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2022 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Housing (Income $0-$30k)

7 Ranked Colleges
169 Degrees Awarded
$10,700 Avg Net Price*
Best Value Housing Schools for a Bachelor's For Those Making $0-$30k

With all of the options students have for higher education today, it can be tough to choose which direction to take. College Factual has developed its “Best Value Housing Schools for a Bachelor’s For Those Making $0-$30k” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.

Housing is the 310th most popular major in the country with 911 degrees awarded in 2019-2020. In 2017-2018, housing graduates who were awarded their degree in 2015-2017, earned an average of $43,433 and had an average of $24,194 in loans still to pay off.

At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 169 housing graduates with average earnings and debt of $38,303 and $24,501 respectively.

For this year’s “Best Value Housing Schools for a Bachelor’s For Those Making $0-$30k” ranking, we looked at 7 colleges that offer a degree in housing. The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great housing programs and 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 housing program at the school. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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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 Housing Schools for a Bachelor’s For Those Making $0-$30k” list to help you make the college decision.

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Best Value Housing Schools for a Bachelor’s For Those Making $0-$30k

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Housing Schools for a Bachelor’s For Those Making $0-$30k.

Top 7 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Housing (Income $0-$30k)

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend New York City College of Technology. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Housing Schools for a Bachelor’s For Those Making $0-$30k list. Located in Brooklyn, New York, this fairly large public school handed out 20 diplomas to qualified bachelors’s housing students in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our bachelor’s degree housing students whose families make $0-$30k list, City Tech has also earned the #2 rank in our “Best Housing Bachelor’s Degree Schools” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for City Tech is $2,456 for Bachelor’s Degree Housing students whose families make $0-$30k.

Read more about Housing at City Tech

#2

University of Georgia

Athens, Georgia

Out of the 7 schools in the Best Value Housing Schools for a Bachelor’s For Those Making $0-$30k that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Georgia landed the #2 spot on the list. Athens, Georgia is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelors’s housing degrees to 36 students in 2019-2020.

UGA not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #3 on our “Best Housing Bachelor’s Degree Schools” list. It costs about $7,541 for Bachelor’s Degree Housing students whose families make $0-$30k per year to attend University of Georgia.

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%. Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 94%.

Full University of Georgia Housing Report

Out of the 7 schools in the Best Value Housing Schools for a Bachelor’s For Those Making $0-$30k that were part of this year’s ranking, Brigham Young University - Provo landed the #3 spot on the list. Located in Provo, Utah, this large private not-for-profit school awarded 13 degrees to qualified bachelors’s housing students in 2019-2020.

BYU also made our “Best Housing Bachelor’s Degree Schools” list, coming in at #1. The yearly cost to attend BYU is $8,834 for bachelor’s degree housing students whose families make $0-$30k.

The low student loan default rate of 1.7% 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 92%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its students.

Read more about Housing at Brigham Young University - Provo

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Missouri - Columbia. It ranked #4 on our 2022 Best Value Housing Schools for a Bachelor’s For Those Making $0-$30k list. This large school is located in Columbia, Missouri, and it awarded 35 bachelors’s housing degrees in 2019-2020.

Mizzou also made our “Best Housing Bachelor’s Degree Schools” list, coming in at #4. The yearly cost to attend University of Missouri - Columbia is $10,940 for Bachelor’s Degree Housing students whose families make $0-$30k.

The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 89%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. 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%.

Read more about Housing at Mizzou

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Missouri State University - Springfield. It ranked #5 on our 2022 Best Value Housing Schools for a Bachelor’s For Those Making $0-$30k list. Missouri State University - Springfield is located in Springfield, Missouri and, has a large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 35 bachelors’s housing degrees to qualified students.

Missouri State not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #5 on our “Best Housing Bachelor’s Degree Schools” list. The estimated yearly cost for Missouri State is $12,527 for Bachelor’s Degree Housing students whose families make $0-$30k.

Read full report on Housing at Missouri State

University of Akron Main Campus came in at #6 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Housing Schools for a Bachelor’s For Those Making $0-$30k ranking. University of Akron Main Campus is a public institution located in Akron, Ohio. The school has a fairly large population, and it awarded 12 bachelors’s degrees in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at University of Akron Main Campus, the school also landed the #7 spot in our “Best Housing Bachelor’s Degree Schools” ranking. The yearly cost to attend University of Akron Main Campus is $14,816 for bachelor’s degree housing students whose families make $0-$30k.

Read full report on Housing at University of Akron Main Campus

With a ranking of #7, Ohio University - Athens Campus did quite well on the 2022 Best Value Housing Schools for a Bachelor’s For Those Making $0-$30k list. OHIO Athens is a large school located in Athens, Ohio that handed out 16 bachelors’s housing degrees in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our bachelor’s degree housing students whose families make $0-$30k list, OHIO Athens has also earned the #6 rank in our “Best Housing Bachelor’s Degree Schools” ranking. It costs about $17,584 for Bachelor’s Degree Housing students whose families make $0-$30k per year to attend OHIO Athens.

Full OHIO Athens Housing Report

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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