2023 Best Value Housing Schools in the Plains States Region For Those Making $48-$75k

It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. 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 Housing Schools in the Plains States Region For Those Making $48-$75k” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.

In 2020-2021, 302 people earned their degree in housing, making the major the 316th most popular in the United States. In 2019-2020, housing graduates who were awarded their degree in 2017-2019, earned an average of $45,369 and had an average of $23,582 in loans still to pay off.

Across the Plains States region, there were 68 housing graduates with average earnings and debt of $41,251 and $25,228 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Housing Schools in the Plains States Region For Those Making $48-$75k” ranking analyzed 2 colleges that offered a degree in housing. Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent housing programs, but they also cost less that schools of similar quality.

When determining these rankings, we looked at things such as overall quality of the housing program at the school and the cost to attend the school once aid has been awarded. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.

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Best Value Housing Schools in the Plains States Region For Those Making $48-$75k

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Housing Schools in the Plains States Region For Those Making $48-$75k.

Top 2 Best Value Colleges for Housing (Income $48-$75k) in the Plains States Region

1

University of Missouri - Columbia
Columbia, Missouri

#1 in overall quality

$13,715 Average Net Price

$46,901 Average Early-Career Earnings

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Missouri - Columbia. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Best Value Housing Schools in the Plains States Region For Those Making $48-$75k list. Located in Columbia, Missouri, this large public school awarded 38 diplomas to qualified ’s housing students in 2020-2021.

Mizzou also took the #1 spot in our “Best Housing Schools in the Plains States Region” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for University of Missouri - Columbia is $13,715 for plains states region housing students whose families make $48-$75k.

With a freshman retention rate of 89%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students. The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 2.5%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.

Full Mizzou Housing Report

2

Missouri State University - Springfield
Springfield, Missouri

#2 in overall quality

$15,950 Average Net Price

$40,472 Average Early-Career Earnings

Out of the 2 schools in the Best Value Housing Schools in the Plains States Region For Those Making $48-$75k that were part of this year’s ranking, Missouri State University - Springfield landed the #2 spot on the list. This large school is located in Springfield, Missouri, and it awarded 28 ’s housing degrees in 2020-2021.

Missouri State did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #2 on our “Best Housing Schools in the Plains States Region” list. It costs about $15,950 for plains states region housing students whose families make $48-$75k per year to attend Missouri State University - Springfield.

The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 3.9%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.

Read full report on Housing at Missouri State University - Springfield

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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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