2022 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Insurance
Students have lots of options to chooose from today when trying to decide which college to attend. 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 Insurance Schools for a Bachelor’s” ranking is part of that endeavor.
Insurance is the 333rd most popular major in the country with 1,811 degrees awarded in 2019-2020.
At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 1,556 insurance graduates with average earnings and debt of $38,303 and $24,501 respectively.
This year’s “Best Value Insurance Schools for a Bachelor’s” ranking looked at 42 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in insurance. The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great insurance programs and cost less that schools of similar quality.
Some of the factors we look at when determining these rankings are overall quality of the insurance program at the school and the cost of the school after aid is awarded among other things. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.
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Best Value Insurance Schools for a Bachelor’s
The colleges and universities below are the best for bachelor’s degree insurance students.
Top 25 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Insurance
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Florida State University. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Insurance Schools for a Bachelor’s list. Florida State University is a large public school situated in Tallahassee, Florida. It awarded 126 bachelors’s insurance degrees in 2019-2020.
As a testament to the quality of education offered at Florida State, the school also landed the #4 spot in our “Best Insurance Bachelor’s Degree Schools” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for Florida State University is $9,789 for bachelor’s degree insurance students.
Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 95%. 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%.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Illinois State University. The school came in at #2 for the Best Value Insurance Schools for a Bachelor’s. Illinois State University is located in Normal, Illinois and, has a large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 71 bachelors’s insurance degrees to qualified students.
Illinois State also made our “Best Insurance Bachelor’s Degree Schools” list, coming in at #8. It costs about $20,895 for bachelor’s degree insurance students per year to attend Illinois State University.
The student loan default rate at the school is 4.4%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
Out of the 42 schools in the Best Value Insurance Schools for a Bachelor’s that were part of this year’s ranking, Missouri State University - Springfield landed the #3 spot on the list. Missouri State University - Springfield is a public institution located in Springfield, Missouri. The school has a large population, and it awarded 21 bachelors’s degrees in 2019-2020.
As a testament to the quality of education offered at Missouri State, the school also landed the #17 spot in our “Best Insurance Bachelor’s Degree Schools” ranking. The yearly cost to attend Missouri State University - Springfield is $16,725 for bachelor’s degree insurance students.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Appalachian State University. The school came in at #4 for the Best Value Insurance Schools for a Bachelor’s. Appalachian State University is a large public school situated in Boone, North Carolina. It awarded 78 bachelors’s insurance degrees in 2019-2020.
As a testament to the quality of education offered at Appalachian State, the school also landed the #12 spot in our “Best Insurance Bachelor’s Degree Schools” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for Appalachian State is $13,920 for Bachelor’s Degree Insurance students.
Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 86%. 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%.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Ferris State University. It ranked #5 on our 2022 Best Value Insurance Schools for a Bachelor’s list. This fairly large school is located in Big Rapids, Michigan, and it awarded 7 bachelors’s insurance degrees in 2019-2020.
It costs about $12,889 for bachelor’s degree insurance students per year to attend Ferris State University.
With a ranking of #6, University of North Texas did quite well on the 2022 Best Value Insurance Schools for a Bachelor’s list. UNT is a public institution located in Denton, Texas. The school has a large population, and it awarded 34 bachelors’s degrees in 2019-2020.
In addition to being on our bachelor’s degree insurance students list, UNT has also earned the #14 rank in our “Best Insurance Bachelor’s Degree Schools” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for University of North Texas is $15,086 for Bachelor’s Degree Insurance students.
With a freshman retention rate of 85%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its students.
With a ranking of #7, University of Central Arkansas did quite well on the 2022 Best Value Insurance Schools for a Bachelor’s list. This fairly large school is located in Conway, Arkansas, and it awarded 11 bachelors’s insurance degrees in 2019-2020.
The yearly cost to attend University of Central Arkansas is $15,376 for bachelor’s degree insurance students.
University of Central Oklahoma landed the #8 spot on the 2022 Best Value Insurance Schools for a Bachelor’s ranking. Located in Edmond, Oklahoma, this fairly large public school awarded 19 degrees to qualified bachelors’s insurance students in 2019-2020.
In addition to being on our bachelor’s degree insurance students list, UCO has also earned the #24 rank in our “Best Insurance Bachelor’s Degree Schools” ranking. It costs about $16,562 for Bachelor’s Degree Insurance students per year to attend UCO.
With a ranking of #9, University of Georgia did quite well on the 2022 Best Value Insurance Schools for a Bachelor’s list. UGA is a large school located in Athens, Georgia that handed out 245 bachelors’s insurance degrees in 2019-2020.
UGA did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #3 on our “Best Insurance Bachelor’s Degree Schools” list. It costs about $13,649 for bachelor’s degree insurance students per year to attend University of Georgia.
The student loan default rate at the school is 2.5%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%. With a freshman retention rate of 94%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its students.
With a ranking of #10, Franklin University did quite well on the 2022 Best Value Insurance Schools for a Bachelor’s list. Franklin University is located in Columbus, Ohio and, has a medium-sized student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 10 bachelors’s insurance degrees to qualified students.
The estimated yearly cost for Franklin University is $12,895 for bachelor’s degree insurance students.
With a ranking of #11, University of South Florida - Main Campus did quite well on the 2022 Best Value Insurance Schools for a Bachelor’s list. University of South Florida - Main Campus is a large school located in Tampa, Florida that handed out 7 bachelors’s insurance degrees in 2019-2020.
In addition to being on our bachelor’s degree insurance students list, USF Tampa has also earned the #22 rank in our “Best Insurance Bachelor’s Degree Schools” ranking. The yearly cost to attend USF Tampa is $8,355 for Bachelor’s Degree Insurance 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 4.5%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
University of Mississippi came in at #12 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Insurance Schools for a Bachelor’s ranking. Ole Miss is a public institution located in University, Mississippi. The school has a large population, and it awarded 48 bachelors’s degrees in 2019-2020.
Ole Miss also made our “Best Insurance Bachelor’s Degree Schools” list, coming in at #15. It costs about $14,016 for bachelor’s degree insurance students per year to attend Ole Miss.
Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 86%.
University of Louisiana at Monroe did quite well in the 2022 Best Value Insurance Schools for a Bachelor’s ranking, coming in at #13. Located in Monroe, Louisiana, this medium-sized public school handed out 29 diplomas to qualified bachelors’s insurance students in 2019-2020.
The yearly cost to attend University of Louisiana at Monroe is $10,453 for bachelor’s degree insurance students.
Indiana State University came in at #14 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Insurance Schools for a Bachelor’s ranking. Located in Terre Haute, Indiana, this fairly large public school handed out 18 degrees to qualified bachelors’s insurance students in 2019-2020.
The yearly cost to attend Indiana State is $13,896 for Bachelor’s Degree Insurance students.
With a ranking of #15, University of Minnesota - Twin Cities did quite well on the 2022 Best Value Insurance Schools for a Bachelor’s list. University of Minnesota - Twin Cities is a public institution located in Minneapolis, Minnesota. The school has a large population, and it awarded 13 bachelors’s degrees in 2019-2020.
UMN Twin Cities did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #5 on our “Best Insurance Bachelor’s Degree Schools” list. The estimated yearly cost for University of Minnesota - Twin Cities is $17,740 for Bachelor’s Degree Insurance students.
With a freshman retention rate of 93%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its students. The low student loan default rate of 2.2% 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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SUNY Oswego came in at #16 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Insurance Schools for a Bachelor’s ranking. Located in Oswego, New York, this medium-sized public school handed out 8 diplomas to qualified bachelors’s insurance students in 2019-2020.
The estimated yearly cost for SUNY Oswego is $15,665 for Bachelor’s Degree Insurance students.
The low student loan default rate of 4.6% 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%.
University of Houston - Downtown did quite well in the 2022 Best Value Insurance Schools for a Bachelor’s ranking, coming in at #17. This fairly large school is located in Houston, Texas, and it awarded 5 bachelors’s insurance degrees in 2019-2020.
The estimated yearly cost for UH Downtown is $6,848 for Bachelor’s Degree Insurance students.
With a ranking of #18, Kent State University at Salem did quite well on the 2022 Best Value Insurance Schools for a Bachelor’s list. Kent State University at Salem is a public institution located in Salem, Ohio. The school has a small population, and it awarded 4 bachelors’s degrees in 2019-2020.
It costs about $8,050 for bachelor’s degree insurance students per year to attend Kent State University at Salem.
University of South Carolina - Columbia ranked #19 on this year’s Best Value Insurance Schools for a Bachelor’s list. UofSC is a large school located in Columbia, South Carolina that handed out 122 bachelors’s insurance degrees in 2019-2020.
UofSC not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #6 on our “Best Insurance Bachelor’s Degree Schools” list. It costs about $20,509 for Bachelor’s Degree Insurance students per year to attend University of South Carolina - Columbia.
The student loan default rate at the school is 3.3%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%. The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 90%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.
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University of Wisconsin - Madison ranked #20 on this year’s Best Value Insurance Schools for a Bachelor’s list. Madison, Wisconsin is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelors’s insurance degrees to 137 students in 2019-2020.
As a testament to the quality of education offered at UW - Madison, the school also landed the #1 spot in our “Best Insurance Bachelor’s Degree Schools” ranking. It costs about $17,708 for bachelor’s degree insurance students per year to attend University of Wisconsin - Madison.
The student loan default rate at the school is 0.8%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 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.
Ball State University did quite well in the 2022 Best Value Insurance Schools for a Bachelor’s ranking, coming in at #21. This large school is located in Muncie, Indiana, and it awarded 22 bachelors’s insurance degrees in 2019-2020.
Ball State also took the #19 spot in our “Best Insurance Bachelor’s Degree Schools” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for Ball State University is $15,147 for Bachelor’s Degree Insurance students.
Temple University ranked #22 on this year’s Best Value Insurance Schools for a Bachelor’s list. Temple University is a public institution located in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. The school has a large population, and it awarded 161 bachelors’s degrees in 2019-2020.
Temple did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #7 on our “Best Insurance Bachelor’s Degree Schools” list. It costs about $23,521 for bachelor’s degree insurance students per year to attend Temple University.
The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 87%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.
University of Cincinnati - Main Campus did quite well in the 2022 Best Value Insurance Schools for a Bachelor’s ranking, coming in at #23. UC is a large public school situated in Cincinnati, Ohio. It awarded 11 bachelors’s insurance degrees in 2019-2020.
UC not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #18 on our “Best Insurance Bachelor’s Degree Schools” list. The yearly cost to attend UC is $21,843 for bachelor’s degree insurance students.
The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 88%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.
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Georgia State University did quite well in the 2022 Best Value Insurance Schools for a Bachelor’s ranking, coming in at #24. Georgia State is a large school located in Atlanta, Georgia that handed out 43 bachelors’s insurance degrees in 2019-2020.
Georgia State also made our “Best Insurance Bachelor’s Degree Schools” list, coming in at #16. The estimated yearly cost for Georgia State University is $13,953 for bachelor’s degree insurance students.
Gallaudet University did quite well in the 2022 Best Value Insurance Schools for a Bachelor’s ranking, coming in at #25. Gallaudet University is located in Washington, District of Columbia and, has a small student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 8 bachelors’s insurance degrees to qualified students.
It costs about $14,595 for bachelor’s degree insurance students per year to attend Gallaudet.
The impressive student-to-faculty ratio of 6 to 1 means that students may have more opportunities to work more closely with their professors than they would at other schools.
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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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