2025 Best Insurance Schools in the Great Lakes Region
7Colleges in the Great Lakes Region
402Insurance Degrees Awarded
Insurance is above average in terms of popularity with it being the #325 most popular degree program in the country. As a result, there are many college that offer the degree, making your choice of school a hard one.
College Factual looked at 7 colleges and universities when compiling its 2025 Best Insurance Schools in the Great Lakes Region ranking. Combined, these schools handed out 402 degrees in insurance to qualified students.
Your choice of insurance school matters, so we have put together these rankings to help you make your decision. In order to come up with a best overall ranking for insurance schools, we combine our degree-level rankings, weighting them by the number of degrees awarded at each level.
You may want to choose one of the degree levels below to find the schools of most interest to you.
Since the program you select can have a significant impact on your future, we've developed a number of rankings, including this Best Insurance Schools in the Great Lakes Region list, to help you choose the best school for you.
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Best Schools for Insurance in the Great Lakes Region
The schools below may not offer all types of insurance degrees so you may want to filter by degree level first. However, they are great for the degree levels they do offer.
Every student pursuing a degree in insurance has to look into University of Wisconsin - Madison. Located in the large city of Madison, UW - Madison is a public university with a very large student population. A Best Colleges rank of #40 out of 2,152 colleges nationwide means UW - Madison is a great university overall.
There were approximately 147 insurance students who graduated with this degree at UW - Madison in the most recent data year.
Butler University is a wonderful choice for students pursuing a degree in insurance. Butler is a medium-sized private not-for-profit university located in the large city of Indianapolis. This university ranks 10th out of 41 schools for overall quality in the state of Indiana.
There were roughly 49 insurance students who graduated with this degree at Butler in the most recent year we have data available.
Every student who is interested in insurance needs to look into University of Cincinnati - Main Campus. UC is a very large public university located in the large city of Cincinnati. A Best Colleges rank of #137 out of 2,152 colleges nationwide means UC is a great university overall.
There were roughly 32 insurance students who graduated with this degree at UC in the most recent data year.
Illinois State University is one of the finest schools in the country for getting a degree in insurance. Located in the midsize suburb of Normal, Illinois State is a public university with a very large student population. This university ranks 8th out of 85 schools for overall quality in the state of Illinois.
There were roughly 38 insurance students who graduated with this degree at Illinois State in the most recent year we have data available.
Located in the rural area of Olivet, Olivet is a private not-for-profit college with a small student population. This college ranks 39th out of 56 colleges for overall quality in the state of Michigan.
There were about 29 insurance students who graduated with this degree at Olivet in the most recent data year.
Ball State is a very large public university located in the city of Muncie. A Best Colleges rank of #181 out of 2,152 schools nationwide means Ball State is a great university overall.
There were approximately 10 insurance students who graduated with this degree at Ball State in the most recent data year.
One of 0 majors within the Insurance area of study, Insurance has other similar majors worth exploring.
Notes and References
The bars on the spread charts above show the distribution of the schools on this list +/- one standard deviation from the mean.
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 the rest 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).
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Your choice of insurance school matters, so we have put together these rankings to help you make your decision. In order to come up with a best overall ranking for insurance schools, we combine our degree-level rankings, weighting them by the number of degrees awarded at each level.
