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2022 Best Value Other Social Sciences Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Great Lakes Region For Those Making $30-$48k

5 Ranked Colleges
145 Degrees Awarded
$12,800 Avg Net Price*
Best Value Other Social Sciences Schools for a Bachelor's in the Great Lakes Region For Those Making $30-$48k

It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. College Factual has developed its “Best Value Other Social Sciences Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Great Lakes Region For Those Making $30-$48k” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.

Other Social Sciences is the 175th most popular major in the country with 2,491 degrees awarded in 2019-2020. In 2017-2018, other social sciences graduates who were awarded their degree in 2015-2017, earned an average of $33,168 and had an average of $25,972 in loans still to pay off.

Across the Great Lakes region, there were 166 other social sciences graduates with average earnings and debt of $28,733 and $26,865 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 145 other social sciences graduates with average earnings and debt of $39,075 and $25,381 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Other Social Sciences Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Great Lakes Region For Those Making $30-$48k” ranking looked at 5 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in other social sciences. The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great other social sciences 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 other social sciences program at the school and the cost of the school after aid is awarded among other things. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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Best Value Other Social Sciences Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Great Lakes Region For Those Making $30-$48k

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Other Social Sciences Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Great Lakes Region For Those Making $30-$48k.

Top 5 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Other Social Sciences (Income $30-$48k) in the Great Lakes Region

#1

University of Chicago

Chicago, Illinois
#1 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Chicago. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Other Social Sciences Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Great Lakes Region For Those Making $30-$48k list. UChicago is a fairly large school located in Chicago, Illinois that handed out 2 bachelors’s other social sciences degrees in 2019-2020.

UChicago did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best Other Social Sciences Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region” list. The yearly cost to attend University of Chicago is $2,800 for Great Lakes Region Bachelor’s Degree Other Social Sciences students whose families make $30-$48k.

The student-to-faculty ratio of 5 to 1 is a sign that students will have more opportunities to engage with their professors one-on-one. The student loan default rate at the school is 0.6%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%. The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 100%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.

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Out of the 5 schools in the Best Value Other Social Sciences Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Great Lakes Region For Those Making $30-$48k that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Wisconsin - Green Bay landed the #2 spot on the list. Located in Green Bay, Wisconsin, this medium-sized public school handed out 30 diplomas to qualified bachelors’s other social sciences students in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our great lakes region bachelor’s degree other social sciences students whose families make $30-$48k list, UW - Green Bay has also earned the #2 rank in our “Best Other Social Sciences Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region” ranking. It costs about $11,641 for great lakes region bachelor’s degree other social sciences students whose families make $30-$48k per year to attend University of Wisconsin - Green Bay.

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#3

Central Michigan University

Mount Pleasant, Michigan

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Central Michigan University. The school came in at #3 for the Best Value Other Social Sciences Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Great Lakes Region For Those Making $30-$48k. Central Michigan is a fairly large school located in Mount Pleasant, Michigan that handed out 70 bachelors’s other social sciences degrees in 2019-2020.

Central Michigan also made our “Best Other Social Sciences Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region” list, coming in at #3. The yearly cost to attend Central Michigan is $12,127 for Great Lakes Region Bachelor’s Degree Other Social Sciences students whose families make $30-$48k.

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#4

Kalamazoo College

Kalamazoo, Michigan

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Kalamazoo College. The school came in at #4 for the Best Value Other Social Sciences Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Great Lakes Region For Those Making $30-$48k. Located in Kalamazoo, Michigan, this small private not-for-profit school handed out 23 degrees to qualified bachelors’s other social sciences students in 2019-2020.

K College not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #4 on our “Best Other Social Sciences Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region” list. It costs about $16,574 for Great Lakes Region Bachelor’s Degree Other Social Sciences students whose families make $30-$48k per year to attend K College.

The school has an impressive student loan default rate. It’s only 1.2%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.

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#5

Benedictine University

Lisle, Illinois

Out of the 5 schools in the Best Value Other Social Sciences Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Great Lakes Region For Those Making $30-$48k that were part of this year’s ranking, Benedictine University landed the #5 spot on the list. Located in Lisle, Illinois, this small private not-for-profit school awarded 10 degrees to qualified bachelors’s other social sciences students in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at Benedictine U, the school also landed the #5 spot in our “Best Other Social Sciences Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region” ranking. The yearly cost to attend Benedictine U is $20,915 for great lakes region bachelor’s degree other social sciences students whose families make $30-$48k.

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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%.

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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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