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

4 Ranked Colleges
7 Degrees Awarded
$5,800 Avg Net Price*
Best Value Portuguese Schools for a Bachelor's in the Great Lakes Region For Those Making $0-$30k

It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. 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 Portuguese Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Great Lakes Region For Those Making $0-$30k” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.

Portuguese is the 995th most popular major in the country with 84 degrees awarded in 2019-2020.

Across the Great Lakes region, there were 13 Portuguese graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 7 Portuguese graduates with average earnings and debt of $39,075 and $25,381 respectively.

For this year’s “Best Value Portuguese Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Great Lakes Region For Those Making $0-$30k” ranking, we looked at 4 colleges that offer a degree in Portuguese. Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent Portuguese programs, but they also cost less that schools of similar quality.

When determining these rankings, we looked at things such as overall quality of the Portuguese program at the school and the cost to attend the school once aid has been awarded. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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The portuguese school you choose to invest your time and money in matters. To help you make the decision that is right for you, we’ve developed a number of major-specific rankings, including this list of “Best Value Portuguese Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Great Lakes Region For Those Making $0-$30k”.

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Best Value Portuguese 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 portuguese students whose families make $0-$30k.

Top 4 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Portuguese (Income $0-$30k) in the Great Lakes Region

#1 in overall quality

Out of the 4 schools in the Best Value Portuguese Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Great Lakes Region For Those Making $0-$30k that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Wisconsin - Madison landed the #1 spot on the list. Located in Madison, Wisconsin, this large public school awarded 2 degrees to qualified bachelors’s Portuguese students in 2019-2020.

UW - Madison also made our “Best Portuguese Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region” list, coming in at #1. It costs about $4,367 for Great Lakes Region Bachelor’s Degree Portuguese students whose families make $0-$30k per year to attend UW - Madison.

The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 95%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. The school has an impressive student loan default rate. It’s only 0.8%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.

Read more about Portuguese at UW - Madison

#2 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. The school came in at #2 for the Best Value Portuguese Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Great Lakes Region For Those Making $0-$30k. UIUC is a large public school situated in Champaign, Illinois. It awarded 2 bachelors’s Portuguese degrees in 2019-2020.

UIUC also took the #2 spot in our “Best Portuguese Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region” ranking. The yearly cost to attend University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign is $5,477 for great lakes region bachelor’s degree portuguese students whose families make $0-$30k.

The low student loan default rate of 2.4% 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%. Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 94%.

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#3

Indiana University - Bloomington

Bloomington, Indiana
#4 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Indiana University - Bloomington. It ranked #3 on our 2022 Best Value Portuguese Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Great Lakes Region For Those Making $0-$30k list. Indiana University - Bloomington is a large public school situated in Bloomington, Indiana. It awarded 2 bachelors’s Portuguese degrees in 2019-2020.

IU Bloomington also took the #4 spot in our “Best Portuguese Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for IU Bloomington is $4,969 for Great Lakes Region Bachelor’s Degree Portuguese students whose families make $0-$30k.

With a freshman retention rate of 91%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its students. 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%.

Read more about Portuguese at IU Bloomington

#3 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Ohio State University - Main Campus. It ranked #4 on our 2022 Best Value Portuguese Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Great Lakes Region For Those Making $0-$30k list. Ohio State is a large school located in Columbus, Ohio that handed out 1 bachelors’s Portuguese degrees in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at Ohio State, the school also landed the #3 spot in our “Best Portuguese Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region” ranking. The yearly cost to attend Ohio State is $8,194 for Great Lakes Region Bachelor’s Degree Portuguese students whose families make $0-$30k.

With a freshman retention rate of 94%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its students. The low student loan default rate of 4.4% 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 full report on Portuguese at Ohio State University - Main Campus

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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%.

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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