2026 Best Value Housing Schools in Ohio
[Housing](/majors/family-consumer-human-sciences/human-environments-housing/) degree programs vary widely in price and payoff across the country. A high-value program keeps cost low while graduates go on to earn well.
For its 2026 best-value ranking, College Factual looked at 6 schools to find the best return on investment for housing students.
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2026 Best Value Housing Schools in Ohio
If you want to know which schools deliver the best value for the housing degrees they offer, see the list below.
Best Value Housing Schools
Leading the list is Ohio University Main Campus, our #1 best value for housing in Ohio. Ohio University Main Campus is a very large public school located in the town of Athens. The average in-state cost of tuition and fees is $14,158, while out-of-state students pay about $24,838. Students borrow a median of $25,683 to complete the housing program here. Soon after graduation, housing degree recipients from Ohio University Main Campus generally make around $38,637. That is a strong return on a $25,683 median debt. Ohio University Main Campus admits about 85% of applicants.
Notes and References
The ranking above is published by College Factual (MF_RANKING_2025), 2026 edition. Schools are scored on the balance of cost (tuition and student debt) against student outcomes (post-graduation earnings) — a measure of return on investment, drawn primarily from the U.S. Department of Education (IPEDS and College Scorecard).
Ranking method: College Major Best Value · 6 schools evaluated.
*Averages shown above reflect the top 1 ranked 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 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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