2023 Most Popular Master’s Degree Colleges for Higher Education/Higher Education Administration in Kansas

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In 2020-2021, 4,709 people earned their degree in higher education/higher education administration, making the major the 160th most popular in the United States.

Across Kansas, there were 29 higher education/higher education administration graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 23 higher education/higher education administration graduates with average earnings and debt of $56,354 and $0 respectively.

This year’s “Most Well Attended Higher Education/Higher Education Administration Major in Kansas for a Master’s” ranking looked at 2 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in higher education/higher education administration. This ranking identifies schools that graduate the most students in higher education/higher education administration.

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Most Well Attended Higher Education/Higher Education Administration Major in Kansas for a Master’s

The following schools top our list of the Best “Most Well Attended Higher Education/Higher Education Administration Major in Kansas for a Master’s”.

Top 2 Most Popular Master’s Degree Colleges for Higher Education/Higher Education Administration in Kansas

1

University of Kansas
Lawrence, Kansas

#1 overall quality in Kansas

Out of the 2 schools in the Most Well Attended Higher Education/Higher Education Administration Major in Kansas for a Master’s that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Kansas landed the #1 spot on the list. University of Kansas is a public institution located in Lawrence, Kansas. The school has a large population, and it awarded 23 masters’s degrees in 2020-2021.

The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 86%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. The low undergrad student loan default rate of 4.3% 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%.

Full University of Kansas Higher Education/Higher Education Administration Report

2

Baker University
Baldwin City, Kansas

#10 overall quality in Kansas

Out of the 2 schools in the Most Well Attended Higher Education/Higher Education Administration Major in Kansas for a Master’s that were part of this year’s ranking, Baker University landed the #2 spot on the list. This small school is located in Baldwin City, Kansas, and it awarded 6 masters’s higher education/higher education administration degrees in 2020-2021.

The low undergrad student loan default rate of 3.8% 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 undergrad student-to-faculty ratio of 10 to 1, it’s easy to see that the school is committed to helping their undergraduates succeed.

Full Baker University Higher Education/Higher Education Administration Report

• Most Popular Master’s Degree Colleges for Higher Education/Higher Education Administration in the Plains States Region
• Most Popular Master’s Degree Colleges for Higher Education/Higher Education Administration

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.

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