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2022 Best Value Political Economy Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Great Lakes Region For Those Getting Aid

1 Ranked Colleges
10 Degrees Awarded
$11,400 Avg Net Price*
Best Value Political Economy Schools for a Bachelor's in the Great Lakes Region For Those Getting Aid

It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. College Factual was founded, in part, to help students make the decision as to what would be the best school for them. Our “Best Value Political Economy Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Great Lakes Region For Those Getting Aid” ranking is part of that endeavor.

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.

Some of the factors we look at when determining these rankings are overall quality of the political economy program at the school and the cost of the school after aid is awarded among other things. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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The political economy school you choose to invest your time and money in matters. To help you make the decision that is right for you, we’ve developed a number of major-specific rankings, including this list of “Best Value Political Economy Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Great Lakes Region For Those Getting Aid”.

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Best Value Political Economy Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Great Lakes Region For Those Getting Aid

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Political Economy Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Great Lakes Region For Those Getting Aid.

Top 1 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Political Economy in the Great Lakes Region (With Aid)

#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 Getting Aid list. This small school is located in Beloit, Wisconsin, and it awarded 4 bachelors’s political economy degrees in 2019-2020.

Beloit also made our “Best Political Economy Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region” list, coming in at #1. The yearly cost to attend Beloit College is $11,433 for great lakes region bachelor’s degree political economy students with aid.

Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 90%. The student-to-faculty ratio of 10 to 1 is a sign that students will have more opportunities to engage with their professors one-on-one. The school has an impressive student loan default rate. It’s only 1.9%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.

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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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