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2022 Best Value Science, Tech & Society Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Great Lakes Region For Those Getting Aid

1 Ranked Colleges
39 Degrees Awarded
$19,200 Avg Net Price*
Best Value Science, Tech & Society Schools for a Bachelor's in the Great Lakes Region For Those Getting Aid

When it comes to choosing a college, students have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. One of our goals at College Factual is to give you as much information as we can - such as our “Best Value Science, Tech & Society Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Great Lakes Region For Those Getting Aid” ranking - to help you make that decision.

In 2019-2020, 1,072 people earned their degree in science, technology and society, making the major the 225th most popular in the United States. In 2017-2018, science, technology and society graduates who were awarded their degree in 2015-2017, earned an average of $52,000 and had an average of $27,321 in loans still to pay off.

Across the Great Lakes region, there were 69 science, technology and society graduates with average earnings and debt of $34,650 and $22,729 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 39 science, technology and society graduates with average earnings and debt of $39,075 and $25,381 respectively.

This ranking identifies schools with high-quality science, technology and society 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 science, technology and society program at the school. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.

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The science, tech & society 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 Science, Tech & Society Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Great Lakes Region For Those Getting Aid”.

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Best Value Science, Tech & Society Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Great Lakes Region For Those Getting Aid

The colleges and universities below are the best for great lakes region bachelor’s degree science, tech & society students with aid.

Top 1 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Science, Technology & Society in the Great Lakes Region (With Aid)

#1

Michigan State University

East Lansing, Michigan
#1 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Michigan State University. The school came in at #1 for the Best Value Science, Tech & Society Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Great Lakes Region For Those Getting Aid. Michigan State University is located in East Lansing, Michigan and, has a large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 11 bachelors’s science, tech and society degrees to qualified students.

Michigan State also made our “Best Science, Technology & Society Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region” list, coming in at #1. The yearly cost to attend Michigan State University is $19,173 for great lakes region bachelor’s degree science, tech & society students with aid.

The student loan default rate at the school is 3.6%, 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 91%.

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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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