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2022 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for General Literature in the Great Lakes Region

5 Ranked Colleges
43 Degrees Awarded
$20,600 Avg Net Price*
Best Value General Literature Schools for a Bachelor's in the Great Lakes Region

When pursuing a degree in today’s world, students have many different options to choose from. College Factual has developed its “Best Value General Literature 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, 338 people earned their degree in general literature, making the major the 699th most popular in the United States.

Across the Great Lakes region, there were 43 general literature graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 43 general literature graduates with average earnings and debt of $39,075 and $25,381 respectively.

For this year’s “Best Value General Literature Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Great Lakes Region” ranking, we looked at 5 colleges that offer a degree in general literature. Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent general literature programs, but they also cost less that schools of similar quality.

To come up with these rankings, we looked at factors such as the cost to attend the school after aid is awarded and overall quality of the general literature program at the school. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.

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Best Value General Literature Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Great Lakes Region

The colleges and universities below are the best for great lakes region bachelor’s degree general literature students.

Top 5 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for General Literature in the Great Lakes Region

#1

Eastern Michigan University

Ypsilanti, Michigan
#4 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 #1 for the Best Value General Literature Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Great Lakes Region. Eastern Michigan University is a fairly large school located in Ypsilanti, Michigan that handed out 7 bachelors’s general literature degrees in 2019-2020.

Eastern Michigan did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #4 on our “Best General Literature Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region” list. It costs about $15,924 for Great Lakes Region Bachelor’s Degree General Literature students per year to attend Eastern Michigan University.

Read full report on General Literature at Eastern Michigan University

#3 in overall quality

Out of the 5 schools in the Best Value General Literature Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Great Lakes Region that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Cincinnati - Main Campus landed the #2 spot on the list. UC is located in Cincinnati, Ohio and, has a large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 7 bachelors’s general literature degrees to qualified students.

UC not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #3 on our “Best General Literature Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region” list. It costs about $21,843 for Great Lakes Region Bachelor’s Degree General Literature students per year to attend University of Cincinnati - Main Campus.

The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 88%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.

Full University of Cincinnati - Main Campus General Literature Report

#5 in overall quality

Out of the 5 schools in the Best Value General Literature Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Great Lakes Region that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Michigan - Flint landed the #3 spot on the list. Flint, Michigan is the setting for this medium-sized institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelors’s general literature degrees to 3 students in 2019-2020.

UM Flint not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #5 on our “Best General Literature Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region” list. It costs about $12,734 for Great Lakes Region Bachelor’s Degree General Literature students per year to attend UM Flint.

Read full report on General Literature at UM Flint

#4

Calvin University

Grand Rapids, Michigan
#2 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Calvin University. The school came in at #4 for the Best Value General Literature Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Great Lakes Region. Located in Grand Rapids, Michigan, this small private not-for-profit school awarded 11 diplomas to qualified bachelors’s general literature students in 2019-2020.

Calvin did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #2 on our “Best General Literature Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region” list. It costs about $26,647 for Great Lakes Region Bachelor’s Degree General Literature students per year to attend Calvin University.

The low student loan default rate of 1.6% 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%. Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 87%.

Read full report on General Literature at Calvin University

#5

Illinois Wesleyan University

Bloomington, Illinois
#1 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Illinois Wesleyan University. It ranked #5 on our 2022 Best Value General Literature Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Great Lakes Region list. Illinois Wesleyan University is a small private not-for-profit school situated in Bloomington, Illinois. It awarded 9 bachelors’s general literature degrees in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at Illinois Wesleyan, the school also landed the #1 spot in our “Best General Literature Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region” ranking. The yearly cost to attend Illinois Wesleyan University is $26,039 for great lakes region bachelor’s degree general literature students.

Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 87%. The low student loan default rate of 1.4% 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%.

Read more about General Literature at Illinois Wesleyan University

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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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