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2022 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Family & Community Services in the Great Lakes Region (With Aid)

4 Ranked Colleges
232 Degrees Awarded
$17,800 Avg Net Price*
Best Value Family and Community Services Schools for a Bachelor's in the Great Lakes Region For Those Getting Aid

Students have lots of options to chooose from today when trying to decide which college to attend. 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 Family and Community Services Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Great Lakes Region For Those Getting Aid” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.

Family & Community Services is the 358th most popular major in the country with 1,385 degrees awarded in 2019-2020.

Across the Great Lakes region, there were 299 family and community services graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 232 family and community services graduates with average earnings and debt of $39,075 and $25,381 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Family and Community Services Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Great Lakes Region For Those Getting Aid” ranking analyzed 4 colleges that offered a degree in family and community services. The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great family and community services programs and cost less that schools of similar quality.

Some of the factors we look at when determining these rankings are overall quality of the family and community services program at the school and the cost of the school after aid is awarded among other things. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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When choosing the right school for you, it’s important to arm yourself with all the facts you can. To that end, we’ve created a number of major-specific rankings, including this “Best Value Family and Community Services Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Great Lakes Region For Those Getting Aid” list to help you make the college decision.

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Best Value Family and Community Services Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Great Lakes Region For Those Getting Aid

The colleges and universities below are the best for great lakes region bachelor’s degree family and community services students with aid.

Top 4 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Family & Community Services in the Great Lakes Region (With Aid)

#1 in overall quality

Out of the 4 schools in the Best Value Family and Community Services Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Great Lakes Region For Those Getting Aid that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Wisconsin - Madison landed the #1 spot on the list. Located in Madison, Wisconsin, this large public school handed out 57 diplomas to qualified bachelors’s family and community services students in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at UW - Madison, the school also landed the #1 spot in our “Best Family & Community Services Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for University of Wisconsin - Madison is $17,708 for great lakes region bachelor’s degree family and community services students with aid.

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%. Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 95%.

Read full report on Family & Community Services at UW - Madison

#2

Michigan State University

East Lansing, Michigan
#2 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Michigan State University. It ranked #2 on our 2022 Best Value Family and Community Services Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Great Lakes Region For Those Getting Aid list. Michigan State is a large school located in East Lansing, Michigan that handed out 92 bachelors’s family and community services degrees in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our great lakes region bachelor’s degree family and community services students with aid list, Michigan State has also earned the #2 rank in our “Best Family & Community Services Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region” ranking. The yearly cost to attend Michigan State is $19,173 for great lakes region bachelor’s degree family and community services students with aid.

The low student loan default rate of 3.6% 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 91%.

Full Michigan State Family & Community Services Report

#3

Baker College

Owosso, Michigan
#4 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Baker College. The school came in at #3 for the Best Value Family and Community Services Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Great Lakes Region For Those Getting Aid. Baker College is a medium-sized private not-for-profit school situated in Owosso, Michigan. It awarded 74 bachelors’s family and community services degrees in 2019-2020.

Baker College did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #4 on our “Best Family & Community Services Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region” list. The estimated yearly cost for Baker College is $15,049 for great lakes region bachelor’s degree family and community services students with aid.

The student-to-faculty ratio of 8 to 1 is a sign that students will have more opportunities to engage with their professors one-on-one.

Read full report on Family & Community Services at Baker College

#4

Western Michigan University

Kalamazoo, Michigan
#3 in overall quality

Out of the 4 schools in the Best Value Family and Community Services Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Great Lakes Region For Those Getting Aid that were part of this year’s ranking, Western Michigan University landed the #4 spot on the list. Located in Kalamazoo, Michigan, this fairly large public school awarded 1 diplomas to qualified bachelors’s family and community services students in 2019-2020.

WMU also made our “Best Family & Community Services Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region” list, coming in at #3. The estimated yearly cost for Western Michigan University is $19,433 for great lakes region bachelor’s degree family and community services students with aid.

Read more about Family & Community Services at WMU

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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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