2023 Most Focused Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Community College Education in the Great Lakes Region

It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. College Factual has developed its “Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Community College Administration Major in the Great Lakes Region” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.

Community College Education is the 714th most popular major in the country with 354 degrees awarded in 2020-2021.

Across the Great Lakes region, there were 48 community college education graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the doctor’s degree level specifically, there were 39 community college education graduates with average earnings and debt of $74,305 and $0 respectively.

This year’s “Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Community College Administration Major in the Great Lakes Region” ranking looked at 2 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in community college education. The colleges and universities that top this list are recognized because their community college education program is one of the largest majors offered at the school.

See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Community College Administration Major in the Great Lakes Region

The colleges and universities below are the best for great lakes region doctor’s degree community college administration students.

Top 2 Most Focused Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Community College Education in the Great Lakes Region

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Ferris State University
Big Rapids, Michigan

Out of the 2 schools in the Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Community College Administration Major in the Great Lakes Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Ferris State University landed the #1 spot on the list. Located in Big Rapids, Michigan, this fairly large public school awarded 28 diplomas to qualified doctorate’s community college administration students in 2020-2021.

Read more about Community College Education at Ferris

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University of Wisconsin - Stout
Menomonie, Wisconsin

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Wisconsin - Stout. The school came in at #2 for the Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Community College Administration Major in the Great Lakes Region. UW - Stout is located in Menomonie, Wisconsin and, has a medium-sized student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 11 doctorate’s community college administration degrees to qualified students.

The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 2.9%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.

Read full report on Community College Education at University of Wisconsin - Stout

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Notes and References

References

• 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 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).
• Information about the national average student loan default rate is from the U.S. Department of Education and refers to data about the 2016 borrower cohort tracking period for which the cohort default rate (CDR) was 10.1%.

Read more about our data sources and methodologies

Footnotes

• *Avg Salary and Avg 4-Year Grad Rate are for the top schools only.
• Some schools otherwise deserving of recognition may have been removed from this ranking in the event that new data identified post-publication warranted it, or at the request of the school.

Credits

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