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2022 Best Value Small Business Administration/Management Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Great Lakes Region For Those Making $0-$30k

6 Ranked Colleges
153 Degrees Awarded
$12,200 Avg Net Price*
Best Value Small Business Administration/Management Schools for a Bachelor's in the Great Lakes Region For Those Making $0-$30k

When it comes to choosing a college, students have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. 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 Small Business Administration/Management Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Great Lakes Region For Those Making $0-$30k” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.

Small Business Administration/Management is the 482nd most popular major in the country with 2,231 degrees awarded in 2019-2020.

Across the Great Lakes region, there were 346 small business administration/management graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 153 small business administration/management graduates with average earnings and debt of $39,075 and $25,381 respectively.

For this year’s “Best Value Small Business Administration/Management Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Great Lakes Region For Those Making $0-$30k” ranking, we looked at 6 colleges that offer a degree in small business administration/management. Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent small business administration/management 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 small business administration/management program at the school. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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Best Value Small Business Administration/Management Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Great Lakes Region For Those Making $0-$30k

The colleges and universities below are the best for great lakes region bachelor’s degree small business administration/management students whose families make $0-$30k.

Top 6 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Small Business Administration/Management (Income $0-$30k) in the Great Lakes Region

#1 in overall quality

Out of the 6 schools in the Best Value Small Business Administration/Management Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Great Lakes Region For Those Making $0-$30k that were part of this year’s ranking, Miami University - Middletown landed the #1 spot on the list. Middletown, Ohio is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelors’s small business administration/management degrees to 77 students in 2019-2020.

Miami University - Middletown also made our “Best Small Business Administration/Management Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region” list, coming in at #1. It costs about $11,810 for great lakes region bachelor’s degree small business administration/management students whose families make $0-$30k per year to attend Miami University - Middletown.

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#2 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Miami University - Hamilton. The school came in at #2 for the Best Value Small Business Administration/Management Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Great Lakes Region For Those Making $0-$30k. Miami University - Hamilton is a small school located in Hamilton, Ohio that handed out 52 bachelors’s small business administration/management degrees in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at Miami University - Hamilton, the school also landed the #2 spot in our “Best Small Business Administration/Management Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region” ranking. It costs about $8,993 for great lakes region bachelor’s degree small business administration/management students whose families make $0-$30k per year to attend Miami University - Hamilton.

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#4 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Michigan - Dearborn. It ranked #3 on our 2022 Best Value Small Business Administration/Management Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Great Lakes Region For Those Making $0-$30k list. Dearborn, Michigan is the setting for this medium-sized institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelors’s small business administration/management degrees to 8 students in 2019-2020.

UM Dearborn not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #4 on our “Best Small Business Administration/Management Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region” list. The estimated yearly cost for University of Michigan - Dearborn is $6,751 for great lakes region bachelor’s degree small business administration/management students whose families make $0-$30k.

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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#4

Northern Michigan University

Marquette, Michigan
#5 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Northern Michigan University. It ranked #4 on our 2022 Best Value Small Business Administration/Management Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Great Lakes Region For Those Making $0-$30k list. Marquette, Michigan is the setting for this medium-sized institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelors’s small business administration/management degrees to 2 students in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our great lakes region bachelor’s degree small business administration/management students whose families make $0-$30k list, Northern Michigan University has also earned the #5 rank in our “Best Small Business Administration/Management Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region” ranking. The yearly cost to attend Northern Michigan University is $9,137 for great lakes region bachelor’s degree small business administration/management students whose families make $0-$30k.

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#5

North Central College

Naperville, Illinois
#3 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend North Central College. It ranked #5 on our 2022 Best Value Small Business Administration/Management Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Great Lakes Region For Those Making $0-$30k list. North Central is a small school located in Naperville, Illinois that handed out 8 bachelors’s small business administration/management degrees in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our great lakes region bachelor’s degree small business administration/management students whose families make $0-$30k list, North Central has also earned the #3 rank in our “Best Small Business Administration/Management Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region” ranking. It costs about $18,889 for Great Lakes Region Bachelor’s Degree Small Business Administration/Management students whose families make $0-$30k per year to attend North Central.

The low student loan default rate of 3.9% 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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#6

Finlandia University

Hancock, Michigan
#6 in overall quality

Finlandia University landed the #6 spot on the 2022 Best Value Small Business Administration/Management Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Great Lakes Region For Those Making $0-$30k ranking. Hancock, Michigan is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out bachelors’s small business administration/management degrees to 5 students in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at Finlandia, the school also landed the #6 spot in our “Best Small Business Administration/Management Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region” ranking. It costs about $17,870 for great lakes region bachelor’s degree small business administration/management students whose families make $0-$30k per year to attend Finlandia University.

Since the school has a student-to-faculty ratio of 10 to 1, those pursuing a degree will have more opportunities to interact with their professors.

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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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