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2023 Best Value Schools in the Great Lakes Region

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

2 Colleges
$38,074 Avg Tuition & Fees*

Finding the Best Philosophy, Politics, and Economics School for You

Out of all the majors we analyze each year, philosophy, politics, and economics was ranked #342 in the country. In fact 97 degrees and certificates were handed out in 2020-2021.

It's not easy to decide which program to enroll in when you have so many options available. You can choose a traditional brick and mortar school, or with the growth of online education, you can attend a school half-way across the country without even leaving your house. Also there are many trade schools that offer short-term programs that open up more career options.

Along with in-depth profiles of schools and the programs they offer, Course Advisor has created the Best Value Schools in the Great Lakes Region to help you in your search for the best school for you. Our analysis looked at 2 schools in the Great Lakes Region to see which programs offered the best value experiences for philosophy, politics, and economics students with the aim of identifying those quality schools that are more affordable than some of their counterparts.

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.

2023 Best Value Philosophy, Politics, and Economics Schools in the Great Lakes Region

The following schools top our list of the Best Value Philosophy, Politics, and Economics Colleges.

Best Great Lakes Region Schools for Affordable Quality in

$21,050 Average Tuition & Fees

Our 2023 rankings named Bowling Green State University - Main Campus the best value school in the Great Lakes Region for philosophy, politics, and economics students. Located in the fringe town of Bowling Green, BGSU is a public college with a fairly large student population.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state undergraduate student at BGSU are $21,050 a year.

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The excellent programs at University of Michigan - Ann Arbor helped the school earn the #2 place on this year’s ranking of the best philosophy, politics, and economics schools in the Great Lakes Region . U-M is a fairly large public school located in the midsize city of Ann Arbor.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state undergraduate student at U-M are $55,097 a year.

U-M also claimed a spot on our Best Schools in the Great Lakes Region list. It’s in the top 5% of all schools in this category.

Read full report on Philosophy, Politics, and Economics at University of Michigan - Ann Arbor

Best Philosophy, Politics, and Economics Colleges by State

Explore the best philosophy, politics, and economics schools for a specific state in the Great Lakes region.

State Degrees Awarded
Michigan 37
Ohio 17
Indiana 5

More Philosophy, Politics, and Economics Rankings in the Great Lakes Region

Philosophy, Politics, and Economics is one of 44 different types of programs to choose from.

Related Major Annual Graduates
Other Multi/Interdisciplinary Studies 34,975
Biological & Physical Science 30,075
Interdisciplinary Studies 9,074
International Studies 7,368
Nutrition Science 5,330

Notes and References

*These averages are for the top 2 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).

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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