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2022 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Child development (Income $30-$48k) in the Great Lakes Region

7 Ranked Colleges
261 Degrees Awarded
$14,500 Avg Net Price*
Best Value Child development Schools for a Bachelor's in the Great Lakes Region For Those Making $30-$48k

When pursuing a degree in today’s world, students have many different options to choose from. One of our goals at College Factual is to give you as much information as we can - such as our “Best Value Child development Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Great Lakes Region For Those Making $30-$48k” ranking - to help you make that decision.

Child Development is the 238th most popular major in the country with 4,209 degrees awarded in 2019-2020.

Across the Great Lakes region, there were 439 child development graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 261 child development graduates with average earnings and debt of $39,075 and $25,381 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Child development Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Great Lakes Region For Those Making $30-$48k” ranking analyzed 7 colleges that offered a degree in child development. Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent child development programs, but they also cost less that schools of similar quality.

Some of the factors we look at when determining these rankings are overall quality of the child development program at the school and the cost of the school after aid is awarded among other things. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.

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Best Value Child development Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Great Lakes Region For Those Making $30-$48k

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Child development Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Great Lakes Region For Those Making $30-$48k.

Top 7 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Child development (Income $30-$48k) in the Great Lakes Region

#1

Michigan State University

East Lansing, Michigan
#1 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Michigan State University. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Child development Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Great Lakes Region For Those Making $30-$48k list. Located in East Lansing, Michigan, this large public school awarded 27 diplomas to qualified bachelors’s child development students in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at Michigan State, the school also landed the #1 spot in our “Best Child development Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region” ranking. The yearly cost to attend Michigan State is $15,197 for great lakes region bachelor’s degree child development students whose families make $30-$48k.

The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 91%, 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 3.6%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.

Full Michigan State University Child Development Report

#2

Central Michigan University

Mount Pleasant, Michigan
#2 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Central Michigan University. It ranked #2 on our 2022 Best Value Child development Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Great Lakes Region For Those Making $30-$48k list. Central Michigan is a fairly large public school situated in Mount Pleasant, Michigan. It awarded 86 bachelors’s child development degrees in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at Central Michigan, the school also landed the #2 spot in our “Best Child development Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region” ranking. It costs about $12,127 for Great Lakes Region Bachelor’s Degree Child development students whose families make $30-$48k per year to attend Central Michigan University.

Read full report on Child Development at Central Michigan University

#3

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 #3 for the Best Value Child development Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Great Lakes Region For Those Making $30-$48k. Eastern Michigan is a fairly large school located in Ypsilanti, Michigan that handed out 2 bachelors’s child development degrees in 2019-2020.

Eastern Michigan not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #4 on our “Best Child development Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region” list. The estimated yearly cost for Eastern Michigan University is $14,136 for great lakes region bachelor’s degree child development students whose families make $30-$48k.

Read full report on Child Development at Eastern Michigan

#4

Baker College

Owosso, Michigan
#7 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Baker College. It ranked #4 on our 2022 Best Value Child development Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Great Lakes Region For Those Making $30-$48k list. Baker College is a medium-sized school located in Owosso, Michigan that handed out 28 bachelors’s child development degrees in 2019-2020.

Baker College did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #7 on our “Best Child development Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region” list. The estimated yearly cost for Baker College is $13,867 for Great Lakes Region Bachelor’s Degree Child development students whose families make $30-$48k.

Since the school has a student-to-faculty ratio of 8 to 1, those pursuing a degree will have more opportunities to interact with their professors.

Read full report on Child Development at Baker College

#5

Western Michigan University

Kalamazoo, Michigan
#3 in overall quality

Out of the 7 schools in the Best Value Child development Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Great Lakes Region For Those Making $30-$48k that were part of this year’s ranking, Western Michigan University landed the #5 spot on the list. Located in Kalamazoo, Michigan, this fairly large public school handed out 54 degrees to qualified bachelors’s child development students in 2019-2020.

WMU not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #3 on our “Best Child development Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region” list. It costs about $15,276 for Great Lakes Region Bachelor’s Degree Child development students whose families make $30-$48k per year to attend Western Michigan University.

Read more about Child Development at WMU

#6

Olivet Nazarene University

Bourbonnais, Illinois
#5 in overall quality

Olivet Nazarene University came in at #6 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Child development Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Great Lakes Region For Those Making $30-$48k ranking. Olivet Nazarene University is a small private not-for-profit school situated in Bourbonnais, Illinois. It awarded 9 bachelors’s child development degrees in 2019-2020.

Olivet Nazarene also took the #5 spot in our “Best Child development Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region” ranking. It costs about $15,390 for great lakes region bachelor’s degree child development students whose families make $30-$48k per year to attend Olivet Nazarene.

The school has an impressive student loan default rate. It’s only 3.4%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.

Read full report on Child Development at Olivet Nazarene University

#6 in overall quality

University of Akron Main Campus did quite well in the 2022 Best Value Child development Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Great Lakes Region For Those Making $30-$48k ranking, coming in at #7. Located in Akron, Ohio, this fairly large public school awarded 34 degrees to qualified bachelors’s child development students in 2019-2020.

University of Akron Main Campus also took the #6 spot in our “Best Child development Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for University of Akron Main Campus is $15,803 for Great Lakes Region Bachelor’s Degree Child development students whose families make $30-$48k.

Full University of Akron Main Campus Child Development Report

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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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