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2022 Best Vallue Applied Economics Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Great Lakes Region For Those Making Over $110k

3 Ranked Colleges
12 Degrees Awarded
$25,500 Avg Net Price*
Best Vallue Applied Economics Schools for a Bachelor'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 Applied Economics Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Great Lakes Region For Those Making Over $110k” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.

Applied Economics is the 497th most popular major in the country with 652 degrees awarded in 2019-2020.

Across the Great Lakes region, there were 80 applied economics graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 12 applied economics graduates with average earnings and debt of $39,075 and $25,381 respectively.

This year’s “Best Vallue Applied Economics Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Great Lakes Region For Those Making Over $110k” ranking analyzed 3 colleges that offered a degree in applied economics. Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent applied economics programs, but they also cost less that schools of similar quality.

Some of the factors we look at when determining these rankings are overall quality of the applied economics program at the school and the cost of the school after aid is awarded among other things. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.

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Best Vallue Applied Economics Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Great Lakes Region For Those Making Over $110k

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Vallue Applied Economics Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Great Lakes Region For Those Making Over $110k.

Top 3 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Applied Economics (Income Over $110k) in the Great Lakes Region

#2 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Bowling Green State University - Main Campus. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Vallue Applied Economics Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Great Lakes Region For Those Making Over $110k list. Bowling Green State University - Main Campus is a fairly large school located in Bowling Green, Ohio that handed out 4 bachelors’s applied economics degrees in 2019-2020.

BGSU did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #2 on our “Best Applied Economics Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region” list. It costs about $18,394 for Great Lakes Region Bachelor’s Degree Applied Economics students whose families make more than $110k per year to attend BGSU.

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#3 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Akron Main Campus. It ranked #2 on our 2022 Best Vallue Applied Economics Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Great Lakes Region For Those Making Over $110k list. University of Akron Main Campus is located in Akron, Ohio and, has a fairly large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 4 bachelors’s applied economics degrees to qualified students.

University of Akron Main Campus also made our “Best Applied Economics Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region” list, coming in at #3. It costs about $17,792 for Great Lakes Region Bachelor’s Degree Applied Economics students whose families make more than $110k per year to attend University of Akron Main Campus.

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#3

DePaul University

Chicago, Illinois
#1 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend DePaul University. The school came in at #3 for the Best Vallue Applied Economics Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Great Lakes Region For Those Making Over $110k. Located in Chicago, Illinois, this large private not-for-profit school awarded 4 degrees to qualified bachelors’s applied economics students in 2019-2020.

DePaul not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #1 on our “Best Applied Economics Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region” list. The yearly cost to attend DePaul is $30,090 for great lakes region bachelor’s degree applied economics students whose families make more than $110k.

The low student loan default rate of 4.5% 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%.

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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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