2023 Most Popular Master’s Degree Colleges for Purchasing, Procurement/Acquisitions and Contracts Management in the Plains States Region

When pursuing a degree in today’s world, students have many different options to choose from. College Factual was founded, in part, to help students make the decision as to what would be the best school for them. Our “Most Well Attended Purchasing, Procurement/Acquisitions and Contracts Management Major in the Plains States Region for a Master’s” ranking is part of that endeavor.

In 2020-2021, 1,058 people earned their degree in purchasing, procurement/acquisitions and contracts management, making the major the 461st most popular in the United States.

Across the Plains States region, there were 213 purchasing, procurement/acquisitions and contracts management graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 164 purchasing, procurement/acquisitions and contracts management graduates with average earnings and debt of $55,401 and $0 respectively.

For this year’s “Most Well Attended Purchasing, Procurement/Acquisitions and Contracts Management Major in the Plains States Region for a Master’s” ranking, we looked at 2 colleges that offer a degree in purchasing, procurement/acquisitions and contracts management. To top this list, a school must have a successful purchasing, procurement/acquisitions and contracts management program that graduates more students in the field than other colleges that offer the same major.

Check out our ranking methodology for more information.

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Most Well Attended Purchasing, Procurement/Acquisitions and Contracts Management Major in the Plains States Region for a Master’s

The colleges and universities below are the best for plains states region master’s degree purchasing, procurement/acquisitions and contracts management students.

Top 2 Most Popular Master’s Degree Colleges for Purchasing, Procurement/Acquisitions and Contracts Management in the Plains States Region

1

Webster University
Saint Louis, Missouri

Top 10% overall quality in Plains States

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Webster University. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Most Well Attended Purchasing, Procurement/Acquisitions and Contracts Management Major in the Plains States Region for a Master’s list. Webster University is located in Saint Louis, Missouri and, has a medium-sized student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 154 masters’s purchasing, procurement/acquisitions and contracts management degrees to qualified students.

The low undergrad student loan default rate of 3.9% 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%.

Full Webster Purchasing, Procurement/Acquisitions and Contracts Management Report

2

Capella University
Minneapolis, Minnesota

#22 overall quality in Plains States

Out of the 2 schools in the Most Well Attended Purchasing, Procurement/Acquisitions and Contracts Management Major in the Plains States Region for a Master’s that were part of this year’s ranking, Capella University landed the #2 spot on the list. Located in Minneapolis, Minnesota, this large private for-profit school awarded 10 diplomas to qualified masters’s purchasing, procurement/acquisitions and contracts management students in 2020-2021.

Read full report on Purchasing, Procurement/Acquisitions and Contracts Management at Capella University

• Most Popular Master’s Degree Colleges for Purchasing, Procurement/Acquisitions and Contracts Management

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

• *Avg Salary and Avg 4-Year Grad Rate 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.