2025 Best Insurance Schools in the Great Lakes Region
7Colleges in the Great Lakes Region
402Insurance Degrees Awarded
$63,184Avg Early-Career Salary
When it comes to popularity, insurance sits in the middle of the road, ranking #201 out of 395 majors in the country. So, you may have to do some digging around to find quality schools that offer the degree program. This list can help with that.
For its 2025 ranking, College Factual looked at 7 schools in the Great Lakes Region to determine which ones were the best for insurance students pursuing a degree. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 402 degrees in insurance annually.
The insurance program you select can have a big impact on your future. That's why we developed our collection of Best Schools for Insurance rankings. We derive our Best Overall Insurance School rankings by rolling up our degree-level rankings after weighting them by the number of degrees awarded at each school.
In order to find the schools that are the best fit for you, you may want to filter to one of the degree levels below.
Since picking the right college can be one of the most important decisions of your life, we've developed the Best Insurance Schools in the Great Lakes Region ranking, along with many other major-related rankings, to help you make that decision.
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Best Schools for Insurance in the Great Lakes Region
If you aren't interested in a particular degree level and want to know which schools are the overall best at delivering an education for the insurance degrees they offer, see the list below.
University of Wisconsin - Madison is a wonderful decision for students pursuing a degree in insurance. UW - Madison is a fairly large public university located in the city of Madison. A Best Colleges rank of #40 out of 2,152 colleges nationwide means UW - Madison is a great university overall.
There were about 147 insurance students who graduated with this degree at UW - Madison in the most recent data year. Degree recipients from the insurance degree program at University of Wisconsin - Madison get $15,612 more than the typical college grad with the same degree shortly after graduation.
Butler University is one of the finest schools in the United States for getting a degree in insurance. Located in the city of Indianapolis, Butler is a private not-for-profit university with a medium-sized student population. This university ranks 10th out of 41 colleges for overall quality in the state of Indiana.
There were about 49 insurance students who graduated with this degree at Butler in the most recent data year.
University of Cincinnati - Main Campus is a great decision for students interested in a degree in insurance. Located in the large city of Cincinnati, UC is a public university with a very large student population. A Best Colleges rank of #137 out of 2,152 colleges nationwide means UC is a great university overall.
There were approximately 32 insurance students who graduated with this degree at UC in the most recent year we have data available.
It's difficult to beat Illinois State University if you want to pursue a degree in insurance. Illinois State is a very large public university located in the medium-sized suburb of Normal. This university ranks 8th out of 85 schools for overall quality in the state of Illinois.
There were approximately 38 insurance students who graduated with this degree at Illinois State in the most recent data year. After graduation, insurance degree recipients generally earn around $51,499 in the first five years of their career.
Olivet is a fairly small private not-for-profit college located in the rural area of Olivet. This college ranks 39th out of 56 schools for overall quality in the state of Michigan.
There were about 29 insurance students who graduated with this degree at Olivet in the most recent year we have data available. Students who graduate with their degree from the insurance program state that they receive average early career income of $56,027.
Located in the small city of Muncie, Ball State is a public university with a very large student population. A Best Colleges rank of #181 out of 2,152 colleges nationwide means Ball State is a great university overall.
There were roughly 10 insurance students who graduated with this degree at Ball State in the most recent year we have data available.
The bars on the spread charts above show the distribution of the schools on this list +/- one standard deviation from the mean.
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 the rest 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).
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The insurance program you select can have a big impact on your future. That's why we developed our collection of Best Schools for Insurance rankings. We derive our Best Overall Insurance School rankings by rolling up our degree-level rankings after weighting them by the number of degrees awarded at each school.
