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2022 Best Value Business Education Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Great Lakes Region

5 Ranked Colleges
16 Degrees Awarded
$19,100 Avg Net Price*
Best Value Business Education Schools for a Bachelor's in the Great Lakes Region

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 Business Education Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Great Lakes Region” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.

In 2019-2020, 192 people earned their degree in business and innovation/entrepreneurship teacher education, making the major the 772nd most popular in the United States.

Across the Great Lakes region, there were 32 business and innovation/entrepreneurship teacher education graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 16 business and innovation/entrepreneurship teacher education graduates with average earnings and debt of $39,075 and $25,381 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Business Education Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Great Lakes Region” ranking analyzed 5 colleges that offered a degree in business and innovation/entrepreneurship teacher education. Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent business and innovation/entrepreneurship teacher education programs, but they also cost less that schools of similar quality.

When determining these rankings, we looked at things such as overall quality of the business and innovation/entrepreneurship teacher education program at the school and the cost to attend the school once aid has been awarded. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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Best Value Business Education Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Great Lakes Region

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Business Education Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Great Lakes Region.

Top 5 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Business and Innovation/Entrepreneurship Teacher Education in the Great Lakes Region

#2 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Wisconsin - Whitewater. The school came in at #1 for the Best Value Business Education Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Great Lakes Region. Located in Whitewater, Wisconsin, this fairly large public school awarded 6 diplomas to qualified bachelors’s business education students in 2019-2020.

UW - Whitewater also made our “Best Business and Innovation/Entrepreneurship Teacher Education Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region” list, coming in at #2. The yearly cost to attend UW - Whitewater is $15,249 for great lakes region bachelor’s degree business education students.

Full University of Wisconsin - Whitewater Business and Innovation/Entrepreneurship Teacher Education Report

#2

Illinois State University

Normal, Illinois
#1 in overall quality

Out of the 5 schools in the Best Value Business Education Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Great Lakes Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Illinois State University landed the #2 spot on the list. This large school is located in Normal, Illinois, and it awarded 6 bachelors’s business education degrees in 2019-2020.

Illinois State did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best Business and Innovation/Entrepreneurship Teacher Education Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region” list. The yearly cost to attend Illinois State is $20,895 for great lakes region bachelor’s degree business education students.

The low student loan default rate of 4.4% 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%.

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#3

Western Michigan University

Kalamazoo, Michigan
#3 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Western Michigan University. The school came in at #3 for the Best Value Business Education Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Great Lakes Region. Western Michigan University is a fairly large school located in Kalamazoo, Michigan that handed out 1 bachelors’s business education degrees in 2019-2020.

WMU not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #3 on our “Best Business and Innovation/Entrepreneurship Teacher Education Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region” list. The yearly cost to attend Western Michigan University is $19,433 for great lakes region bachelor’s degree business education students.

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#4

Eastern Michigan University

Ypsilanti, Michigan
#4 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Eastern Michigan University. It ranked #4 on our 2022 Best Value Business Education Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Great Lakes Region list. Eastern Michigan University is a fairly large public school situated in Ypsilanti, Michigan. It awarded 1 bachelors’s business education degrees in 2019-2020.

Eastern Michigan also made our “Best Business and Innovation/Entrepreneurship Teacher Education Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region” list, coming in at #4. The estimated yearly cost for Eastern Michigan is $15,924 for great lakes region bachelor’s degree business education students.

Full Eastern Michigan Business and Innovation/Entrepreneurship Teacher Education Report

#5 in overall quality

Out of the 5 schools in the Best Value Business Education Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Great Lakes Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Concordia University, Wisconsin landed the #5 spot on the list. Concordia University, Wisconsin is located in Mequon, Wisconsin and, has a medium-sized student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 2 bachelors’s business education degrees to qualified students.

Concordia University, Wisconsin also made our “Best Business and Innovation/Entrepreneurship Teacher Education Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region” list, coming in at #5. The estimated yearly cost for Concordia University, Wisconsin is $23,855 for Great Lakes Region Bachelor’s Degree Business Education students.

The school has an impressive student loan default rate. It’s only 4.6%, 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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