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2022 Best Value Project Management Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Plains States Region For Those Making $48-$75k

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Best Value Project Management Schools for a Bachelor's in the Plains States Region For Those Making $48-$75k

When pursuing a degree in today’s world, students have many different options to choose from. 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 Project Management Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Plains States Region For Those Making $48-$75k” ranking is part of that endeavor.

In 2019-2020, 3,713 people earned their degree in project management, making the major the 282nd most popular in the United States.

Across the Plains States region, there were 785 project management graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 220 project management graduates with average earnings and debt of $39,786 and $25,576 respectively.

For this year’s “Best Value Project Management Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Plains States Region For Those Making $48-$75k” ranking, we looked at 6 colleges that offer a degree in project management. Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent project management programs, but they also cost less that schools of similar quality.

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

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Best Value Project Management Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Plains States Region For Those Making $48-$75k

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Project Management Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Plains States Region For Those Making $48-$75k.

Top 6 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Project Management (Income $48-$75k) in the Plains States Region

#1

Bellevue University

Bellevue, Nebraska
#1 in overall quality

Out of the 6 schools in the Best Value Project Management Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Plains States Region For Those Making $48-$75k that were part of this year’s ranking, Bellevue University landed the #1 spot on the list. Bellevue University is located in Bellevue, Nebraska and, has a fairly large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 68 bachelors’s project management degrees to qualified students.

Bellevue University also took the #1 spot in our “Best Project Management Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region” ranking. The yearly cost to attend Bellevue University is $16,615 for Plains States Region Bachelor’s Degree Project Management students whose families make $48-$75k.

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#2

Capella University

Minneapolis, Minnesota
#3 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Capella University. It ranked #2 on our 2022 Best Value Project Management Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Plains States Region For Those Making $48-$75k list. Capella University is a large private for-profit school situated in Minneapolis, Minnesota. It awarded 62 bachelors’s project management degrees in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our plains states region bachelor’s degree project management students whose families make $48-$75k list, Capella University has also earned the #3 rank in our “Best Project Management Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region” ranking.

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#3

Bemidji State University

Bemidji, Minnesota
#6 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Bemidji State University. The school came in at #3 for the Best Value Project Management Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Plains States Region For Those Making $48-$75k. Bemidji State University is located in Bemidji, Minnesota and, has a small student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 23 bachelors’s project management degrees to qualified students.

Bemidji State University also took the #6 spot in our “Best Project Management Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region” ranking. The yearly cost to attend Bemidji State University is $14,001 for plains states region bachelor’s degree project management students whose families make $48-$75k.

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#5 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Minnesota State University - Moorhead. The school came in at #4 for the Best Value Project Management Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Plains States Region For Those Making $48-$75k. Minnesota State University - Moorhead is located in Moorhead, Minnesota and, has a medium-sized student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 40 bachelors’s project management degrees to qualified students.

MSU Moorhead did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #5 on our “Best Project Management Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region” list. It costs about $15,002 for plains states region bachelor’s degree project management students whose families make $48-$75k per year to attend Minnesota State University - Moorhead.

The student loan default rate at the school is 4.5%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.

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#5

Kansas State University

Manhattan, Kansas
#4 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Kansas State University. The school came in at #5 for the Best Value Project Management Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Plains States Region For Those Making $48-$75k. K -State is a large school located in Manhattan, Kansas that handed out 18 bachelors’s project management degrees in 2019-2020.

K -State also made our “Best Project Management Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region” list, coming in at #4. It costs about $16,889 for Plains States Region Bachelor’s Degree Project Management students whose families make $48-$75k per year to attend K -State.

The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 87%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.

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#6

Saint Louis University

Saint Louis, Missouri
#2 in overall quality

Saint Louis University came in at #6 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Project Management Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Plains States Region For Those Making $48-$75k ranking. SLU is a fairly large school located in Saint Louis, Missouri that handed out 9 bachelors’s project management degrees in 2019-2020.

SLU not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #2 on our “Best Project Management Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region” list. The yearly cost to attend Saint Louis University is $23,734 for plains states region bachelor’s degree project management students whose families make $48-$75k.

With a student-to-faculty ratio of 9 to 1, it’s easy to see that the school is committed to helping their undergraduates succeed. Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 90%. The low student loan default rate of 2.9% is a good sign that students have an easier time paying off their loans than they might at other schools. For comparison, the national default rate is 10.1%.

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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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