2022 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for General Housing & Human Environments (Income $0-$30k) in the Plains States Region

When it comes to choosing a college, students have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. Our mission at College Factual is to arm you with as much information as we can to help you make that decision. Our “Best Value Housing & Human Environments Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Plains States Region For Those Making $0-$30k” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.

In 2019-2020, 192 people earned their degree in general housing and human environments, making the major the 819th most popular in the United States.

Across the Plains States region, there were 72 general housing and human environments graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 70 general housing and human environments graduates with average earnings and debt of $39,786 and $25,576 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Housing & Human Environments Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Plains States Region For Those Making $0-$30k” ranking looked at 2 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in general housing and human environments. This ranking identifies schools with high-quality general housing and human environments 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 general housing and human environments program at the school and the cost of the school after aid is awarded among other things. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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Best Value Housing & Human Environments Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Plains States Region For Those Making $0-$30k

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Housing & Human Environments Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Plains States Region For Those Making $0-$30k.

Top 2 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for General Housing & Human Environments (Income $0-$30k) in the Plains States Region

#1

University of Missouri - Columbia

Columbia, Missouri

#1 in overall quality

$10,940 Average Net Price

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Missouri - Columbia. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Housing & Human Environments Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Plains States Region For Those Making $0-$30k list. Located in Columbia, Missouri, this large public school handed out 35 degrees to qualified bachelors’s housing and human environments students in 2019-2020.

Mizzou not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #1 on our “Best General Housing & Human Environments Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region” list. It costs about $10,940 for plains states region bachelor’s degree housing & human environments students whose families make $0-$30k per year to attend University of Missouri - Columbia.

With a freshman retention rate of 89%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its students. The student loan default rate at the school is 3.6%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.

Read full report on General Housing & Human Environments at Mizzou

#2

Missouri State University - Springfield

Springfield, Missouri

#2 in overall quality

$12,527 Average Net Price

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Missouri State University - Springfield. It ranked #2 on our 2022 Best Value Housing & Human Environments Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Plains States Region For Those Making $0-$30k list. Located in Springfield, Missouri, this large public school awarded 35 degrees to qualified bachelors’s housing and human environments students in 2019-2020.

Missouri State also made our “Best General Housing & Human Environments Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region” list, coming in at #2. It costs about $12,527 for Plains States Region Bachelor’s Degree Housing & Human Environments students whose families make $0-$30k per year to attend Missouri State University - Springfield.

Read more about General Housing & Human Environments at Missouri State University - Springfield

• Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for General Housing & Human Environments (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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