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 “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Education Philosophy Major in the Plains States Region” ranking - to help you make that decision.
In 2020-2021, 737 people earned their degree in education philosophy, making the major the 261st most popular in the United States. 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 Plains States region, there were 19 education philosophy graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 16 education philosophy graduates with average earnings and debt of $55,401 and $0 respectively.
For this year’s “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Education Philosophy Major in the Plains States Region” ranking, we looked at 5 colleges that offer 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 Plains States Region”.
Out of the 5 schools in the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Education Philosophy Major in the Plains States Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Drury University landed the #1 spot on the list. Springfield, Missouri is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out masters’s education philosophy degrees to 6 students in 2020-2021.
Out of the 5 schools in the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Education Philosophy Major in the Plains States Region that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Kansas landed the #2 spot on the list. University of Kansas is a large public school situated in Lawrence, Kansas. It awarded 7 masters’s education philosophy degrees in 2020-2021.
With a freshman retention rate of 86%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students. The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 4.3%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
Read full report on Education Philosophy at University of Kansas
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Northern Iowa. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Education Philosophy Major in the Plains States Region list. UNI is a medium-sized school located in Cedar Falls, Iowa that handed out 1 masters’s education philosophy degrees in 2020-2021.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 2.8% 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 86%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students.
Full University of Northern Iowa Education Philosophy Report
Out of the 5 schools in the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Education Philosophy Major in the Plains States Region that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Iowa landed the #4 spot on the list. Iowa City, Iowa is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out masters’s education philosophy degrees to 2 students in 2020-2021.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 2.2%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%. The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 88%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Iowa State University. The school came in at #5 for the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Education Philosophy Major in the Plains States Region. Located in Ames, Iowa, this large public school handed out 0 diplomas to qualified masters’s education philosophy students in 2020-2021.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 2.4%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%. The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 89%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.
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