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

1 Ranked Colleges
10 Degrees Awarded
$7,600 Avg Net Price*
Best Value Political Economy Schools for a Bachelor's in the Great Lakes Region For Those Making $30-$48k

Students have lots of options to chooose from today when trying to decide which college to attend. 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 Political Economy Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Great Lakes Region For Those Making $30-$48k” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.

Political Economy is the 685th most popular major in the country with 333 degrees awarded in 2019-2020.

Across the Great Lakes region, there were 10 political economy graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 10 political economy graduates with average earnings and debt of $39,075 and $25,381 respectively.

The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great political economy programs and cost less that schools of similar quality.

When determining these rankings, we looked at things such as overall quality of the political economy program at the school and the cost to attend the school once aid has been awarded. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.

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

The colleges and universities below are the best for great lakes region bachelor’s degree political economy students whose families make $30-$48k.

Top 1 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Political Economy (Income $30-$48k) in the Great Lakes Region

#1

Beloit College

Beloit, Wisconsin
#1 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Beloit College. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Political Economy Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Great Lakes Region For Those Making $30-$48k list. Beloit is located in Beloit, Wisconsin and, has a small student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 4 bachelors’s political economy degrees to qualified students.

Beloit also took the #1 spot in our “Best Political Economy Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for Beloit is $7,628 for Great Lakes Region Bachelor’s Degree Political Economy students whose families make $30-$48k.

The student loan default rate at the school is 1.9%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%. The impressive student-to-faculty ratio of 10 to 1 means that students may have more opportunities to work more closely with their professors than they would at other schools. Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 90%.

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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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