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2022 Best Value Housing Schools for a Bachelor’s For Those Making $48-$75k

7 Ranked Colleges
169 Degrees Awarded
$43,433 Avg Salary
Best Value Housing Schools for a Bachelor's For Those Making $48-$75k

When pursuing a degree in today’s world, students have many different options to choose from. 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 $48-$75k” 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 $48-$75k” ranking analyzed 7 colleges that offered a degree in housing. The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great housing 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 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.

One Size Does Not Fit All

When choosing the right school for you, it’s important to arm yourself with all the facts you can. To that end, we’ve created a number of major-specific rankings, including this “Best Value Housing Schools for a Bachelor’s For Those Making $48-$75k” list to help you make the college decision.

We’ve created a tool called College Combat that lets you create your own customized comparisons based on the factors that matter the most to you. Test it out when you get a chance! You may also want to bookmark the link and share it with others who are trying to make the college decision.

Best Value Housing Schools for a Bachelor’s For Those Making $48-$75k

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Housing Schools for a Bachelor’s For Those Making $48-$75k.

Top 7 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Housing (Income $48-$75k)

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend New York City College of Technology. The school came in at #1 for the Best Value Housing Schools for a Bachelor’s For Those Making $48-$75k. City Tech is located in Brooklyn, New York and, has a fairly large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 20 bachelors’s housing degrees to qualified students.

City Tech also took the #2 spot in our “Best Housing Bachelor’s Degree Schools” ranking. It costs about $8,282 for bachelor’s degree housing students whose families make $48-$75k per year to attend New York City College of Technology.

Read full report on Housing at City Tech

Out of the 7 schools in the Best Value Housing Schools for a Bachelor’s For Those Making $48-$75k that were part of this year’s ranking, Brigham Young University - Provo landed the #2 spot on the list. This large school is located in Provo, Utah, and it awarded 13 bachelors’s housing degrees in 2019-2020.

BYU not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #1 on our “Best Housing Bachelor’s Degree Schools” list. The estimated yearly cost for BYU is $12,466 for Bachelor’s Degree Housing students whose families make $48-$75k.

Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 92%. The low student loan default rate of 1.7% is a good sign that students have an easier time paying off their loans than they might at other schools. For comparison, the national default rate is 10.1%.

Full Brigham Young University - Provo Housing Report

Out of the 7 schools in the Best Value Housing Schools for a Bachelor’s For Those Making $48-$75k that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Missouri - Columbia landed the #3 spot on the list. Located in Columbia, Missouri, this large public school handed out 35 degrees to qualified bachelors’s housing students in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our bachelor’s degree housing students whose families make $48-$75k list, Mizzou has also earned the #4 rank in our “Best Housing Bachelor’s Degree Schools” ranking. The yearly cost to attend Mizzou is $13,145 for bachelor’s degree housing students whose families make $48-$75k.

The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 89%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. The low student loan default rate of 3.6% is a good sign that students have an easier time paying off their loans than they might at other schools. For comparison, the national default rate is 10.1%.

Read more about Housing at University of Missouri - Columbia

#4

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 #4 for the Best Value Housing Schools for a Bachelor’s For Those Making $48-$75k. Located in Athens, Georgia, this large public school handed out 36 diplomas to qualified bachelors’s housing students in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at UGA, the school also landed the #3 spot in our “Best Housing Bachelor’s Degree Schools” ranking. It costs about $14,748 for bachelor’s degree housing students whose families make $48-$75k per year to attend University of Georgia.

The low student loan default rate of 2.5% is a good sign that students have an easier time paying off their loans than they might at other schools. For comparison, the national default rate is 10.1%. With a freshman retention rate of 94%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its students.

Read full report on Housing at University of Georgia

Out of the 7 schools in the Best Value Housing Schools for a Bachelor’s For Those Making $48-$75k that were part of this year’s ranking, Missouri State University - Springfield landed the #5 spot on the list. Missouri State is a public institution located in Springfield, Missouri. The school has a large population, and it awarded 35 bachelors’s degrees in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our bachelor’s degree housing students whose families make $48-$75k list, Missouri State has also earned the #5 rank in our “Best Housing Bachelor’s Degree Schools” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for Missouri State University - Springfield is $16,204 for bachelor’s degree housing students whose families make $48-$75k.

Read more about Housing at Missouri State University - Springfield

With a ranking of #6, University of Akron Main Campus did quite well on the 2022 Best Value Housing Schools for a Bachelor’s For Those Making $48-$75k list. University of Akron Main Campus is a public institution located in Akron, Ohio. The school has a fairly large population, and it awarded 12 bachelors’s degrees in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our bachelor’s degree housing students whose families make $48-$75k list, University of Akron Main Campus has also earned the #7 rank in our “Best Housing Bachelor’s Degree Schools” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for University of Akron Main Campus is $18,630 for bachelor’s degree housing students whose families make $48-$75k.

Read full report on Housing at University of Akron Main Campus

Ohio University - Athens Campus came in at #7 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Housing Schools for a Bachelor’s For Those Making $48-$75k ranking. OHIO Athens is located in Athens, Ohio and, has a large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 16 bachelors’s housing degrees to qualified students.

OHIO Athens did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #6 on our “Best Housing Bachelor’s Degree Schools” list. The estimated yearly cost for Ohio University - Athens Campus is $22,337 for Bachelor’s Degree Housing students whose families make $48-$75k.

Full OHIO Athens Housing Report

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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