by our College Data Analytics Team
Students have lots of options to chooose from today when trying to decide which college to attend. At College Factual, we’re committed to helping you make that decision by providing information such as that found in our “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Education Philosophy Major in the Southwest Region” ranking.
Education Philosophy is the 261st most popular major in the country with 737 degrees awarded in 2020-2021. In 2019-2020, education philosophy graduates who were awarded their degree in 2017-2019, earned an average of $49,756 and had an average of $18,500 in loans still to pay off.
Across the Southwest region, there were 36 education philosophy graduates with average earnings and debt of $45,939 and $0 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 29 education philosophy graduates with average earnings and debt of $56,204 and $0 respectively.
This year’s “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Education Philosophy Major in the Southwest Region” ranking analyzed 4 colleges that offered a degree in education philosophy. The colleges and universities that top this list are recognized because their education philosophy program is one of the largest majors offered at the school.
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The following schools top our list of the Best “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Education Philosophy Major in the Southwest Region”.
Out of the 4 schools in the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Education Philosophy Major in the Southwest Region that were part of this year’s ranking, University of New Mexico - Main Campus landed the #1 spot on the list. UNM is a large school located in Albuquerque, New Mexico that handed out 14 masters’s education philosophy degrees in 2020-2021.
Full University of New Mexico - Main Campus Education Philosophy Report
Out of the 4 schools in the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Education Philosophy Major in the Southwest Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Arizona State University - Tempe landed the #2 spot on the list. ASU - Tempe is a public institution located in Tempe, Arizona. The school has a large population, and it awarded 13 masters’s degrees in 2020-2021.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 4.5%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%. The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 86%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.
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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Oklahoma Norman Campus. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Education Philosophy Major in the Southwest Region list. University of Oklahoma is located in Norman, Oklahoma and, has a large student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 2 masters’s education philosophy degrees to qualified students.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 3.3% 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%. With a freshman retention rate of 87%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students.
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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Oklahoma State University - Main Campus. The school came in at #4 for the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Education Philosophy Major in the Southwest Region. Stillwater, Oklahoma is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out masters’s education philosophy degrees to 0 students in 2020-2021.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 2.7%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%. Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 85%.
Read more about Education Philosophy at Oklahoma State University - Main Campus
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