2024 Best Curriculum & Instruction Doctor's Degree Schools in Minnesota

If you pursue a doctor's degree in curriculum & instruction, you won't be alone. The field of study is the #21 most popular program in the country. This means there are lots of options to choose from when you decide to get your degree.

College Factual looked at 2 colleges and universities when compiling its 2024 Best Curriculum & Instruction Doctor's Degree Schools in Minnesota ranking. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 79 doctor's degrees in curriculum & instruction during the 2020-2021 academic year.

What's on this page: * Our Methodology

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Early-Career Earnings

One measure we use to determine the quality of a school is to look at the average salary of doctorate graduates during the early years of their career. This is because one of the main reasons people pursue their doctor's degree is to enable themselves to find better-paying positions.

Other Factors We Consider

The metrics below are just some of the other metrics that we use to determine our rankings.

• Major Focus - How much a school focuses on curriculum & instruction students vs. other majors.
• Major Demand - The number of curriculum & instruction students who choose to seek a doctor's degree at the school.
• Educational Resources - How many resources are allocated to students. These resources may include educational expenditures per student, number of students per instructor, and graduation rate among other things.
• Student Debt - How easy is it for curriculum & instruction to pay back their student loans after receiving their doctor's degree.
• Accreditation - Whether a school is regionally accredited and/or accredited by a recognized curriculum & instruction related body.

Our full ranking methodology documents in more detail how we consider these factors to identify the best colleges for curriculum & instruction students working on their doctor's degree.

More Ways to Rank Curriculum & Instruction Schools

Since picking the right college can be one of the most important decisions of your life, we've developed the Best Curriculum & Instruction Doctor's Degree Schools in Minnesota ranking, along with many other major-related rankings, to help you make that decision.

 

Best Schools for Doctorate Students to Study Curriculum & Instruction in Minnesota

Below you'll see a list of the best colleges and universities for pursuing a doctor's degree in curriculum & instruction.

Top Minnesota Schools for a Doctorate in Curriculum

1

University of Minnesota - Twin Cities
Minneapolis, MN

16 Annual Graduates

University of Minnesota - Twin Cities is one of the best schools in the United States for getting a doctor's degree in curriculum & instruction. UMN Twin Cities is a fairly large public university located in the city of Minneapolis.More information about a doctorate in curriculum & instruction from University of Minnesota - Twin Cities

2

Capella University
Minneapolis, MN

63 Annual Graduates

$69,800 Median Starting Salary

It is hard to beat Capella University if you want to pursue a doctor's degree in curriculum & instruction. Capella University is a very large private for-profit university located in the large city of Minneapolis.

Students who graduate with their doctorate from the curriculum program report average early career wages of $69,800.

More information about a doctorate in curriculum & instruction from Capella University

Best Curriculum & Instruction Colleges in the Plains States Region

Explore all the Best Curriculum & Instruction Colleges in the Plains States Area or other specific states within that region.

State	Colleges	Degrees Awarded
Missouri	122	39
Iowa	110	0
Kansas	97	28
South Dakota	45	0

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Curriculum & Instruction Related Rankings by Major

One of 14 majors within the Education area of study, Curriculum & Instruction has other similar majors worth exploring.

Curriculum Concentrations

Major	Annual Graduates
Curriculum & Instruction	79

Majors Similar to Curriculum

Related Major	Annual Graduates
General Education	384
Educational Administration	347
Teacher Education Grade Specific	72
Student Counseling	40
Instructional Media Design	26
Teacher Education Subject Specific	22
Other Education	5

Notes and References

• The bars on the spread charts above show the distribution of the schools on this list +/- one standard deviation from the mean.
• 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).
• Credit for the banner image above goes to Disarnot. More about our data sources and methodologies.