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2022 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Latino Studies in the Great Lakes Region

4 Ranked Colleges
25 Degrees Awarded
$22,200 Avg Net Price*
Best Value Latino Studies 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 Latino Studies Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Great Lakes Region” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.

Latino Studies is the 478th most popular major in the country with 951 degrees awarded in 2019-2020.

Across the Great Lakes region, there were 71 Latino studies graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 25 Latino studies graduates with average earnings and debt of $39,075 and $25,381 respectively.

For this year’s “Best Value Latino Studies Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Great Lakes Region” ranking, we looked at 4 colleges that offer a degree in Latino studies. This ranking identifies schools with high-quality Latino studies programs that also have a lower cost than schools of similar quality.

When determining these rankings, we looked at things such as overall quality of the Latino studies 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 Latino Studies Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Great Lakes Region

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

Top 4 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Latino Studies in the Great Lakes Region

#3 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Latino Studies Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Great Lakes Region list. UIUC is located in Champaign, Illinois and, has a large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 14 bachelors’s Latino studies degrees to qualified students.

UIUC also made our “Best Latino Studies Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region” list, coming in at #3. The estimated yearly cost for UIUC is $15,880 for Great Lakes Region Bachelor’s Degree Latino Studies students.

The student loan default rate at the school is 2.4%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%. With a freshman retention rate of 94%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its students.

Full University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Latino Studies Report

#4 in overall quality

Out of the 4 schools in the Best Value Latino Studies Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Great Lakes Region that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Michigan - Ann Arbor landed the #2 spot on the list. This large school is located in Ann Arbor, Michigan, and it awarded 4 bachelors’s Latino studies degrees in 2019-2020.

U-M not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #4 on our “Best Latino Studies Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region” list. The estimated yearly cost for U-M is $15,336 for Great Lakes Region Bachelor’s Degree Latino Studies students.

The school has an impressive student loan default rate. It’s only 1.2%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%. Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 96%.

Full University of Michigan - Ann Arbor Latino Studies Report

#3

University of Notre Dame

Notre Dame, Indiana
#1 in overall quality

Out of the 4 schools in the Best Value Latino Studies Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Great Lakes Region that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Notre Dame landed the #3 spot on the list. Notre Dame, Indiana is the setting for this fairly large institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out bachelors’s Latino studies degrees to 4 students in 2019-2020.

Notre Dame also took the #1 spot in our “Best Latino Studies Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region” ranking. It costs about $33,025 for Great Lakes Region Bachelor’s Degree Latino Studies students per year to attend Notre Dame.

With a freshman retention rate of 97%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its students. The impressive student-to-faculty ratio of 9 to 1 means that students may have more opportunities to work more closely with their professors than they would at other schools. The low student loan default rate of 0.7% 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%.

Read full report on Latino Studies at University of Notre Dame

#4

Northwestern University

Evanston, Illinois
#2 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Northwestern University. It ranked #4 on our 2022 Best Value Latino Studies Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Great Lakes Region list. Evanston, Illinois is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out bachelors’s Latino studies degrees to 3 students in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at Northwestern, the school also landed the #2 spot in our “Best Latino Studies Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region” ranking. The yearly cost to attend Northwestern is $24,664 for Great Lakes Region Bachelor’s Degree Latino Studies students.

Since the school has a student-to-faculty ratio of 6 to 1, those pursuing a degree will have more opportunities to interact with their professors. Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 97%. The student loan default rate at the school is 0.8%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.

Read full report on Latino Studies at Northwestern 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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