2023 Best Value Colleges for Family & Community Services in the Great Lakes Region (With Aid)

It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. College Factual was founded, in part, to help students make the decision as to what would be the best school for them. Our “Best Value Family and Community Services Schools in the Great Lakes Region For Those Getting Aid” ranking is part of that endeavor.

Family & Community Services is the 377th most popular major in the country with 1,401 degrees awarded in 2020-2021.

Across the Great Lakes region, there were 277 family and community services graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Family and Community Services Schools in the Great Lakes Region For Those Getting Aid” ranking looked at 3 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in family and community services. This ranking identifies schools with high-quality family and community services programs that also have a lower cost than 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. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.

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Best Value Family and Community Services Schools in the Great Lakes Region For Those Getting Aid

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Family and Community Services Schools in the Great Lakes Region For Those Getting Aid.

Top 3 Best Value Colleges for Family & Community Services in the Great Lakes Region (With Aid)

1

University of Wisconsin - Madison
Madison, Wisconsin

#1 in overall quality

$17,234 Average Net Price

$50,802 Average Early-Career Earnings

Out of the 3 schools in the Best Value Family and Community Services Schools 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. Madison, Wisconsin is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out ’s family and community services degrees to 47 students in 2020-2021.

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 Schools in the Great Lakes Region” ranking. The yearly cost to attend University of Wisconsin - Madison is $17,234 for Great Lakes Region Family and Community Services students with aid.

The low undergrad student loan default rate of 0.9% 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%. The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 95%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.

Read more about Family & Community Services at University of Wisconsin - Madison

2

Michigan State University
East Lansing, Michigan

#2 in overall quality

$19,058 Average Net Price

$47,302 Average Early-Career Earnings

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Michigan State University. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Best Value Family and Community Services Schools in the Great Lakes Region For Those Getting Aid list. East Lansing, Michigan is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out ’s family and community services degrees to 102 students in 2020-2021.

Michigan State not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #2 on our “Best Family & Community Services Schools in the Great Lakes Region” list. The yearly cost to attend Michigan State is $19,058 for great lakes region family and community services students with aid.

With a freshman retention rate of 91%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students. The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 2.6%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.

Full Michigan State University Family & Community Services Report

3

Baker College
Owosso, Michigan

#3 in overall quality

$12,575 Average Net Price

$41,022 Average Early-Career Earnings

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 in the Great Lakes Region For Those Getting Aid. Baker College is a private not-for-profit institution located in Owosso, Michigan. The school has a small population, and it awarded 59 ’s degrees in 2020-2021.

Baker College also made our “Best Family & Community Services Schools in the Great Lakes Region” list, coming in at #3. The yearly cost to attend Baker College is $12,575 for Great Lakes Region Family and Community Services students with aid.

With a undergrad student-to-faculty ratio of 8 to 1, it’s easy to see that the school is committed to helping their undergraduates succeed.

Read full report on Family & Community Services at Baker College

• Best Value Colleges for Family & Community Services (With Aid)

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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