by our College Data Analytics Team
Students have lots of options to chooose from today when trying to decide which college to attend. Our mission at College Factual is to arm you with as much information as we can to help you make that decision. Our “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Education Major in the Great Lakes Region” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.
General Education is the 41st most popular major in the country with 29,810 degrees awarded in 2020-2021. In 2019-2020, general education graduates who were awarded their degree in 2017-2019, earned an average of $48,719 and had an average of $23,394 in loans still to pay off.
Across the Great Lakes region, there were 3,130 general education graduates with average earnings and debt of $42,937 and $23,962 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 969 general education graduates with average earnings and debt of $40,343 and $26,790 respectively.
This year’s “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Education Major in the Great Lakes Region” ranking looked at 68 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in general education. This a ranking of the schools where the largest percentage of students has enrolled in general education.
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The colleges and universities below are the best for great lakes region bachelor’s degree education students.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Principia College. The school came in at #1 for the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Education Major in the Great Lakes Region. Elsah, Illinois is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out bachelors’s education degrees to 11 students in 2020-2021.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Wilmington College. The school came in at #2 for the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Education Major in the Great Lakes Region. Wilmington, Ohio is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out bachelors’s education degrees to 32 students in 2020-2021.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Heidelberg University. The school came in at #3 for the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Education Major in the Great Lakes Region. Heidelberg University is a small school located in Tiffin, Ohio that handed out 16 bachelors’s education degrees in 2020-2021.
Out of the 68 schools in the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Education Major in the Great Lakes Region that were part of this year’s ranking, John Carroll University landed the #4 spot on the list. University Heights, Ohio is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out bachelors’s education degrees to 40 students in 2020-2021.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 2.1%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Beloit College. The school came in at #5 for the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Education Major in the Great Lakes Region. Located in Beloit, Wisconsin, this small private not-for-profit school awarded 13 diplomas to qualified bachelors’s education students in 2020-2021.
Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 90%. The undergraduate 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. The low undergrad student loan default rate of 2.5% 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%.
University of Wisconsin - Green Bay did quite well in the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Education Major in the Great Lakes Region ranking, coming in at #6. Green Bay, Wisconsin is the setting for this medium-sized institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelors’s education degrees to 74 students in 2020-2021.
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DePauw University ranked #7 on this year’s Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Education Major in the Great Lakes Region list. DePauw is located in Greencastle, Indiana and, has a small student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 20 bachelors’s education degrees to qualified students.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 1.0%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%. With a freshman retention rate of 89%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students. The undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio of 8 to 1 is a sign that students will have more opportunities to engage with their professors one-on-one.
With a ranking of #8, Illinois College did quite well on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Education Major in the Great Lakes Region list. Illinois College is a small private not-for-profit school situated in Jacksonville, Illinois. It awarded 9 bachelors’s education degrees in 2020-2021.
Grand Valley State University came in at #9 in this year’s edition of the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Education Major in the Great Lakes Region ranking. Located in Allendale, Michigan, this large public school handed out 196 diplomas to qualified bachelors’s education students in 2020-2021.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 2.7% 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%.
Denison University did quite well in the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Education Major in the Great Lakes Region ranking, coming in at #10. Granville, Ohio is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out bachelors’s education degrees to 18 students in 2020-2021.
The undergrad 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 undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio of 9 to 1 is a sign that students will have more opportunities to engage with their professors one-on-one. With a freshman retention rate of 85%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students.
University of Wisconsin - Milwaukee landed the #11 spot on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Education Major in the Great Lakes Region ranking. UWM is a large school located in Milwaukee, Wisconsin that handed out 146 bachelors’s education degrees in 2020-2021.
Manchester University came in at #12 in this year’s edition of the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Education Major in the Great Lakes Region ranking. Manchester University is a private not-for-profit institution located in North Manchester, Indiana. The school has a small population, and it awarded 7 bachelors’s degrees in 2020-2021.
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Hiram College did quite well in the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Education Major in the Great Lakes Region ranking, coming in at #13. Hiram, Ohio is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out bachelors’s education degrees to 4 students in 2020-2021.
McKendree University did quite well in the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Education Major in the Great Lakes Region ranking, coming in at #14. McKendree is a small school located in Lebanon, Illinois that handed out 11 bachelors’s education degrees in 2020-2021.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 4.5% 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%.
Lake Forest College did quite well in the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Education Major in the Great Lakes Region ranking, coming in at #15. Lake Forest is a private not-for-profit institution located in Lake Forest, Illinois. The school has a small population, and it awarded 7 bachelors’s degrees in 2020-2021.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 1.3% 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%.
Read full report on General Education at Lake Forest College
With a ranking of #16, Hebrew Theological College did quite well on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Education Major in the Great Lakes Region list. Located in Skokie, Illinois, this small private not-for-profit school handed out 1 degrees to qualified bachelors’s education students in 2020-2021.
The impressive undergraduate 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. With a freshman retention rate of 86%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students.
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With a ranking of #17, Ohio Dominican University did quite well on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Education Major in the Great Lakes Region list. This small school is located in Columbus, Ohio, and it awarded 6 bachelors’s education degrees in 2020-2021.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 4.8%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
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With a ranking of #18, Marietta College did quite well on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Education Major in the Great Lakes Region list. Marietta College is a small school located in Marietta, Ohio that handed out 3 bachelors’s education degrees in 2020-2021.
The impressive undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio of 8 to 1 means that students may have more opportunities to work more closely with their professors than they would at other schools.
Maranatha Baptist University did quite well in the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Education Major in the Great Lakes Region ranking, coming in at #19. Maranatha Baptist University is located in Watertown, Wisconsin and, has a small student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 3 bachelors’s education degrees to qualified students.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 3.3%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
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Mount St. Joseph University did quite well in the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Education Major in the Great Lakes Region ranking, coming in at #20. Located in Cincinnati, Ohio, this small private not-for-profit school handed out 6 degrees to qualified bachelors’s education students in 2020-2021.
The low undergrad 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%.
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Trinity Christian College came in at #21 in this year’s edition of the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Education Major in the Great Lakes Region ranking. Located in Palos Heights, Illinois, this small private not-for-profit school handed out 4 diplomas to qualified bachelors’s education students in 2020-2021.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 3.5%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%. The undergraduate 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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With a ranking of #22, Siena Heights University did quite well on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Education Major in the Great Lakes Region list. Siena Heights University is a small school located in Adrian, Michigan that handed out 8 bachelors’s education degrees in 2020-2021.
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Alma College did quite well in the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Education Major in the Great Lakes Region ranking, coming in at #23. Alma College is located in Alma, Michigan and, has a small student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 4 bachelors’s education degrees to qualified students.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 3.4% 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%.
Michigan State University ranked #24 on this year’s Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Education Major in the Great Lakes Region list. Michigan State University is located in East Lansing, Michigan and, has a large student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 143 bachelors’s education degrees to qualified students.
With a freshman retention rate of 91%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students. The low undergrad student loan default rate of 2.6% 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%.
Kent State University at Kent came in at #25 in this year’s edition of the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Education Major in the Great Lakes Region ranking. Kent State is located in Kent, Ohio and, has a large student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 63 bachelors’s education degrees to qualified students.
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