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2022 Best Vallue General Studies Schools for a Master’s in the Great Lakes Region For Those Making Over $110k

2 Ranked Colleges
18 Degrees Awarded
$43,900 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees*
Best Vallue General Studies Schools for a Master's in the Great Lakes Region For Those Making Over $110k

When pursuing a degree in today’s world, students have many different options to choose from. Our mission at College Factual is to arm you with as much information as we can to help you make that decision. Our “Best Vallue General Studies Schools for a Master’s in the Great Lakes Region For Those Making Over $110k” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.

With 133,583 degrees handed out in 2019-2020, general studies is the 5th most popular major in the United States.

Across the Great Lakes region, there were 14,268 general studies graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 18 general studies graduates with average earnings and debt of $57,039 and $42,488 respectively.

For this year’s “Best Vallue General Studies Schools for a Master’s in the Great Lakes Region For Those Making Over $110k” ranking, we looked at 2 colleges that offer a degree in general studies. The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great general studies programs and cost less that schools of similar quality.

When determining these rankings, we looked at things such as overall quality of the general studies 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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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 Vallue General Studies Schools for a Master’s in the Great Lakes Region For Those Making Over $110k” list to help you make the college decision.

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Best Vallue General Studies Schools for a Master’s in the Great Lakes Region For Those Making Over $110k

The colleges and universities below are the best for great lakes region master’s degree general studies students whose families make more than $110k.

Top 2 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for General Studies (Income Over $110k) in the Great Lakes Region

#1

Ball State University

Muncie, Indiana

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Ball State University. The school came in at #1 for the Best Vallue General Studies Schools for a Master’s in the Great Lakes Region For Those Making Over $110k. Ball State University is a large public school situated in Muncie, Indiana. It awarded 1 masters’s general studies degrees in 2019-2020.

Ball State also took the #0 spot in our “Best General Studies Master’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at Ball State University are $26,204, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Full Ball State General Studies Report

#2

University of Chicago

Chicago, Illinois
#1 in overall quality

Out of the 2 schools in the Best Vallue General Studies Schools for a Master’s in the Great Lakes Region For Those Making Over $110k that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Chicago landed the #2 spot on the list. UChicago is a private not-for-profit institution located in Chicago, Illinois. The school has a fairly large population, and it awarded 16 masters’s degrees in 2019-2020.

UChicago did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best General Studies Master’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at UChicago are $61,548, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Read full report on General Studies at University of Chicago

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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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