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 Entrepreneurship Major in the Plains States Region” ranking - to help you make that decision.
In 2020-2021, 11,319 people earned their degree in entrepreneurial studies, making the major the 120th most popular in the United States. In 2019-2020, entrepreneurial studies graduates who were awarded their degree in 2017-2019, earned an average of $42,578 and had an average of $25,632 in loans still to pay off.
Across the Plains States region, there were 663 entrepreneurial studies graduates with average earnings and debt of $37,188 and $28,446 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 14 entrepreneurial studies graduates with average earnings and debt of $55,401 and $0 respectively.
For this year’s “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Entrepreneurship Major in the Plains States Region” ranking, we looked at 5 colleges that offer a degree in entrepreneurial studies. The colleges and universities that top this list are recognized because their entrepreneurial studies program is one of the largest majors offered at the school.
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The colleges and universities below are the best for plains states region master’s degree entrepreneurship students.
Out of the 5 schools in the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Entrepreneurship Major in the Plains States Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Peru State College landed the #1 spot on the list. This small school is located in Peru, Nebraska, and it awarded 8 masters’s entrepreneurship degrees in 2020-2021.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Dickinson State University. The school came in at #2 for the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Entrepreneurship Major in the Plains States Region. Dickinson State University is a small public school situated in Dickinson, North Dakota. It awarded 5 masters’s entrepreneurship degrees in 2020-2021.
Full Dickinson State University Entrepreneurial Studies Report
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 Entrepreneurship Major in the Plains States Region list. Capella University is a large private for-profit school situated in Minneapolis, Minnesota. It awarded 1 masters’s entrepreneurship degrees in 2020-2021.
Read more about Entrepreneurial Studies at Capella University
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of St Thomas Minnesota. The school came in at #4 for the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Entrepreneurship Major in the Plains States Region. UST MN is a medium-sized private not-for-profit school situated in Saint Paul, Minnesota. It awarded 24 masters’s entrepreneurship degrees in 2020-2021.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 1.4%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%. The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 87%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.
Full University of St Thomas Minnesota Entrepreneurial Studies Report
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Missouri - Kansas City. The school came in at #4 for the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Entrepreneurship Major in the Plains States Region. University of Missouri - Kansas City is a fairly large public school situated in Kansas City, Missouri. It awarded 2 masters’s entrepreneurship degrees in 2020-2021.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 3.7% 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 Entrepreneurial Studies at University of Missouri - Kansas City
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