2022 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Classical & Ancient Studies (Income $0-$30k) in Michigan

It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. 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 Classics Schools for a Bachelor’s in Michigan For Those Making $0-$30k” ranking is part of that endeavor.

In 2019-2020, 262 people earned their degree in classical and ancient studies, making the major the 300th most popular in the United States. In 2017-2018, classical and ancient studies graduates who were awarded their degree in 2015-2017, earned an average of $0 and had an average of $21,133 in loans still to pay off.

Across Michigan, there were 21 classical and ancient studies graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 15 classical and ancient studies graduates with average earnings and debt of $40,161 and $25,915 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Classics Schools for a Bachelor’s in Michigan For Those Making $0-$30k” ranking analyzed 2 colleges that offered a degree in classical and ancient studies. This ranking identifies schools with high-quality classical and ancient studies programs that also have a lower cost than schools of similar quality.

To come up with these rankings, we looked at factors such as the cost to attend the school after aid is awarded and overall quality of the classical and ancient studies program at the school. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.

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Best Value Classics Schools for a Bachelor’s in Michigan For Those Making $0-$30k

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Classics Schools for a Bachelor’s in Michigan For Those Making $0-$30k.

Top 2 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Classical & Ancient Studies (Income $0-$30k) in Michigan

#1

University of Michigan - Ann Arbor

Ann Arbor, Michigan

#1 in overall quality

$3,166 Average Net Price

Out of the 2 schools in the Best Value Classics Schools for a Bachelor’s in Michigan For Those Making $0-$30k that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Michigan - Ann Arbor landed the #1 spot on the list. Ann Arbor, Michigan is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelors’s classics degrees to 8 students in 2019-2020.

U-M did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best Classical & Ancient Studies Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Michigan” list. It costs about $3,166 for Michigan Bachelor’s Degree Classics students whose families make $0-$30k per year to attend U-M.

The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 96%, 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 1.2%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.

Read more about Classical & Ancient Studies at U-M

#2

Calvin University

Grand Rapids, Michigan

#2 in overall quality

$21,344 Average Net Price

Out of the 2 schools in the Best Value Classics Schools for a Bachelor’s in Michigan For Those Making $0-$30k that were part of this year’s ranking, Calvin University landed the #2 spot on the list. Calvin University is a small private not-for-profit school situated in Grand Rapids, Michigan. It awarded 4 bachelors’s classics degrees in 2019-2020.

Calvin did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #2 on our “Best Classical & Ancient Studies Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Michigan” list. The yearly cost to attend Calvin University is $21,344 for Michigan Bachelor’s Degree Classics students whose families make $0-$30k.

The low student loan default rate of 1.6% 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%. With a freshman retention rate of 87%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its students.

Full Calvin University Classical & Ancient Studies Report

• Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Classical & Ancient Studies (Income $0-$30k) in the Great Lakes Region
• Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Classical & Ancient Studies (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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