by our College Data Analytics Team
When pursuing a degree in today’s world, students have many different options to choose from. College Factual has developed its “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Curriculum Major in Oregon” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.
Curriculum & Instruction is the 55th most popular major in the country with 19,832 degrees awarded in 2020-2021. In 2019-2020, curriculum and instruction graduates who were awarded their degree in 2017-2019, earned an average of $50,993 and had an average of $28,557 in loans still to pay off.
Across Oregon, there were 58 curriculum and instruction graduates with average earnings and debt of $53,875 and $0 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 55 curriculum and instruction graduates with average earnings and debt of $52,963 and $0 respectively.
This year’s “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Curriculum Major in Oregon” ranking analyzed 3 colleges that offered a degree in curriculum and instruction. That schools that top this list have a program in curriculum and instruction in which the largest percentage of students at the school are enrolled.
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When choosing the right school for you, it’s important to arm yourself with all the facts you can. To that end, we’ve created a number of major-specific rankings, including this “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Curriculum Major in Oregon” list to help you make the college decision.
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The colleges and universities below are the best for oregon master’s degree curriculum students.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Western Oregon University. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Curriculum Major in Oregon list. Located in Monmouth, Oregon, this small public school awarded 12 diplomas to qualified masters’s curriculum students in 2020-2021.
Full Western Oregon University Curriculum & Instruction Report
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Portland State University. The school came in at #2 for the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Curriculum Major in Oregon. Portland State University is located in Portland, Oregon and, has a large student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 42 masters’s curriculum degrees to qualified students.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 4.7%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
Read more about Curriculum & Instruction at Portland State University
Out of the 3 schools in the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Curriculum Major in Oregon that were part of this year’s ranking, Pacific University landed the #3 spot on the list. This small school is located in Forest Grove, Oregon, and it awarded 1 masters’s curriculum degrees in 2020-2021.
The undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio of 10 to 1 is a sign that students will have more opportunities to engage with their professors one-on-one. The low undergrad student loan default rate of 1.7% 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 full report on Curriculum & Instruction at Pacific University
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