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2022 Best Value Substance Abuse/Addiction Counseling Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Great Lakes Region

7 Ranked Colleges
97 Degrees Awarded
$20,800 Avg Net Price*
Best Value Substance Abuse/Addiction Counseling Schools for a Bachelor's in the Great Lakes Region

When pursuing a degree in today’s world, students have many different options to choose from. 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 Substance Abuse/Addiction Counseling Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Great Lakes Region” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.

Substance Abuse/Addiction Counseling is the 253rd most popular major in the country with 5,728 degrees awarded in 2019-2020.

Across the Great Lakes region, there were 1,212 substance abuse/addiction counseling graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 97 substance abuse/addiction counseling graduates with average earnings and debt of $39,075 and $25,381 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Substance Abuse/Addiction Counseling Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Great Lakes Region” ranking looked at 7 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in substance abuse/addiction counseling. Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent substance abuse/addiction counseling 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 substance abuse/addiction counseling program at the school. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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Best Value Substance Abuse/Addiction Counseling 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 substance abuse/addiction counseling students.

Top 7 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Substance Abuse/Addiction Counseling in the Great Lakes Region

#6 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Indiana Wesleyan University - National & Global. The school came in at #1 for the Best Value Substance Abuse/Addiction Counseling Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Great Lakes Region. IWU is a fairly large school located in Marion, Indiana that handed out 31 bachelors’s substance abuse/addiction counseling degrees in 2019-2020.

IWU also took the #6 spot in our “Best Substance Abuse/Addiction Counseling Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region” ranking. It costs about $22,207 for Great Lakes Region Bachelor’s Degree Substance Abuse/Addiction Counseling students per year to attend IWU.

Full IWU Substance Abuse/Addiction Counseling Report

#2

Ohio Christian University

Circleville, Ohio
#7 in overall quality

Out of the 7 schools in the Best Value Substance Abuse/Addiction Counseling Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Great Lakes Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Ohio Christian University landed the #2 spot on the list. Located in Circleville, Ohio, this small private not-for-profit school handed out 22 diplomas to qualified bachelors’s substance abuse/addiction counseling students in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our great lakes region bachelor’s degree substance abuse/addiction counseling students list, OCU has also earned the #7 rank in our “Best Substance Abuse/Addiction Counseling Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for OCU is $24,500 for Great Lakes Region Bachelor’s Degree Substance Abuse/Addiction Counseling students.

The impressive student-to-faculty ratio of 8 to 1 means that students may have more opportunities to work more closely with their professors than they would at other schools.

Read full report on Substance Abuse/Addiction Counseling at Ohio Christian University

#3

Viterbo University

La Crosse, Wisconsin
#1 in overall quality

Out of the 7 schools in the Best Value Substance Abuse/Addiction Counseling Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Great Lakes Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Viterbo University landed the #3 spot on the list. Viterbo University is located in La Crosse, Wisconsin and, has a small student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 9 bachelors’s substance abuse/addiction counseling degrees to qualified students.

In addition to being on our great lakes region bachelor’s degree substance abuse/addiction counseling students list, Viterbo has also earned the #1 rank in our “Best Substance Abuse/Addiction Counseling Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for Viterbo University is $19,992 for Great Lakes Region Bachelor’s Degree Substance Abuse/Addiction Counseling students.

The school has an impressive student loan default rate. It’s only 3.1%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.

Read full report on Substance Abuse/Addiction Counseling at Viterbo

#4 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Indiana Wesleyan University. The school came in at #4 for the Best Value Substance Abuse/Addiction Counseling Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Great Lakes Region. Marion, Indiana is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out bachelors’s substance abuse/addiction counseling degrees to 7 students in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our great lakes region bachelor’s degree substance abuse/addiction counseling students list, IWU has also earned the #4 rank in our “Best Substance Abuse/Addiction Counseling Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region” ranking. It costs about $20,946 for Great Lakes Region Bachelor’s Degree Substance Abuse/Addiction Counseling students per year to attend IWU.

Read full report on Substance Abuse/Addiction Counseling at Indiana Wesleyan University

#5

University of Detroit Mercy

Detroit, Michigan
#3 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Detroit Mercy. The school came in at #5 for the Best Value Substance Abuse/Addiction Counseling Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Great Lakes Region. Detroit Mercy is located in Detroit, Michigan and, has a small student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 3 bachelors’s substance abuse/addiction counseling degrees to qualified students.

In addition to being on our great lakes region bachelor’s degree substance abuse/addiction counseling students list, Detroit Mercy has also earned the #3 rank in our “Best Substance Abuse/Addiction Counseling Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for University of Detroit Mercy is $18,356 for Great Lakes Region Bachelor’s Degree Substance Abuse/Addiction Counseling students.

The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 86%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. The student loan default rate at the school is 3.5%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.

Full Detroit Mercy Substance Abuse/Addiction Counseling Report

#5 in overall quality

University of Cincinnati - Main Campus came in at #6 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Substance Abuse/Addiction Counseling Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Great Lakes Region ranking. UC is a large school located in Cincinnati, Ohio that handed out 18 bachelors’s substance abuse/addiction counseling degrees in 2019-2020.

UC not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #5 on our “Best Substance Abuse/Addiction Counseling Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region” list. It costs about $21,843 for Great Lakes Region Bachelor’s Degree Substance Abuse/Addiction Counseling students per year to attend UC.

The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 88%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.

Read more about Substance Abuse/Addiction Counseling at UC

#7

University of St Francis

Joliet, Illinois
#2 in overall quality

University of St Francis ranked #7 on this year’s Best Value Substance Abuse/Addiction Counseling Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Great Lakes Region list. Joliet, Illinois is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out bachelors’s substance abuse/addiction counseling degrees to 4 students in 2019-2020.

University of Saint Francis also made our “Best Substance Abuse/Addiction Counseling Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region” list, coming in at #2. The estimated yearly cost for University of Saint Francis is $17,538 for Great Lakes Region Bachelor’s Degree Substance Abuse/Addiction Counseling students.

The school has an impressive student loan default rate. It’s only 3.3%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.

Full University of St Francis Substance Abuse/Addiction Counseling 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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