate outcomes and value
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Each dot is a ranked school. Up = higher earnings. Right = higher cost. Top-left is the best value.
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Top 3
Michigan State University
East Lansing, MI
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Ferris State University
Big Rapids, MI
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University of Detroit Mercy
Detroit, MI
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Michigan State University
East Lansing, MI · 40,922 students · Public
Ferris State University
Big Rapids, MI · 8,106 students · Public
University of Detroit Mercy
Detroit, MI · 2,438 students · Private nonprofit
Michigan Technological University
Houghton, MI · 5,955 students · Public
Western Michigan University
Kalamazoo, MI · 12,568 students · Public
Grand Valley State University
Allendale, MI · 18,854 students · Public
Oakland University
Rochester Hills, MI · 12,351 students · Public
Calvin University
Grand Rapids, MI · 3,193 students · Private nonprofit
Siena Heights University
Adrian, MI · 1,495 students · Private nonprofit
University of Michigan-Ann Arbor
Ann Arbor, MI · 34,177 students · Public
Central Michigan University
Mount Pleasant, MI · 10,035 students · Public
Andrews University
Berrien Springs, MI · 1,224 students · Private nonprofit
Eastern Michigan University
Ypsilanti, MI · 10,055 students · Public
Wayne State University
Detroit, MI · 15,587 students · Public
Madonna University
Livonia, MI · 1,632 students · Private nonprofit
Saginaw Valley State University
University Center, MI · 5,989 students · Public
Spring Arbor University
Spring Arbor, MI · 1,010 students · Private nonprofit
University of Michigan-Dearborn
Dearborn, MI · 5,952 students · Public
Lawrence Technological University
Southfield, MI · 1,668 students · Private nonprofit
University of Michigan-Flint
Flint, MI · 4,411 students · Public
Concordia University Ann Arbor
Ann Arbor, MI · 702 students · Private nonprofit
Sources & Citations
Chetty, R., Friedman, J., Saez, E., Turner, N., & Yagan, D. (2017). Mobility Report Cards: The Role of Colleges in Intergenerational Mobility. NBER Working Paper No. 23618. →
U.S. Department of Education. College Scorecard Data. Federal Student Aid, National Center for Education Statistics. →
National Center for Education Statistics. Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS). →
U.S. News & World Report. Best Business Schools MBA Rankings. Used for MBA program validation. →
David Krug
Co-Founder, CollegeRanker
David Krug is the co-founder of CollegeRanker and a data systems architect focused on making institutional research accessible to families. He builds the data pipelines and ranking algorithms that power CollegeRanker, drawing from federal datasets and Raj Chetty's Opportunity Insights research to measure what traditional rankings ignore: whether a college actually changes a family's economic trajectory.
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