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

Students have lots of options to chooose from today when trying to decide which college to attend. 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 Catholic Studies Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Great Lakes Region For Those Making $0-$30k” ranking is part of that endeavor.

With 10 degrees handed out in 2019-2020, catholic studies is the most popular major in the United States.

Across the Great Lakes region, there were 9 catholic studies graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 2 catholic studies graduates with average earnings and debt of $39,075 and $25,381 respectively.

This ranking identifies schools with high-quality catholic studies programs that also have a lower cost than schools of similar quality.

Some of the factors we look at when determining these rankings are overall quality of the catholic studies program at the school and the cost of the school after aid is awarded among other things. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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Since picking the right college can be one of the most important decisions of your life, we’ve developed the “Best Value Catholic Studies Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Great Lakes Region For Those Making $0-$30k” ranking, along with many other major-related rankings, to help you make that decision.

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Best Value Catholic Studies 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 catholic studies students whose families make $0-$30k.

Top 1 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Catholic Studies (Income $0-$30k) in the Great Lakes Region

#1

DePaul University

Chicago, Illinois

#1 in overall quality

$26,173 Average Net Price

Out of the 1 schools in the Best Value Catholic Studies Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Great Lakes Region For Those Making $0-$30k that were part of this year’s ranking, DePaul University landed the #1 spot on the list. Located in Chicago, Illinois, this large private not-for-profit school awarded 2 degrees to qualified bachelors’s catholic studies students in 2019-2020.

DePaul also made our “Best Catholic Studies Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region” list, coming in at #1. The yearly cost to attend DePaul University is $26,173 for Great Lakes Region Bachelor’s Degree Catholic Studies students whose families make $0-$30k.

The student loan default rate at the school is 4.5%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.

Read full report on Catholic Studies at DePaul University

• Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Catholic 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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