2022 Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Adult & Continuing Education Administration (Income $0-$30k) in the Great Lakes Region

With all of the options students have for higher education today, it can be tough to choose which direction to take. College Factual has developed its “Best Value Adult and Continuing Education Administration Schools for a Doctorate in the Great Lakes Region For Those Making $0-$30k” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.

In 2019-2020, 406 people earned their degree in adult and continuing education administration, making the major the 629th most popular in the United States.

Across the Great Lakes region, there were 77 adult and continuing education administration graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the doctor’s degree level specifically, there were 19 adult and continuing education administration graduates with average earnings and debt of $74,428 and $121,375 respectively.

Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent adult and continuing education administration programs, but they also cost less that schools of similar quality.

When determining these rankings, we looked at things such as overall quality of the adult and continuing education administration program at the school and the cost to attend the school once aid has been awarded. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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When choosing the right school for you, it’s important to arm yourself with all the facts you can. To that end, we’ve created a number of major-specific rankings, including this “Best Value Adult and Continuing Education Administration Schools for a Doctorate in the Great Lakes Region For Those Making $0-$30k” list to help you make the college decision.

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Best Value Adult and Continuing Education Administration Schools for a Doctorate in the Great Lakes Region For Those Making $0-$30k

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Adult and Continuing Education Administration Schools for a Doctorate in the Great Lakes Region For Those Making $0-$30k.

Top 1 Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Adult & Continuing Education Administration (Income $0-$30k) in the Great Lakes Region

#1

Northern Illinois University

Dekalb, Illinois

#1 in overall quality

$11,086 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

Out of the 1 schools in the Best Value Adult and Continuing Education Administration Schools for a Doctorate in the Great Lakes Region For Those Making $0-$30k that were part of this year’s ranking, Northern Illinois University landed the #1 spot on the list. NIU is a fairly large public school situated in Dekalb, Illinois. It awarded 19 doctorate’s adult and continuing education administration degrees in 2019-2020.

NIU also made our “Best Adult & Continuing Education Administration Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region” list, coming in at #1. Average graduate tuition and fees at Northern Illinois University are $11,086, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Read more about Adult & Continuing Education Administration at Northern Illinois University

• Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Adult & Continuing Education Administration (Income $0-$30k)

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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