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

It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. College Factual was founded, in part, to help students make the decision as to what would be the best school for them. Our “Most Well Attended Higher Education/Higher Education Administration Major in Minnesota for a Master’s” ranking is part of that endeavor.

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 Minnesota, there were 160 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 122 higher education/higher education administration graduates with average earnings and debt of $57,734 and $0 respectively.

This year’s “Most Well Attended Higher Education/Higher Education Administration Major in Minnesota for a Master’s” ranking looked at 4 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in higher education/higher education administration. The schools that top this list are recognized because they have one of the most popular higher education/higher education administration programs in the United States.

For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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

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

Top 4 Most Popular Master’s Degree Colleges for Higher Education/Higher Education Administration in Minnesota

1

Capella University
Minneapolis, Minnesota

#6 overall quality in Minnesota

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Capella University. The school came in at #1 for the Most Well Attended Higher Education/Higher Education Administration Major in Minnesota for a Master’s. Capella University is a large school located in Minneapolis, Minnesota that handed out 50 masters’s higher education/higher education administration degrees in 2020-2021.

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2

Walden University
Minneapolis, Minnesota

#8 overall quality in Minnesota

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Walden University. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Most Well Attended Higher Education/Higher Education Administration Major in Minnesota for a Master’s list. Walden University is a private for-profit institution located in Minneapolis, Minnesota. The school has a large population, and it awarded 47 masters’s degrees in 2020-2021.

The low undergrad student loan default rate of 4.7% 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 Walden University Higher Education/Higher Education Administration Report

3

Saint Cloud State University
Saint Cloud, Minnesota

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Saint Cloud State University. The school came in at #3 for the Most Well Attended Higher Education/Higher Education Administration Major in Minnesota for a Master’s. Located in Saint Cloud, Minnesota, this fairly large public school handed out 13 degrees to qualified masters’s higher education/higher education administration students in 2020-2021.

The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 4.6%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.

Read full report on Higher Education/Higher Education Administration at Saint Cloud State University

4

University of St Thomas Minnesota
Saint Paul, Minnesota

#3 overall quality in Minnesota

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of St Thomas Minnesota. The school came in at #4 for the Most Well Attended Higher Education/Higher Education Administration Major in Minnesota for a Master’s. UST MN is a medium-sized school located in Saint Paul, Minnesota that handed out 12 masters’s higher education/higher education administration degrees in 2020-2021.

Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 87%. The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 1.4%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.

Read full report on Higher Education/Higher Education Administration at UST MN

• 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.

Credits

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