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2022 Best Value Adult and Continuing Ed Schools for a Master’s in the Great Lakes Region For Those Making $30-$48k

5 Ranked Colleges
79 Degrees Awarded
$19,700 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees*
Best Value Adult and Continuing Ed Schools for a Master's in the Great Lakes Region For Those Making $30-$48k

When pursuing a degree in today’s world, students have many different options to choose from. At College Factual, we’re committed to helping you make that decision by providing information such as that found in our “Best Value Adult and Continuing Ed Schools for a Master’s in the Great Lakes Region For Those Making $30-$48k” ranking.

Adult & Continuing Education is the 416th most popular major in the country with 1,103 degrees awarded in 2019-2020.

Across the Great Lakes region, there were 103 adult and continuing education graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 79 adult and continuing education graduates with average earnings and debt of $57,039 and $42,488 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Adult and Continuing Ed Schools for a Master’s in the Great Lakes Region For Those Making $30-$48k” ranking analyzed 5 colleges that offered a degree in adult and continuing education. Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent adult and continuing education 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 program at the school and the cost to attend the school once aid has been awarded. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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Best Value Adult and Continuing Ed Schools for a Master’s in the Great Lakes Region For Those Making $30-$48k

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Adult and Continuing Ed Schools for a Master’s in the Great Lakes Region For Those Making $30-$48k.

Top 5 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Adult & Continuing Education (Income $30-$48k) in the Great Lakes Region

#1

Indiana University - Bloomington

Bloomington, Indiana
#2 in overall quality
$33,338 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Indiana University - Bloomington. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Adult and Continuing Ed Schools for a Master’s in the Great Lakes Region For Those Making $30-$48k list. Bloomington, Indiana is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out masters’s adult and continuing ed degrees to 10 students in 2019-2020.

IU Bloomington not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #2 on our “Best Adult & Continuing Education Master’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region” list. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at Indiana University - Bloomington are $33,338.

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#2

Ball State University

Muncie, Indiana
#1 in overall quality
$26,204 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Ball State University. It ranked #2 on our 2022 Best Value Adult and Continuing Ed Schools for a Master’s in the Great Lakes Region For Those Making $30-$48k list. Located in Muncie, Indiana, this large public school awarded 33 degrees to qualified masters’s adult and continuing ed students in 2019-2020.

Ball State did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best Adult & Continuing Education Master’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region” list. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at Ball State University are $26,204.

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#3

Alverno College

Milwaukee, Wisconsin
$10,521 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

Out of the 5 schools in the Best Value Adult and Continuing Ed Schools for a Master’s in the Great Lakes Region For Those Making $30-$48k that were part of this year’s ranking, Alverno College landed the #3 spot on the list. Alverno College is located in Milwaukee, Wisconsin and, has a small student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 3 masters’s adult and continuing ed degrees to qualified students.

In addition to being on our great lakes region master’s degree adult and continuing ed students whose families make $30-$48k list, Alverno has also earned the #0 rank in our “Best Adult & Continuing Education Master’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at Alverno are $10,521, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

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#4

Muskingum University

New Concord, Ohio
#3 in overall quality
$10,260 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Muskingum University. It ranked #4 on our 2022 Best Value Adult and Continuing Ed Schools for a Master’s in the Great Lakes Region For Those Making $30-$48k list. Muskingum University is a private not-for-profit institution located in New Concord, Ohio. The school has a small population, and it awarded 9 masters’s degrees in 2019-2020.

Muskingum did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #3 on our “Best Adult & Continuing Education Master’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at Muskingum University are $10,260, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

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#5

Cleveland State University

Cleveland, Ohio
#4 in overall quality
$17,622 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Cleveland State University. The school came in at #5 for the Best Value Adult and Continuing Ed Schools for a Master’s in the Great Lakes Region For Those Making $30-$48k. Cleveland State University is a public institution located in Cleveland, Ohio. The school has a fairly large population, and it awarded 24 masters’s degrees in 2019-2020.

Cleveland State University also took the #4 spot in our “Best Adult & Continuing Education Master’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region” ranking. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at Cleveland State University are $17,622.

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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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