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2022 Best Value United States Studies Schools for a Master’s in the Great Lakes Region

2 Ranked Colleges
13 Degrees Awarded
$22,300 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees*
Best Value United States Studies Schools for a Master'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 United States Studies Schools for a Master’s in the Great Lakes Region” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.

In 2019-2020, 1,596 people earned their degree in American U.S. studies, making the major the 309th most popular in the United States.

Across the Great Lakes region, there were 137 American U.S. studies graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 13 American U.S. studies graduates with average earnings and debt of $57,039 and $42,488 respectively.

For this year’s “Best Value United States Studies Schools for a Master’s in the Great Lakes Region” ranking, we looked at 2 colleges that offer a degree in American U.S. studies. Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent American U.S. studies 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 American U.S. studies program at the school and the cost to attend the school once aid has been awarded. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.

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Best Value United States Studies Schools for a Master’s in the Great Lakes Region

The colleges and universities below are the best for great lakes region master’s degree united states studies students.

Top 2 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for American U.S. Studies in the Great Lakes Region

#2 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Bowling Green State University - Main Campus. The school came in at #1 for the Best Value United States Studies Schools for a Master’s in the Great Lakes Region. Bowling Green, Ohio is the setting for this fairly large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out masters’s United States studies degrees to 5 students in 2019-2020.

BGSU not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #2 on our “Best American U.S. Studies Master’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at BGSU are $15,823, but some majors have different tuition rates.

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#2

Purdue University - Main Campus

West Lafayette, Indiana
#1 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Purdue University - Main Campus. The school came in at #2 for the Best Value United States Studies Schools for a Master’s in the Great Lakes Region. Purdue University - Main Campus is located in West Lafayette, Indiana and, has a large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 4 masters’s United States studies degrees to qualified students.

Purdue also took the #1 spot in our “Best American U.S. Studies Master’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at Purdue are $28,794, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

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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%.

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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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