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2022 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Small Business Administration/Management in the Great Lakes Region

6 Ranked Colleges
153 Degrees Awarded
$15,800 Avg Net Price*
Best Value Small Business Administration/Management Schools for a Bachelor'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 Small Business Administration/Management Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Great Lakes Region” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.

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.

This year’s “Best Value Small Business Administration/Management Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Great Lakes Region” ranking looked at 6 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s 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

The colleges and universities below are the best for great lakes region bachelor’s degree small business administration/management students.

Top 6 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Small Business Administration/Management in the Great Lakes Region

#1 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Miami University - Middletown. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Small Business Administration/Management Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Great Lakes Region list. Miami University - Middletown is located in Middletown, Ohio and, has a small student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 77 bachelors’s small business administration/management degrees to qualified students.

Miami University - Middletown not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #1 on our “Best Small Business Administration/Management Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region” list. The yearly cost to attend Miami University - Middletown is $14,630 for great lakes region bachelor’s degree small business administration/management students.

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#2 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Miami University - Hamilton. It ranked #2 on our 2022 Best Value Small Business Administration/Management Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Great Lakes Region list. This small school is located in Hamilton, Ohio, and it awarded 52 bachelors’s small business administration/management degrees in 2019-2020.

Miami University - Hamilton also took the #2 spot in our “Best Small Business Administration/Management Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region” ranking. It costs about $11,559 for great lakes region bachelor’s degree small business administration/management students per year to attend Miami University - Hamilton.

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#3

Northern Michigan University

Marquette, Michigan
#5 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 that were part of this year’s ranking, Northern Michigan University landed the #3 spot on the list. Located in Marquette, Michigan, this medium-sized public school awarded 2 degrees to qualified bachelors’s small business administration/management students in 2019-2020.

Northern Michigan University did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #5 on our “Best Small Business Administration/Management Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region” list. The yearly cost to attend Northern Michigan University is $15,453 for Great Lakes Region Bachelor’s Degree Small Business Administration/Management students.

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#4 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 that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Michigan - Dearborn landed the #4 spot on the list. University of Michigan - Dearborn is a public institution located in Dearborn, Michigan. The school has a medium-sized population, and it awarded 8 bachelors’s degrees in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at UM Dearborn, the school also landed the #4 spot in our “Best Small Business Administration/Management Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region” ranking. It costs about $11,473 for great lakes region bachelor’s degree small business administration/management students per year to attend University of Michigan - Dearborn.

The school has an impressive student loan default rate. It’s only 4.5%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.

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#5

Finlandia University

Hancock, Michigan
#6 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Finlandia University. The school came in at #5 for the Best Value Small Business Administration/Management Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Great Lakes Region. Finlandia University is a small private not-for-profit school situated in Hancock, Michigan. It awarded 5 bachelors’s small business administration/management degrees in 2019-2020.

Finlandia not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #6 on our “Best Small Business Administration/Management Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region” list. The estimated yearly cost for Finlandia University is $17,016 for great lakes region bachelor’s degree small business administration/management students.

The student-to-faculty ratio of 10 to 1 is a sign that students will have more opportunities to engage with their professors one-on-one.

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#6

North Central College

Naperville, Illinois
#3 in overall quality

North Central College landed the #6 spot on the 2022 Best Value Small Business Administration/Management Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Great Lakes Region ranking. This small school is located in Naperville, Illinois, and it awarded 8 bachelors’s small business administration/management degrees in 2019-2020.

North Central not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #3 on our “Best Small Business Administration/Management Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region” list. It costs about $24,786 for great lakes region bachelor’s degree small business administration/management students per year to attend North Central College.

The school has an impressive student loan default rate. It’s only 3.9%, which is much lower than the national rate of 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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