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2022 Best Value Portuguese Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Great Lakes Region

4 Ranked Colleges
7 Degrees Awarded
$16,100 Avg Net Price*
Best Value Portuguese Schools for a Bachelor's in the Great Lakes Region

When it comes to choosing a college, students have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. 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 Portuguese Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Great Lakes Region” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.

In 2019-2020, 84 people earned their degree in Portuguese, making the major the 995th most popular in the United States.

Across the Great Lakes region, there were 13 Portuguese graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 7 Portuguese graduates with average earnings and debt of $39,075 and $25,381 respectively.

For this year’s “Best Value Portuguese Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Great Lakes Region” ranking, we looked at 4 colleges that offer a degree in Portuguese. The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great Portuguese programs and cost less that schools of similar quality.

Some of the factors we look at when determining these rankings are overall quality of the Portuguese 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 Portuguese Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Great Lakes Region

The colleges and universities below are the best for great lakes region bachelor’s degree portuguese students.

Top 4 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Portuguese in the Great Lakes Region

#2 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Portuguese Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Great Lakes Region list. UIUC is a large public school situated in Champaign, Illinois. It awarded 2 bachelors’s Portuguese degrees in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our great lakes region bachelor’s degree portuguese students list, UIUC has also earned the #2 rank in our “Best Portuguese Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region” ranking. The yearly cost to attend University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign is $15,880 for Great Lakes Region Bachelor’s Degree Portuguese students.

The student loan default rate at the school is 2.4%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%. Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 94%.

Read full report on Portuguese at UIUC

#3 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Ohio State University - Main Campus. The school came in at #2 for the Best Value Portuguese Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Great Lakes Region. This large school is located in Columbus, Ohio, and it awarded 1 bachelors’s Portuguese degrees in 2019-2020.

Ohio State not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #3 on our “Best Portuguese Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region” list. The yearly cost to attend Ohio State University - Main Campus is $17,616 for great lakes region bachelor’s degree portuguese students.

The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 94%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. The student loan default rate at the school is 4.4%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.

Full Ohio State University - Main Campus Portuguese Report

#1 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Wisconsin - Madison. It ranked #3 on our 2022 Best Value Portuguese Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Great Lakes Region list. Madison, Wisconsin is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelors’s Portuguese degrees to 2 students in 2019-2020.

UW - Madison also made our “Best Portuguese Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region” list, coming in at #1. It costs about $17,708 for Great Lakes Region Bachelor’s Degree Portuguese students per year to attend UW - Madison.

With a freshman retention rate of 95%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its students. The student loan default rate at the school is 0.8%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.

Read full report on Portuguese at University of Wisconsin - Madison

#4

Indiana University - Bloomington

Bloomington, Indiana
#4 in overall quality

Out of the 4 schools in the Best Value Portuguese Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Great Lakes Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Indiana University - Bloomington landed the #4 spot on the list. Located in Bloomington, Indiana, this large public school awarded 2 degrees to qualified bachelors’s Portuguese students in 2019-2020.

IU Bloomington did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #4 on our “Best Portuguese Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region” list. It costs about $13,253 for great lakes region bachelor’s degree portuguese students per year to attend IU Bloomington.

Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 91%. The low student loan default rate of 4.3% 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%.

Full IU Bloomington Portuguese Report

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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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