2022 Best Value Urban Education and Leadership Schools for a Master’s in the Plains States Region

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Urban Education & Leadership is the 521st most popular major in the country with 810 degrees awarded in 2019-2020.

Across the Plains States region, there were 120 urban education and leadership graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 57 urban education and leadership graduates with average earnings and debt of $53,438 and $39,783 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Urban Education and Leadership Schools for a Master’s in the Plains States Region” ranking analyzed 2 colleges that offered a degree in urban education and leadership. This ranking identifies schools with high-quality urban education and leadership programs that also have a lower cost than schools of similar quality.

When determining these rankings, we looked at things such as overall quality of the urban education and leadership program at the school and the cost to attend the school once aid has been awarded. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.

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Best Value Urban Education and Leadership Schools for a Master’s in the Plains States Region

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Urban Education and Leadership Schools for a Master’s in the Plains States Region.

Top 2 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Urban Education & Leadership in the Plains States Region

#1

Park University

Parkville, Missouri

#1 in overall quality

$6,224 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

Out of the 2 schools in the Best Value Urban Education and Leadership Schools for a Master’s in the Plains States Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Park University landed the #1 spot on the list. Park University is a fairly large private not-for-profit school situated in Parkville, Missouri. It awarded 47 masters’s urban education and leadership degrees in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our plains states region master’s degree urban education and leadership students list, Park University has also earned the #1 rank in our “Best Urban Education & Leadership Master’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at Park University are $6,224, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

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#2

Metropolitan State University

Saint Paul, Minnesota

#2 in overall quality

$17,552 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Metropolitan State University. It ranked #2 on our 2022 Best Value Urban Education and Leadership Schools for a Master’s in the Plains States Region list. Located in Saint Paul, Minnesota, this medium-sized public school awarded 10 degrees to qualified masters’s urban education and leadership students in 2019-2020.

Metro State not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #2 on our “Best Urban Education & Leadership Master’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at Metropolitan State University are $17,552, but some majors have different tuition rates.

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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

• *Average salary, average net price, and average tuition and fees 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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