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2022 Best Value Folklore Studies Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Great Lakes Region For Those Making $0-$30k

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10 Degrees Awarded
$5,000 Avg Net Price*
Best Value Folklore Studies Schools for a Bachelor's in the Great Lakes Region For Those Making $0-$30k

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 Folklore Studies Schools for a Bachelor’s 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, 38 people earned their degree in folklore studies, making the major the 1104th most popular in the United States.

Across the Great Lakes region, there were 22 folklore studies graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 10 folklore studies graduates with average earnings and debt of $39,075 and $25,381 respectively.

Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent folklore studies programs, but they also cost less that schools of similar quality.

Some of the factors we look at when determining these rankings are overall quality of the folklore studies 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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Since picking the right college can be one of the most important decisions of your life, we’ve developed the “Best Value Folklore Studies Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Great Lakes Region For Those Making $0-$30k” ranking, along with many other major-related rankings, to help you make that decision.

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Best Value Folklore Studies Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Great Lakes Region For Those Making $0-$30k

The colleges and universities below are the best for great lakes region bachelor’s degree folklore studies students whose families make $0-$30k.

Top 1 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Folklore Studies (Income $0-$30k) in the Great Lakes Region

#1

Indiana University - Bloomington

Bloomington, Indiana
#1 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Indiana University - Bloomington. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Folklore Studies Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Great Lakes Region For Those Making $0-$30k list. Located in Bloomington, Indiana, this large public school awarded 10 degrees to qualified bachelors’s folklore studies students in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at IU Bloomington, the school also landed the #1 spot in our “Best Folklore Studies Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for Indiana University - Bloomington is $4,969 for great lakes region bachelor’s degree folklore studies students whose families make $0-$30k.

The school has an impressive student loan default rate. It’s only 4.3%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%. The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 91%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.

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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%.

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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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