2022 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Adult & Continuing Education (Income Over $110k) in the Great Lakes Region

Students have lots of options to chooose from today when trying to decide which college to attend. One of our goals at College Factual is to give you as much information as we can - such as our “Best Vallue Adult and Continuing Ed Schools for a Master’s in the Great Lakes Region For Those Making Over $110k” ranking - to help you make that decision.

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.

For this year’s “Best Vallue Adult and Continuing Ed Schools for a Master’s in the Great Lakes Region For Those Making Over $110k” ranking, we looked at 5 colleges that offer a degree in adult and continuing education. This ranking identifies schools with high-quality adult and continuing education programs that also have a lower cost than 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. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.

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Best Vallue Adult and Continuing Ed Schools for a Master’s in the Great Lakes Region For Those Making Over $110k

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Vallue Adult and Continuing Ed Schools for a Master’s in the Great Lakes Region For Those Making Over $110k.

Top 5 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Adult & Continuing Education (Income Over $110k) 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 Vallue Adult and Continuing Ed Schools for a Master’s in the Great Lakes Region For Those Making Over $110k list. Located in Muncie, Indiana, this large public school handed out 33 degrees to qualified masters’s adult and continuing ed students in 2019-2020.

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

Read more about Adult & Continuing Education at Ball State University

#2

Indiana University - Bloomington

Bloomington, Indiana

#2 in overall quality

$33,338 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

Out of the 5 schools in the Best Vallue Adult and Continuing Ed Schools for a Master’s in the Great Lakes Region For Those Making Over $110k that were part of this year’s ranking, Indiana University - Bloomington landed the #2 spot on the list. Indiana University - Bloomington is a large school located in Bloomington, Indiana that handed out 10 masters’s adult and continuing ed degrees in 2019-2020.

IU Bloomington also took the #2 spot in our “Best Adult & Continuing Education Master’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at Indiana University - Bloomington are $33,338, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Full IU Bloomington Adult & Continuing Education Report

#3

Cleveland State University

Cleveland, Ohio

#4 in overall quality

$17,622 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

Out of the 5 schools in the Best Vallue Adult and Continuing Ed Schools for a Master’s in the Great Lakes Region For Those Making Over $110k that were part of this year’s ranking, Cleveland State University landed the #3 spot on the list. Cleveland State University is located in Cleveland, Ohio and, has a fairly large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 24 masters’s adult and continuing ed degrees to qualified students.

Cleveland State University did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #4 on our “Best Adult & Continuing Education Master’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at Cleveland State University are $17,622, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Read full report on Adult & Continuing Education at Cleveland State University

#4

Alverno College

Milwaukee, Wisconsin

$10,521 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Alverno College. It ranked #4 on our 2022 Best Vallue Adult and Continuing Ed Schools for a Master’s in the Great Lakes Region For Those Making Over $110k list. Alverno College is a small school located in Milwaukee, Wisconsin that handed out 3 masters’s adult and continuing ed degrees in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our great lakes region master’s degree adult and continuing ed students whose families make more than $110k 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 College are $10,521, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Full Alverno College Adult & Continuing Education Report

#5

Muskingum University

New Concord, Ohio

#3 in overall quality

$10,260 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Muskingum University. The school came in at #5 for the Best Vallue Adult and Continuing Ed Schools for a Master’s in the Great Lakes Region For Those Making Over $110k. Located in New Concord, Ohio, this small private not-for-profit school awarded 9 degrees to qualified masters’s adult and continuing ed students in 2019-2020.

Muskingum also made our “Best Adult & Continuing Education Master’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region” list, coming in at #3. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at Muskingum are $10,260.

Read full report on Adult & Continuing Education at Muskingum

• Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Adult & Continuing Education (Income Over $110k)

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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