2022 Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Adult & Continuing Education (Income $48-$75k) in the Great Lakes Region

When it comes to choosing a college, students have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. 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 Doctorate in the Great Lakes Region For Those Making $48-$75k” 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 doctor’s degree level specifically, there were 6 adult and continuing education graduates with average earnings and debt of $74,428 and $121,375 respectively.

The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great adult and continuing education 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 adult and continuing education program at the school and the cost of the school after aid is awarded among other things. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

More Ways to Rank Adult & Continuing Education Schools

The adult and continuing ed 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 Adult and Continuing Ed Schools for a Doctorate in the Great Lakes Region For Those Making $48-$75k”.

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Best Value Adult and Continuing Ed Schools for a Doctorate in the Great Lakes Region For Those Making $48-$75k

The colleges and universities below are the best for great lakes region doctor’s degree adult and continuing ed students whose families make $48-$75k.

Top 1 Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Adult & Continuing Education (Income $48-$75k) in the Great Lakes Region

#1

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 #1 on our 2022 Best Value Adult and Continuing Ed Schools for a Doctorate in the Great Lakes Region For Those Making $48-$75k list. Ball State is located in Muncie, Indiana and, has a large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 6 doctorate’s adult and continuing ed degrees to qualified students.

Ball State also took the #1 spot in our “Best Adult & Continuing Education Doctor’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 Ball State are $26,204.

Full Ball State Adult & Continuing Education Report

• Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Adult & Continuing Education (Income $48-$75k)

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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