by our College Data Analytics Team
It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. One of our goals at College Factual is to give you as much information as we can - such as our “Most Well Attended Curriculum Major in the Plains States Region for a Bachelor’s” ranking - to help you make that decision.
In 2020-2021, 19,832 people earned their degree in curriculum and instruction, making the major the 55th most popular in the United States. 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 the Plains States region, there were 2,606 curriculum and instruction graduates with average earnings and debt of $49,920 and $29,500 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 2 curriculum and instruction graduates with average earnings and debt of $41,046 and $29,021 respectively.
This year’s “Most Well Attended Curriculum Major in the Plains States Region for a Bachelor’s” ranking looked at 3 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in curriculum and instruction. To top this list, a school must have a successful curriculum and instruction program that graduates more students in the field than other colleges that offer the same major.
See our ranking methodology to learn more.
The curriculum school you choose to invest your time and money in matters. To help you make the decision that is right for you, we’ve developed a number of major-specific rankings, including this list of “Most Well Attended Curriculum Major in the Plains States Region for a Bachelor’s”.
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The colleges and universities below are the best for plains states region bachelor’s degree curriculum students.
Out of the 3 schools in the Most Well Attended Curriculum Major in the Plains States Region for a Bachelor’s that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Jamestown landed the #1 spot on the list. UJ is a small private not-for-profit school situated in Jamestown, North Dakota. It awarded 2 bachelors’s curriculum degrees in 2020-2021.
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%.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Walden University. The school came in at #2 for the Most Well Attended Curriculum Major in the Plains States Region for a Bachelor’s. Minneapolis, Minnesota is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The private for-profit school handed out bachelors’s curriculum degrees to 49 students in 2020-2021.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 4.7% 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 Curriculum & Instruction at Walden University
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Westminster College Missouri. The school came in at #2 for the Most Well Attended Curriculum Major in the Plains States Region for a Bachelor’s. This small school is located in Fulton, Missouri, and it awarded 0 bachelors’s curriculum degrees in 2020-2021.
The impressive undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio of 10 to 1 means that students may have more opportunities to work more closely with their professors than they would at other schools.
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