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2022 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Teaching English or French in the Great Lakes Region

7 Ranked Colleges
40 Degrees Awarded
$17,500 Avg Net Price*
Best Value English or French Schools for a Bachelor's in the Great Lakes Region

It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. College Factual has developed its “Best Value English or French Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Great Lakes Region” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.

In 2019-2020, 5,744 people earned their degree in teaching English or French, making the major the 144th most popular in the United States. In 2017-2018, teaching English or French graduates who were awarded their degree in 2015-2017, earned an average of $43,524 and had an average of $29,215 in loans still to pay off.

Across the Great Lakes region, there were 601 teaching English or French graduates with average earnings and debt of $54,900 and $20,637 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 40 teaching English or French graduates with average earnings and debt of $39,075 and $25,381 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value English or French Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Great Lakes Region” ranking analyzed 7 colleges that offered a degree in teaching English or French. The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great teaching English or French programs and cost less that schools of similar quality.

When determining these rankings, we looked at things such as overall quality of the teaching English or French program at the school and the cost to attend the school once aid has been awarded. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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Best Value English or French Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Great Lakes Region

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

Top 7 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Teaching English or French in the Great Lakes Region

#1

University of Wisconsin - River Falls

River Falls, Wisconsin
#1 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Wisconsin - River Falls. The school came in at #1 for the Best Value English or French Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Great Lakes Region. UW - River Falls is a medium-sized school located in River Falls, Wisconsin that handed out 13 bachelors’s English or French degrees in 2019-2020.

UW - River Falls not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #1 on our “Best Teaching English or French Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region” list. It costs about $13,748 for great lakes region bachelor’s degree english or french students per year to attend University of Wisconsin - River Falls.

The school has an impressive student loan default rate. It’s only 2.7%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.

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#2

Eastern Michigan University

Ypsilanti, Michigan
#5 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Eastern Michigan University. The school came in at #2 for the Best Value English or French Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Great Lakes Region. Eastern Michigan University is a public institution located in Ypsilanti, Michigan. The school has a fairly large population, and it awarded 3 bachelors’s degrees in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our great lakes region bachelor’s degree english or french students list, Eastern Michigan has also earned the #5 rank in our “Best Teaching English or French Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for Eastern Michigan is $15,924 for Great Lakes Region Bachelor’s Degree English or French students.

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#3

Indiana State University

Terre Haute, Indiana
#6 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Indiana State University. It ranked #3 on our 2022 Best Value English or French Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Great Lakes Region list. Terre Haute, Indiana is the setting for this fairly large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelors’s English or French degrees to 1 students in 2019-2020.

Indiana State not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #6 on our “Best Teaching English or French Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region” list. It costs about $13,896 for great lakes region bachelor’s degree english or french students per year to attend Indiana State University.

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Out of the 7 schools in the Best Value English or French Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Great Lakes Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Kent State University at Kent landed the #4 spot on the list. Kent State University at Kent is located in Kent, Ohio and, has a large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 12 bachelors’s English or French degrees to qualified students.

Kent State did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #7 on our “Best Teaching English or French Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region” list. The yearly cost to attend Kent State is $18,885 for great lakes region bachelor’s degree english or french students.

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#5

Bethel University - Mishawaka

Mishawaka, Indiana
#3 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Bethel University - Mishawaka. The school came in at #5 for the Best Value English or French Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Great Lakes Region. Bethel University is a private not-for-profit institution located in Mishawaka, Indiana. The school has a small population, and it awarded 1 bachelors’s degrees in 2019-2020.

Bethel University did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #3 on our “Best Teaching English or French Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region” list. The estimated yearly cost for Bethel University is $17,558 for Great Lakes Region Bachelor’s Degree English or French students.

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#2 in overall quality

Ohio State University - Main Campus landed the #6 spot on the 2022 Best Value English or French Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Great Lakes Region ranking. Located in Columbus, Ohio, this large public school awarded 8 degrees to qualified bachelors’s English or French students in 2019-2020.

Ohio State did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #2 on our “Best Teaching English or French Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region” list. The yearly cost to attend Ohio State is $17,616 for Great Lakes Region Bachelor’s Degree English or French students.

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%. The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 94%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.

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#4 in overall quality

The University of Findlay ranked #7 on this year’s Best Value English or French Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Great Lakes Region list. Findlay is a small private not-for-profit school situated in Findlay, Ohio. It awarded 1 bachelors’s English or French degrees in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at Findlay, the school also landed the #4 spot in our “Best Teaching English or French Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for Findlay is $24,884 for Great Lakes Region Bachelor’s Degree English or French students.

The school has an impressive student loan default rate. It’s only 4.7%, 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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