2023 Best Value General Education Bachelor's Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region
Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing
Finding the Best General Education Bachelor's Degree School for You
General Education is the #39 most popular major in the country with 29,810 degrees and certificates awarded in 2020-2021.
It's not easy to decide which program to enroll in when you have so many options available. Along with traditional schools that require in-person attendence, you can attend one of many reputable online schools. Some programs even offer a hybrid experience. Alternatively, you may choose a trade school that prepares you to enter the workforce with knowledge in a specific field.
The Best Value General Education Bachelor's Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region ranking is one of many tools that Course Advisor has developed to help you make your educational decision. This report analyzed 37 schools in the Great Lakes Region to see which ones offered the best value bachelor's degree programs for education students. The goal was to highlight schools with more affordable prices than others offering similar quality experiences.
Our ranking of value is based on the quality of a program as defined in our per sticker price dollar. Specifically, our score for quality is discounted by the published tuition and fees charged by the given college. This gives the cost per unit of quality for each college. The more quality your dollar buys, the better the value.
In our regional and nationwide rankings, out-of-state tution and fees are used in our calculations. For statewide rankings, we use average in-state tuition and fees.
Top 10 Best General Education Bachelor's Degree Schools
Our 2023 rankings named Baker College the best value school in the Great Lakes Region for general education students working on their bachelor’s degree. Located in the distant town of Owosso, Baker College is a private not-for-profit college with a small student population.
The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state undergraduate student at Baker College are $12,420 a year.
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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend University of Wisconsin - Green Bay. The school came in at #2 on this year’s Best Value General Education Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region list. Located in the midsize city of Green Bay, UW - Green Bay is a public college with a moderately-sized student population.
The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state undergraduate student at UW - Green Bay are $16,091 a year. Education majors at UW - Green Bay take out an average of $22,239 in student loans while working on their Bachelor's Degree.
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The excellent bachelor’s degree programs at Grand Valley State University helped the school earn the #3 place on this year’s ranking of the best value general education schools in the Great Lakes Region . GVSU is a very large public school located in the large suburb of Allendale.
The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state undergraduate student at GVSU are $19,628 a year. The average amount in student loans that education majors at GVSU take out while working on their Bachelor's Degree is $28,223. Assuming that a graduate chooses a 10-year repayment plan, the average monthly loan payment is $298.
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The excellent bachelor’s degree programs at Eastern Michigan University helped the school earn the #4 place on this year’s ranking of the best value general education schools in the Great Lakes Region . Located in the suburb of Ypsilanti, Eastern Michigan is a public school with a large student population.
Eastern Michigan undergraduate students pay an average of $15,500 in tuition and fees each year.
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A rank of #5 on this year’s list means Purdue University - Main Campus is a great value for general education students working on their bachelor’s degree. Purdue is a fairly large public school located in the small city of West Lafayette.
Out-of-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at Purdue are $28,794 per year.
Purdue excels when it comes to quality. It’s ranked in the top 5% of all schools on our Best General Education Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region list.
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University of Wisconsin - Milwaukee did quite well in this year’s ranking of the best places for general education students to get a bachelor’s degree. It came in at #6 on the list. UWM is a very large public school located in the city of Milwaukee.
The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state undergraduate student at UWM are $21,475 a year. Education majors at UWM take out an average of $30,999 in student loans while working on their Bachelor's Degree. For students who choose a 10-year repayment plan, the average monthly student loan payment is $189.
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University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign landed the #7 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best value bachelor’s degree general education programs. UIUC is a very large public school located in the city of Champaign.
Out-of-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at UIUC are $37,632 per year.
UIUC also claimed a spot on our Best General Education Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region list. It’s in the top 5% of all schools in this category.
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Saginaw Valley State University landed the #8 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best value bachelor’s degree general education programs. Saginaw Valley State University is a medium-sized public school located in the medium-sized suburb of University Center.
The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state undergraduate student at Saginaw Valley State University are $26,144 a year.
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Trinity Christian College did quite well in this year’s ranking of the best places for general education students to get a bachelor’s degree. It came in at #9 on the list. Trinity Christian is a small private not-for-profit school located in the suburb of Palos Heights.
The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state undergraduate student at Trinity Christian are $33,275 a year.
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With a ranking of #10, Saint Norbert College did quite well on this year’s best value schools for general education students working on their bachelor’s degree. SNC is a small private not-for-profit school located in the suburb of De Pere.
Out-of-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at SNC are $41,887 per year.
On top of its placing in our value ranking, SNC also did well on our Best General Education Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region list. It’s in the top 20% of all schools reviewed in this analysis.
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Request InformationBest General Education Colleges by State
Explore the best general education schools for a specific state in the Great Lakes region.
| State | Degrees Awarded |
|---|---|
| Michigan | 700 |
| Ohio | 706 |
| Illinois | 453 |
| Indiana | 502 |
| Wisconsin | 515 |
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Majors Related to Education
One of 14 majors within the area of study, general education has other similar majors worth exploring.
Majors Similar to Education
| Related Major | Annual Graduates |
|---|---|
| Teacher Education Grade Specific | 110,226 |
| Educational Administration | 46,469 |
| Teacher Education Subject Specific | 43,297 |
| Special Education | 36,792 |
| Curriculum & Instruction | 19,832 |
Notes and References
*These averages are for the top 25 schools only.
- 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 the rest 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).
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