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2022 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Housing (Income $30-$48k)

7 Ranked Colleges
169 Degrees Awarded
$12,100 Avg Net Price*
Best Value Housing Schools for a Bachelor's For Those Making $30-$48k

When it comes to choosing a college, students have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. College Factual was founded, in part, to help students make the decision as to what would be the best school for them. Our “Best Value Housing Schools for a Bachelor’s For Those Making $30-$48k” ranking is part of that endeavor.

In 2019-2020, 911 people earned their degree in housing, making the major the 310th most popular in the United States. In 2017-2018, housing graduates who were awarded their degree in 2015-2017, earned an average of $43,433 and had an average of $24,194 in loans still to pay off.

At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 169 housing graduates with average earnings and debt of $38,303 and $24,501 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Housing Schools for a Bachelor’s For Those Making $30-$48k” ranking looked at 7 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in housing. Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent housing 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 housing 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 Housing Schools for a Bachelor’s For Those Making $30-$48k” ranking, along with many other major-related rankings, to help you make that decision.

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Best Value Housing Schools for a Bachelor’s For Those Making $30-$48k

The colleges and universities below are the best for bachelor’s degree housing students whose families make $30-$48k.

Top 7 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Housing (Income $30-$48k)

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend New York City College of Technology. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Housing Schools for a Bachelor’s For Those Making $30-$48k list. New York City College of Technology is a public institution located in Brooklyn, New York. The school has a fairly large population, and it awarded 20 bachelors’s degrees in 2019-2020.

City Tech did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #2 on our “Best Housing Bachelor’s Degree Schools” list. It costs about $4,390 for Bachelor’s Degree Housing students whose families make $30-$48k per year to attend New York City College of Technology.

Read full report on Housing at New York City College of Technology

Out of the 7 schools in the Best Value Housing Schools for a Bachelor’s For Those Making $30-$48k that were part of this year’s ranking, Brigham Young University - Provo landed the #2 spot on the list. Brigham Young University - Provo is a large private not-for-profit school situated in Provo, Utah. It awarded 13 bachelors’s housing degrees in 2019-2020.

BYU did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best Housing Bachelor’s Degree Schools” list. It costs about $10,425 for Bachelor’s Degree Housing students whose families make $30-$48k per year to attend BYU.

The student loan default rate at the school is 1.7%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%. Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 92%.

Read more about Housing at BYU

#3

University of Georgia

Athens, Georgia

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Georgia. The school came in at #3 for the Best Value Housing Schools for a Bachelor’s For Those Making $30-$48k. University of Georgia is a large public school situated in Athens, Georgia. It awarded 36 bachelors’s housing degrees in 2019-2020.

UGA also took the #3 spot in our “Best Housing Bachelor’s Degree Schools” ranking. It costs about $10,241 for bachelor’s degree housing students whose families make $30-$48k per year to attend University of Georgia.

The student loan default rate at the school is 2.5%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%. With a freshman retention rate of 94%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its students.

Read more about Housing at UGA

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Missouri - Columbia. It ranked #4 on our 2022 Best Value Housing Schools for a Bachelor’s For Those Making $30-$48k list. Columbia, Missouri is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelors’s housing degrees to 35 students in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at Mizzou, the school also landed the #4 spot in our “Best Housing Bachelor’s Degree Schools” ranking. It costs about $11,595 for bachelor’s degree housing students whose families make $30-$48k per year to attend Mizzou.

The school has an impressive student loan default rate. It’s only 3.6%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%. With a freshman retention rate of 89%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its students.

Read full report on Housing at Mizzou

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Missouri State University - Springfield. It ranked #5 on our 2022 Best Value Housing Schools for a Bachelor’s For Those Making $30-$48k list. Springfield, Missouri is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelors’s housing degrees to 35 students in 2019-2020.

Missouri State also took the #5 spot in our “Best Housing Bachelor’s Degree Schools” ranking. It costs about $13,488 for bachelor’s degree housing students whose families make $30-$48k per year to attend Missouri State University - Springfield.

Read full report on Housing at Missouri State

University of Akron Main Campus ranked #6 on this year’s Best Value Housing Schools for a Bachelor’s For Those Making $30-$48k list. University of Akron Main Campus is a fairly large public school situated in Akron, Ohio. It awarded 12 bachelors’s housing degrees in 2019-2020.

University of Akron Main Campus did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #7 on our “Best Housing Bachelor’s Degree Schools” list. The yearly cost to attend University of Akron Main Campus is $15,803 for bachelor’s degree housing students whose families make $30-$48k.

Read more about Housing at University of Akron Main Campus

Ohio University - Athens Campus did quite well in the 2022 Best Value Housing Schools for a Bachelor’s For Those Making $30-$48k ranking, coming in at #7. Located in Athens, Ohio, this large public school awarded 16 diplomas to qualified bachelors’s housing students in 2019-2020.

OHIO Athens did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #6 on our “Best Housing Bachelor’s Degree Schools” list. It costs about $18,863 for bachelor’s degree housing students whose families make $30-$48k per year to attend Ohio University - Athens Campus.

Read more about Housing at Ohio University - Athens Campus

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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