2024 Best Housing Bachelor's Degree Schools in the Plains States Region

You'll be studying one of the lesser sought-after majors if you pursue a Bachelor's Degree in housing. It is ranked #273 out of 363 major degree programs in terms of popularity. While this may limit the number of schools that offer the degree program, there are still top-quality ones to be found.

For its 2024 ranking, College Factual looked at 2 schools in the Plains States Region to determine which ones were the best for housing students pursuing a bachelor's degree. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 66 bachelor's degrees in housing during the 2020-2021 academic year.

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Average Early-Career Salaries

Average early-career salary of those graduating with their bachelor's degree is one indicator we use in our analysis to find the schools that offer the highest-quality education. After all, your bachelor's degree won't mean much if it doesn't help you find a job that will help you earn a living.

Other Factors We Consider

In addition to the above, you should consider some of the following factors:

• Major Focus - How much a school focuses on housing students vs. other majors.
• Major Demand - How many other housing students want to attend this school to pursue a bachelor's degree.
• Educational Resources - The amount of money and other resources allocated to students while they are pursuing their degree. These resources include such things as number of students per instructor and education expenditures per student.
• Student Debt - How easy is it for housing to pay back their student loans after receiving their bachelor's degree.
• Accreditation - Whether a school is regionally accredited and/or accredited by a recognized housing related body.

Our complete ranking methodology documents in more detail how we consider these factors to identify the best colleges for housing students working on their bachelor's degree.

One Size Does Not Fit All

Since the program you select can have a significant impact on your future, we've developed a number of rankings, including this Best Housing Bachelor's Degree Schools in the Plains States Region list, to help you choose the best school for you.

To further help you make the college decision, we've developed a unique tool called College Combat that allows you to compare schools based on the factors that matter the most to you. Go ahead and give it a try, or bookmark the link so you can check it out later.

Best Schools for Bachelor’s Students to Study Housing in the Plains States Region

Below you'll see a list of the best colleges and universities for pursuing a bachelor's degree in housing.

Top Plains States Region Schools for a Bachelor's in Housing

1

University of Missouri - Columbia
Columbia, MO

37 Annual Graduates

$43,809 Median Starting Salary

$26,802 Median Student Debt

Any student pursuing a degree in a bachelor's degree in housing has to look into University of Missouri - Columbia. Mizzou is a fairly large public university located in the midsize city of Columbia.

Housing bachelor's degree recipients from University of Missouri - Columbia earn a boost of approximately $2,559 above the typical earnings of housing majors.

More information about a bachelor’s in housing from University of Missouri - Columbia

2

Missouri State University - Springfield
Springfield, MO

28 Annual Graduates

$38,692 Median Starting Salary

$26,411 Median Student Debt

Missouri State University - Springfield is one of the finest schools in the United States for getting a bachelor's degree in housing. Located in the city of Springfield, Missouri State is a public university with a very large student population.

Bachelor's students who receive their degree from the housing program make an average of $38,692 for their early career.

More information about a bachelor’s in housing from Missouri State University - Springfield

Best Housing Colleges by State

Explore the best housing colleges for a specific state in the Plains States Region .

State	Colleges	Degrees Awarded
Missouri	228	65
Minnesota	215	1
Nebraska	180	0

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Rankings in Majors Related to Housing

Housing is one of 8 different types of Family, Consumer & Human Sciences programs to choose from.

Housing Focus Areas

Major	Annual Graduates
General Housing & Human Environments	66

Majors Similar to Housing

Related Major	Annual Graduates
Human Development & Family Studies	703
Family & Consumer Economics	302
Textile & Apparel Studies	292
Food, Nutrition & Related Services	274
General Family & Consumer Sciences	164
Family, Consumer & Human Sciences (Other)	13

Notes and References

• The bars on the spread charts above show the distribution of the schools on this list +/- one standard deviation from the mean.
• 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 the rest 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).
• Credit for the banner image above goes to Orygun. More about our data sources and methodologies.