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Students have lots of options to chooose from today when trying to decide which college to attend. Our mission at College Factual is to arm you with as much information as we can to help you make that decision. Our “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Community College Administration Major” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.
In 2020-2021, 354 people earned their degree in community college education, making the major the 714th most popular in the United States.
At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 94 community college education graduates with average earnings and debt of $58,425 and $0 respectively.
This year’s “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Community College Administration Major” ranking analyzed 9 colleges that offered a degree 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.
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The following schools top our list of the Best “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Community College Administration Major”.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Alcorn State University. The school came in at #1 for the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Community College Administration Major. Alcorn State is a public institution located in Alcorn State, Mississippi. The school has a small population, and it awarded 16 masters’s degrees in 2020-2021.
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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Mississippi State University. The school came in at #2 for the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Community College Administration Major. Mississippi State is located in Mississippi State, Mississippi and, has a large student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 44 masters’s community college administration degrees to qualified students.
The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 85%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.
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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Rowan University. The school came in at #3 for the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Community College Administration Major. Rowan is a public institution located in Glassboro, New Jersey. The school has a fairly large population, and it awarded 32 masters’s degrees in 2020-2021.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 4.6%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
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Out of the 9 schools in the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Community College Administration Major that were part of this year’s ranking, Lenoir - Rhyne University landed the #4 spot on the list. This small school is located in Hickory, North Carolina, and it awarded 1 masters’s community college administration degrees in 2020-2021.
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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Morgan State University. The school came in at #5 for the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Community College Administration Major. Morgan State is a medium-sized school located in Baltimore, Maryland that handed out 1 masters’s community college administration degrees in 2020-2021.
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University of La Verne did quite well in the 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Community College Administration Major ranking, coming in at #6. ULV is a medium-sized private not-for-profit school situated in La Verne, California. It awarded 0 masters’s community college administration degrees in 2020-2021.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 3.1% 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%.
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University of Arkansas ranked #6 on this year’s Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Community College Administration Major list. UARK is a large school located in Fayetteville, Arkansas that handed out 0 masters’s community college administration degrees in 2020-2021.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 4.1% 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%. Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 85%.
Full UARK Community College Education Report
Central Michigan University landed the #6 spot on the 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Community College Administration Major ranking. Central Michigan is a fairly large school located in Mount Pleasant, Michigan that handed out 0 masters’s community college administration degrees in 2020-2021.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 4.8%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
Full Central Michigan University Community College Education Report
Dallas Baptist University did quite well in the 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Community College Administration Major ranking, coming in at #6. Dallas, Texas is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out masters’s community college administration degrees to 0 students in 2020-2021.
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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%.
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- *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.
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