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2022 Best Value Entrepreneurship Schools for a Master’s in the Great Lakes Region

7 Ranked Colleges
37 Degrees Awarded
$15,700 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees*
Best Value Entrepreneurship Schools for a Master's in the Great Lakes Region

With all of the options students have for higher education today, it can be tough to choose which direction to take. College Factual has developed its “Best Value Entrepreneurship Schools for a Master’s in the Great Lakes Region” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.

Entrepreneurial Studies is the 117th most popular major in the country with 11,008 degrees awarded in 2019-2020. In 2017-2018, entrepreneurial studies graduates who were awarded their degree in 2015-2017, earned an average of $42,665 and had an average of $25,440 in loans still to pay off.

Across the Great Lakes region, there were 1,634 entrepreneurial studies graduates with average earnings and debt of $38,867 and $24,700 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 37 entrepreneurial studies graduates with average earnings and debt of $57,039 and $42,488 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Entrepreneurship Schools for a Master’s in the Great Lakes Region” ranking looked at 7 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in entrepreneurial studies. Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent entrepreneurial studies programs, but they also cost less that schools of similar quality.

To come up with these rankings, we looked at factors such as the cost to attend the school after aid is awarded and overall quality of the entrepreneurial studies program at the school. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.

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Best Value Entrepreneurship Schools for a Master’s in the Great Lakes Region

The colleges and universities below are the best for great lakes region master’s degree entrepreneurship students.

Top 7 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Entrepreneurial Studies in the Great Lakes Region

#1

Xavier University

Cincinnati, Ohio
#1 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Xavier University. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Entrepreneurship Schools for a Master’s in the Great Lakes Region list. Xavier is a private not-for-profit institution located in Cincinnati, Ohio. The school has a medium-sized population, and it awarded 14 masters’s degrees in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our great lakes region master’s degree entrepreneurship students list, Xavier has also earned the #1 rank in our “Best Entrepreneurial Studies Master’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at Xavier University are $12,076, but some majors have different tuition rates.

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#3 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Baldwin Wallace University. It ranked #2 on our 2022 Best Value Entrepreneurship Schools for a Master’s in the Great Lakes Region list. This small school is located in Berea, Ohio, and it awarded 1 masters’s entrepreneurship degrees in 2019-2020.

Baldwin Wallace College also took the #3 spot in our “Best Entrepreneurial Studies Master’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at Baldwin Wallace College are $11,191, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

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#3

Central Michigan University

Mount Pleasant, Michigan
#2 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Central Michigan University. The school came in at #3 for the Best Value Entrepreneurship Schools for a Master’s in the Great Lakes Region. Mount Pleasant, Michigan is the setting for this fairly large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out masters’s entrepreneurship degrees to 8 students in 2019-2020.

Central Michigan also made our “Best Entrepreneurial Studies Master’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region” list, coming in at #2. Average graduate tuition and fees at Central Michigan are $19,359, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

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#6 in overall quality

Out of the 7 schools in the Best Value Entrepreneurship Schools for a Master’s in the Great Lakes Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Concordia University, Wisconsin landed the #4 spot on the list. Mequon, Wisconsin is the setting for this medium-sized institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out masters’s entrepreneurship degrees to 4 students in 2019-2020.

Concordia University, Wisconsin not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #6 on our “Best Entrepreneurial Studies Master’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at Concordia University, Wisconsin are $11,460, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Read more about Entrepreneurial Studies at Concordia University, Wisconsin

#5

Concordia University, Chicago

River Forest, Illinois
#7 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Concordia University, Chicago. It ranked #5 on our 2022 Best Value Entrepreneurship Schools for a Master’s in the Great Lakes Region list. River Forest, Illinois is the setting for this medium-sized institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out masters’s entrepreneurship degrees to 1 students in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our great lakes region master’s degree entrepreneurship students list, Concordia University, Chicago has also earned the #7 rank in our “Best Entrepreneurial Studies Master’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region” ranking. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at Concordia University, Chicago are $9,378.

Read more about Entrepreneurial Studies at Concordia University, Chicago

#6

DePaul University

Chicago, Illinois
#4 in overall quality

With a ranking of #6, DePaul University did quite well on the 2022 Best Value Entrepreneurship Schools for a Master’s in the Great Lakes Region list. This large school is located in Chicago, Illinois, and it awarded 8 masters’s entrepreneurship degrees in 2019-2020.

DePaul also took the #4 spot in our “Best Entrepreneurial Studies Master’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at DePaul are $19,760, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

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#7

Eastern Michigan University

Ypsilanti, Michigan
#5 in overall quality

Eastern Michigan University did quite well in the 2022 Best Value Entrepreneurship Schools for a Master’s in the Great Lakes Region ranking, coming in at #7. Eastern Michigan is a fairly large school located in Ypsilanti, Michigan that handed out 1 masters’s entrepreneurship degrees in 2019-2020.

Eastern Michigan not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #5 on our “Best Entrepreneurial Studies Master’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at Eastern Michigan University are $26,552, but some majors have different tuition rates.

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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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