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2022 Best Value Family Studies Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Great Lakes Region For Those Making $75-$110k

8 Ranked Colleges
132 Degrees Awarded
$23,000 Avg Net Price*
Best Value Family Studies Schools for a Bachelor's in the Great Lakes Region For Those Making $75-$110k

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Family & Consumer Sciences/Human Sciences, General is the 180th most popular major in the country with 3,362 degrees awarded in 2019-2020.

Across the Great Lakes region, there were 197 general family and consumer sciences/human sciences graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 132 general family and consumer sciences/human sciences graduates with average earnings and debt of $39,075 and $25,381 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Family Studies Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Great Lakes Region For Those Making $75-$110k” ranking analyzed 8 colleges that offered a degree in general family and consumer sciences/human sciences. This ranking identifies schools with high-quality general family and consumer sciences/human sciences 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 general family and consumer sciences/human sciences 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 Family Studies Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Great Lakes Region For Those Making $75-$110k

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Family Studies Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Great Lakes Region For Those Making $75-$110k.

Top 8 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Family & Consumer Sciences/Human Sciences, General (Income $75-$110k) in the Great Lakes Region

#1

Purdue University - Main Campus

West Lafayette, Indiana
#3 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Purdue University - Main Campus. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Family Studies Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Great Lakes Region For Those Making $75-$110k list. Located in West Lafayette, Indiana, this large public school awarded 9 degrees to qualified bachelors’s family studies students in 2019-2020.

Purdue did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #3 on our “Best Family & Consumer Sciences/Human Sciences, General Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region” list. The estimated yearly cost for Purdue is $18,565 for Great Lakes Region Bachelor’s Degree Family Studies students whose families make $75-$110k.

The low student loan default rate of 2.2% 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%. With a freshman retention rate of 93%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its students.

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#2

Eastern Illinois University

Charleston, Illinois
#4 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Eastern Illinois University. The school came in at #2 for the Best Value Family Studies Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Great Lakes Region For Those Making $75-$110k. Eastern Illinois University is a medium-sized public school situated in Charleston, Illinois. It awarded 64 bachelors’s family studies degrees in 2019-2020.

EIU also took the #4 spot in our “Best Family & Consumer Sciences/Human Sciences, General Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region” ranking. It costs about $19,147 for great lakes region bachelor’s degree family studies students whose families make $75-$110k per year to attend EIU.

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#3

Western Illinois University

Macomb, Illinois
#5 in overall quality

Out of the 8 schools in the Best Value Family Studies Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Great Lakes Region For Those Making $75-$110k that were part of this year’s ranking, Western Illinois University landed the #3 spot on the list. Western Illinois University is a medium-sized public school situated in Macomb, Illinois. It awarded 1 bachelors’s family studies degrees in 2019-2020.

WIU did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #5 on our “Best Family & Consumer Sciences/Human Sciences, General Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region” list. It costs about $20,181 for great lakes region bachelor’s degree family studies students whose families make $75-$110k per year to attend Western Illinois University.

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#4

Illinois State University

Normal, Illinois
#1 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Illinois State University. It ranked #4 on our 2022 Best Value Family Studies Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Great Lakes Region For Those Making $75-$110k list. Located in Normal, Illinois, this large public school handed out 22 degrees to qualified bachelors’s family studies students in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at Illinois State, the school also landed the #1 spot in our “Best Family & Consumer Sciences/Human Sciences, General Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region” ranking. It costs about $25,379 for Great Lakes Region Bachelor’s Degree Family Studies students whose families make $75-$110k per year to attend Illinois State.

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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#2 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Miami University - Oxford. The school came in at #5 for the Best Value Family Studies Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Great Lakes Region For Those Making $75-$110k. Miami University - Oxford is located in Oxford, Ohio and, has a fairly large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 27 bachelors’s family studies degrees to qualified students.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at Miami University - Oxford, the school also landed the #2 spot in our “Best Family & Consumer Sciences/Human Sciences, General Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region” ranking. It costs about $26,226 for Great Lakes Region Bachelor’s Degree Family Studies students whose families make $75-$110k per year to attend Miami University - Oxford.

Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 88%.

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#6

Olivet Nazarene University

Bourbonnais, Illinois
#8 in overall quality

With a ranking of #6, Olivet Nazarene University did quite well on the 2022 Best Value Family Studies Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Great Lakes Region For Those Making $75-$110k list. Olivet Nazarene University is a small school located in Bourbonnais, Illinois that handed out 2 bachelors’s family studies degrees in 2019-2020.

Olivet Nazarene also took the #8 spot in our “Best Family & Consumer Sciences/Human Sciences, General Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for Olivet Nazarene University is $21,306 for Great Lakes Region Bachelor’s Degree Family Studies students whose families make $75-$110k.

The student loan default rate at the school is 3.4%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.

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#7 in overall quality

With a ranking of #7, Ohio University - Athens Campus did quite well on the 2022 Best Value Family Studies Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Great Lakes Region For Those Making $75-$110k list. This large school is located in Athens, Ohio, and it awarded 5 bachelors’s family studies degrees in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our great lakes region bachelor’s degree family studies students whose families make $75-$110k list, OHIO Athens has also earned the #7 rank in our “Best Family & Consumer Sciences/Human Sciences, General Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for Ohio University - Athens Campus is $25,039 for Great Lakes Region Bachelor’s Degree Family Studies students whose families make $75-$110k.

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#8

Bradley University

Peoria, Illinois
#6 in overall quality

Bradley University did quite well in the 2022 Best Value Family Studies Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Great Lakes Region For Those Making $75-$110k ranking, coming in at #8. Located in Peoria, Illinois, this medium-sized private not-for-profit school handed out 2 degrees to qualified bachelors’s family studies students in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at Bradley, the school also landed the #6 spot in our “Best Family & Consumer Sciences/Human Sciences, General Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for Bradley is $28,169 for great lakes region bachelor’s degree family studies students whose families make $75-$110k.

The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 86%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. The school has an impressive student loan default rate. It’s only 2.5%, 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%.

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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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