by our College Data Analytics Team
Students have lots of options to chooose from today when trying to decide which college to attend. One of our goals at College Factual is to give you as much information as we can - such as our “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Project Management Major in the Plains States Region” ranking - to help you make that decision.
Project Management is the 250th most popular major in the country with 4,237 degrees awarded in 2020-2021.
Across the Plains States region, there were 865 project management graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 404 project management graduates with average earnings and debt of $55,401 and $0 respectively.
For this year’s “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Project Management Major in the Plains States Region” ranking, we looked at 9 colleges that offer a degree in project management. The colleges and universities that top this list are recognized because their project management program is one of the largest majors offered at the school.
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The following schools top our list of the Best “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Project Management Major in the Plains States Region”.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Grantham University. The school came in at #1 for the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Project Management Major in the Plains States Region. Lenexa, Kansas is the setting for this medium-sized institution of higher learning. The private for-profit school handed out masters’s project management degrees to 71 students in 2020-2021.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Saint Mary’s University of Minnesota. The school came in at #2 for the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Project Management Major in the Plains States Region. This small school is located in Winona, Minnesota, and it awarded 51 masters’s project management degrees in 2020-2021.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 2.0% 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%.
Read more about Project Management at Saint Mary’s University of Minnesota
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Capella University. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Project Management Major in the Plains States Region list. This large school is located in Minneapolis, Minnesota, and it awarded 186 masters’s project management degrees in 2020-2021.
Read full report on Project Management at Capella University
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Mary. The school came in at #4 for the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Project Management Major in the Plains States Region. University of Mary is located in Bismarck, North Dakota and, has a small student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 11 masters’s project management degrees to qualified students.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 3.0%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
Out of the 9 schools in the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Project Management Major in the Plains States Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Bellevue University landed the #5 spot on the list. Located in Bellevue, Nebraska, this fairly large private not-for-profit school handed out 21 degrees to qualified masters’s project management students in 2020-2021.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 3.1%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
Read full report on Project Management at Bellevue University
University of Kansas did quite well in the 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Project Management Major in the Plains States Region ranking, coming in at #6. University of Kansas is a large school located in Lawrence, Kansas that handed out 38 masters’s project management degrees in 2020-2021.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 4.3%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%. The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 86%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.
The College of Saint Scholastica did quite well in the 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Project Management Major in the Plains States Region ranking, coming in at #7. Duluth, Minnesota is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out masters’s project management degrees to 5 students in 2020-2021.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 2.6% 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%.
Walden University landed the #8 spot on the 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Project Management Major in the Plains States Region ranking. Located in Minneapolis, Minnesota, this large private for-profit school awarded 21 diplomas to qualified masters’s project management students in 2020-2021.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 4.7%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
Lindenwood University landed the #9 spot on the 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Project Management Major in the Plains States Region ranking. Located in Saint Charles, Missouri, this medium-sized private not-for-profit school handed out 0 degrees to qualified masters’s project management students in 2020-2021.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 4.0%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
Read full report on Project Management at Lindenwood University
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