2023 Best Value Family Systems Schools in the Great Lakes Region

When pursuing a degree in today’s world, students have many different options to choose from. 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 Systems Schools in the Great Lakes Region” ranking is part of that endeavor.

Family Systems is the 582nd most popular major in the country with 541 degrees awarded in 2020-2021.

Across the Great Lakes region, there were 126 family systems graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Family Systems Schools in the Great Lakes Region” ranking looked at 3 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in family systems. Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent family systems programs, but they also cost less that schools of similar quality.

To come up with these rankings, we looked at factors such as the cost to attend the school after aid is awarded and overall quality of the family systems program at the school. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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The family systems school you choose to invest your time and money in matters. To help you make the decision that is right for you, we’ve developed a number of major-specific rankings, including this list of “Best Value Family Systems Schools in the Great Lakes Region”.

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Best Value Family Systems Schools in the Great Lakes Region

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Family Systems Schools in the Great Lakes Region.

Top 3 Best Value Colleges for Family Systems in the Great Lakes Region

1

Central Michigan University
Mount Pleasant, Michigan

#2 in overall quality

$16,007 Average Net Price

$45,509 Average Early-Career Earnings

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Central Michigan University. The school came in at #1 for the Best Value Family Systems Schools in the Great Lakes Region. Located in Mount Pleasant, Michigan, this fairly large public school handed out 35 diplomas to qualified ’s family systems students in 2020-2021.

Central Michigan also took the #2 spot in our “Best Family Systems Schools in the Great Lakes Region” ranking. It costs about $16,007 for Great Lakes Region Family Systems students per year to attend Central Michigan.

The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 4.8%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.

Read full report on Family Systems at Central Michigan University

2

Western Michigan University
Kalamazoo, Michigan

#1 in overall quality

$20,371 Average Net Price

$43,765 Average Early-Career Earnings

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Western Michigan University. The school came in at #2 for the Best Value Family Systems Schools in the Great Lakes Region. WMU is a public institution located in Kalamazoo, Michigan. The school has a fairly large population, and it awarded 24 ’s degrees in 2020-2021.

In addition to being on our great lakes region family systems students list, WMU has also earned the #1 rank in our “Best Family Systems Schools in the Great Lakes Region” ranking. It costs about $20,371 for Great Lakes Region Family Systems students per year to attend WMU.

Read more about Family Systems at WMU

3

Ball State University
Muncie, Indiana

#3 in overall quality

$14,765 Average Net Price

$42,329 Average Early-Career Earnings

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Ball State University. The school came in at #3 for the Best Value Family Systems Schools in the Great Lakes Region. Located in Muncie, Indiana, this large public school handed out 32 degrees to qualified ’s family systems students in 2020-2021.

Ball State also made our “Best Family Systems Schools in the Great Lakes Region” list, coming in at #3. The estimated yearly cost for Ball State is $14,765 for Great Lakes Region Family Systems students.

The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 4.2%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.

Read full report on Family Systems at Ball State 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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