2022 Best Value Entrepreneurial Studies Schools for a Bachelor’s
With all of the options students have for higher education today, it can be tough to choose which direction to take. Our mission at College Factual is to arm you with as much information as we can to help you make that decision. Our “Best Value Entrepreneurial Studies Schools for a Bachelor’s” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.
Entrepreneurship is the 151st most popular major in the country with 8,343 degrees awarded in 2019-2020.
At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 3,280 entrepreneurship graduates with average earnings and debt of $38,303 and $24,501 respectively.
For this year’s “Best Value Entrepreneurial Studies Schools for a Bachelor’s” ranking, we looked at 197 colleges that offer a degree in entrepreneurship. Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent entrepreneurship 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 entrepreneurship 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 Entrepreneurial Studies Schools for a Bachelor’s
The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Entrepreneurial Studies Schools for a Bachelor’s.
Top 25 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Entrepreneurship
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Brigham Young University - Provo. The school came in at #1 for the Best Value Entrepreneurial Studies Schools for a Bachelor’s. Brigham Young University - Provo is a private not-for-profit institution located in Provo, Utah. The school has a large population, and it awarded 41 bachelors’s degrees in 2019-2020.
BYU also took the #15 spot in our “Best Entrepreneurship Bachelor’s Degree Schools” ranking. The yearly cost to attend Brigham Young University - Provo is $13,322 for bachelor’s degree entrepreneurial studies students.
Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 92%. The school has an impressive student loan default rate. It’s only 1.7%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
Out of the 197 schools in the Best Value Entrepreneurial Studies Schools for a Bachelor’s that were part of this year’s ranking, American Public University System landed the #2 spot on the list. Charles Town, West Virginia is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The private for-profit school handed out bachelors’s entrepreneurial studies degrees to 23 students in 2019-2020.
The estimated yearly cost for American Military University is $10,222 for Bachelor’s Degree Entrepreneurial Studies students.
The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 98%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.
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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend South Dakota State University. It ranked #3 on our 2022 Best Value Entrepreneurial Studies Schools for a Bachelor’s list. South Dakota State University is a fairly large public school situated in Brookings, South Dakota. It awarded 18 bachelors’s entrepreneurial studies degrees in 2019-2020.
The yearly cost to attend South Dakota State University is $19,252 for bachelor’s degree entrepreneurial studies students.
The low student loan default rate of 3.8% 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%.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Wisconsin - Whitewater. It ranked #4 on our 2022 Best Value Entrepreneurial Studies Schools for a Bachelor’s list. UW - Whitewater is located in Whitewater, Wisconsin and, has a fairly large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 23 bachelors’s entrepreneurial studies degrees to qualified students.
It costs about $15,249 for Bachelor’s Degree Entrepreneurial Studies students per year to attend University of Wisconsin - Whitewater.
Out of the 197 schools in the Best Value Entrepreneurial Studies Schools for a Bachelor’s that were part of this year’s ranking, University of North Dakota landed the #5 spot on the list. UND is a public institution located in Grand Forks, North Dakota. The school has a fairly large population, and it awarded 15 bachelors’s degrees in 2019-2020.
The estimated yearly cost for University of North Dakota is $15,738 for Bachelor’s Degree Entrepreneurial Studies students.
The school has an impressive student loan default rate. It’s only 2.9%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
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University of Minnesota - Duluth ranked #7 on this year’s Best Value Entrepreneurial Studies Schools for a Bachelor’s list. UMN Duluth is a public institution located in Duluth, Minnesota. The school has a fairly large population, and it awarded 17 bachelors’s degrees in 2019-2020.
On top of its placing in this ranking, UMN Duluth also did well on our “Best Entrepreneurship Bachelor’s Degree Schools” list. It’s in the top 20% of all schools reviewed in that analysis. It costs about $17,067 for Bachelor’s Degree Entrepreneurial Studies students per year to attend UMN Duluth.
The student loan default rate at the school is 3.1%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
University of Minnesota - Crookston ranked #8 on this year’s Best Value Entrepreneurial Studies Schools for a Bachelor’s list. UMN Crookston is a public institution located in Crookston, Minnesota. The school has a small population, and it awarded 2 bachelors’s degrees in 2019-2020.
The estimated yearly cost for UMN Crookston is $10,952 for Bachelor’s Degree Entrepreneurial Studies students.
Inter American University of Puerto Rico - Bayamon landed the #9 spot on the 2022 Best Value Entrepreneurial Studies Schools for a Bachelor’s ranking. Located in Bayamon, , this small private not-for-profit school handed out 30 degrees to qualified bachelors’s entrepreneurial studies students in 2019-2020.
The yearly cost to attend Inter American University of Puerto Rico - Bayamon is $7,814 for bachelor’s degree entrepreneurial studies students.
The school has an impressive student loan default rate. It’s only 3.7%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
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Florida State University landed the #10 spot on the 2022 Best Value Entrepreneurial Studies Schools for a Bachelor’s ranking. Located in Tallahassee, Florida, this large public school handed out 93 degrees to qualified bachelors’s entrepreneurial studies students in 2019-2020.
Florida State also made our “Best Entrepreneurship Bachelor’s Degree Schools” list, coming in at #17. The yearly cost to attend Florida State is $9,789 for bachelor’s degree entrepreneurial studies students.
The low student loan default rate of 3.5% 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%. The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 95%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.
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Iowa State University came in at #11 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Entrepreneurial Studies Schools for a Bachelor’s ranking. Ames, Iowa is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelors’s entrepreneurial studies degrees to 34 students in 2019-2020.
Iowa State also took the #22 spot in our “Best Entrepreneurship Bachelor’s Degree Schools” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for Iowa State University is $15,496 for Bachelor’s Degree Entrepreneurial Studies students.
The school has an impressive student loan default rate. It’s only 3.3%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%. Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 89%.
Shippensburg University of Pennsylvania ranked #12 on this year’s Best Value Entrepreneurial Studies Schools for a Bachelor’s list. Shippensburg University of Pennsylvania is a public institution located in Shippensburg, Pennsylvania. The school has a medium-sized population, and it awarded 16 bachelors’s degrees in 2019-2020.
The yearly cost to attend Shippensburg University of Pennsylvania is $22,054 for bachelor’s degree entrepreneurial studies students.
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University of Central Arkansas landed the #13 spot on the 2022 Best Value Entrepreneurial Studies Schools for a Bachelor’s ranking. University of Central Arkansas is located in Conway, Arkansas and, has a fairly large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 20 bachelors’s entrepreneurial studies degrees to qualified students.
It costs about $15,376 for Bachelor’s Degree Entrepreneurial Studies students per year to attend University of Central Arkansas.
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Purdue University Northwest ranked #14 on this year’s Best Value Entrepreneurial Studies Schools for a Bachelor’s list. Located in Hammond, Indiana, this medium-sized public school handed out 9 diplomas to qualified bachelors’s entrepreneurial studies students in 2019-2020.
The yearly cost to attend Purdue University Northwest is $11,250 for bachelor’s degree entrepreneurial studies students.
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With a ranking of #15, University of Houston did quite well on the 2022 Best Value Entrepreneurial Studies Schools for a Bachelor’s list. Houston, Texas is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelors’s entrepreneurial studies degrees to 29 students in 2019-2020.
UH also claimed a top spot on our “Best Entrepreneurship Bachelor’s Degree Schools” list. It’s in the top 20% of all schools reviewed in that analysis. The estimated yearly cost for University of Houston is $12,838 for Bachelor’s Degree Entrepreneurial Studies students.
With a freshman retention rate of 86%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its students.
Western Carolina University came in at #16 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Entrepreneurial Studies Schools for a Bachelor’s ranking. WCU is a fairly large school located in Cullowhee, North Carolina that handed out 15 bachelors’s entrepreneurial studies degrees in 2019-2020.
The estimated yearly cost for WCU is $13,722 for bachelor’s degree entrepreneurial studies students.
University of South Dakota came in at #17 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Entrepreneurial Studies Schools for a Bachelor’s ranking. University of South Dakota is a medium-sized public school situated in Vermillion, South Dakota. It awarded 1 bachelors’s entrepreneurial studies degrees in 2019-2020.
The estimated yearly cost for University of South Dakota is $18,555 for bachelor’s degree entrepreneurial studies students.
The student loan default rate at the school is 4.8%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
Saint Cloud State University came in at #18 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Entrepreneurial Studies Schools for a Bachelor’s ranking. This fairly large school is located in Saint Cloud, Minnesota, and it awarded 10 bachelors’s entrepreneurial studies degrees in 2019-2020.
It costs about $14,267 for bachelor’s degree entrepreneurial studies students per year to attend Saint Cloud State University.
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With a ranking of #19, Grand Valley State University did quite well on the 2022 Best Value Entrepreneurial Studies Schools for a Bachelor’s list. GVSU is a public institution located in Allendale, Michigan. The school has a large population, and it awarded 18 bachelors’s degrees in 2019-2020.
It costs about $17,646 for bachelor’s degree entrepreneurial studies students per year to attend Grand Valley State University.
The student loan default rate at the school is 3.7%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
With a ranking of #20, Inter American University of Puerto Rico - San German did quite well on the 2022 Best Value Entrepreneurial Studies Schools for a Bachelor’s list. Inter American University of Puerto Rico - San German is a private not-for-profit institution located in San German, . The school has a small population, and it awarded 19 bachelors’s degrees in 2019-2020.
The yearly cost to attend Inter American University of Puerto Rico - San German is $8,253 for Bachelor’s Degree Entrepreneurial Studies students.
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Western Michigan University did quite well in the 2022 Best Value Entrepreneurial Studies Schools for a Bachelor’s ranking, coming in at #21. Kalamazoo, Michigan is the setting for this fairly large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelors’s entrepreneurial studies degrees to 9 students in 2019-2020.
The estimated yearly cost for WMU is $19,433 for Bachelor’s Degree Entrepreneurial Studies students.
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University of North Texas did quite well in the 2022 Best Value Entrepreneurial Studies Schools for a Bachelor’s ranking, coming in at #22. Denton, Texas is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelors’s entrepreneurial studies degrees to 87 students in 2019-2020.
The estimated yearly cost for UNT is $15,086 for bachelor’s degree entrepreneurial studies students.
Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 85%.
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Inter American University of Puerto Rico - Ponce came in at #23 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Entrepreneurial Studies Schools for a Bachelor’s ranking. This small school is located in Mercedita, , and it awarded 19 bachelors’s entrepreneurial studies degrees in 2019-2020.
The estimated yearly cost for Inter American University of Puerto Rico - Ponce is $8,702 for bachelor’s degree entrepreneurial studies students.
The low student loan default rate of 3.7% 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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Columbia College ranked #24 on this year’s Best Value Entrepreneurial Studies Schools for a Bachelor’s list. Columbia College is a medium-sized school located in Columbia, Missouri that handed out 15 bachelors’s entrepreneurial studies degrees in 2019-2020.
The estimated yearly cost for Columbia College Missouri is $26,730 for Bachelor’s Degree Entrepreneurial Studies students.
Oklahoma State University - Main Campus ranked #25 on this year’s Best Value Entrepreneurial Studies Schools for a Bachelor’s list. This large school is located in Stillwater, Oklahoma, and it awarded 44 bachelors’s entrepreneurial studies degrees in 2019-2020.
OSU excels when it comes to entrepreneurial studies quality. It’s in the top 20% of all schools in this category. The yearly cost to attend Oklahoma State University - Main Campus is $14,648 for Bachelor’s Degree Entrepreneurial Studies students.
With a freshman retention rate of 85%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its students.
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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%.
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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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