2022 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Public/Applied History 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. College Factual has developed its “Best Value Public/Applied History Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Great Lakes Region” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.

Public/Applied History is the 815th most popular major in the country with 235 degrees awarded in 2019-2020.

Across the Great Lakes region, there were 41 public/applied history graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 25 public/applied history graduates with average earnings and debt of $39,075 and $25,381 respectively.

For this year’s “Best Value Public/Applied History Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Great Lakes Region” ranking, we looked at 3 colleges that offer a degree in public/applied history. This ranking identifies schools with high-quality public/applied history programs that also have a lower cost than schools of similar quality.

Some of the factors we look at when determining these rankings are overall quality of the public/applied history 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 Public/Applied History Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Great Lakes Region

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Public/Applied History Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Great Lakes Region.

Top 3 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Public/Applied History in the Great Lakes Region

#1

Western Michigan University

Kalamazoo, Michigan

#3 in overall quality

$19,433 Average Net Price

Out of the 3 schools in the Best Value Public/Applied History Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Great Lakes Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Western Michigan University landed the #1 spot on the list. This fairly large school is located in Kalamazoo, Michigan, and it awarded 12 bachelors’s public/applied history degrees in 2019-2020.

WMU not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #3 on our “Best Public/Applied History Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region” list. The yearly cost to attend WMU is $19,433 for Great Lakes Region Bachelor’s Degree Public/Applied History students.

Read more about Public/Applied History at WMU

#2

Central Michigan University

Mount Pleasant, Michigan

#2 in overall quality

$15,981 Average Net Price

Out of the 3 schools in the Best Value Public/Applied History Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Great Lakes Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Central Michigan University landed the #2 spot on the list. This fairly large school is located in Mount Pleasant, Michigan, and it awarded 8 bachelors’s public/applied history degrees in 2019-2020.

Central Michigan did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #2 on our “Best Public/Applied History Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region” list. It costs about $15,981 for great lakes region bachelor’s degree public/applied history students per year to attend Central Michigan University.

Read full report on Public/Applied History at Central Michigan University

#3

Baldwin Wallace University

Berea, Ohio

#1 in overall quality

$22,917 Average Net Price

Out of the 3 schools in the Best Value Public/Applied History Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Great Lakes Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Baldwin Wallace University landed the #3 spot on the list. Baldwin Wallace University is a small private not-for-profit school situated in Berea, Ohio. It awarded 5 bachelors’s public/applied history degrees in 2019-2020.

Baldwin Wallace College also made our “Best Public/Applied History Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region” list, coming in at #1. It costs about $22,917 for Great Lakes Region Bachelor’s Degree Public/Applied History students per year to attend Baldwin Wallace College.

The school has an impressive student loan default rate. It’s only 4.9%, 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 85%.

Read full report on Public/Applied History at Baldwin Wallace College

• Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Public/Applied History

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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