by our College Data Analytics Team
It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. 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 an Associate Highly Focused on Education Major in the Plains States Region” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.
General Education is the 41st most popular major in the country with 29,810 degrees awarded in 2020-2021. In 2019-2020, general education graduates who were awarded their degree in 2017-2019, earned an average of $48,719 and had an average of $23,394 in loans still to pay off.
Across the Plains States region, there were 3,291 general education graduates with average earnings and debt of $44,616 and $27,696 respectively. At the associate degree level specifically, there were 106 general education graduates with average earnings and debt of $36,723 and $22,140 respectively.
This year’s “Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Education Major in the Plains States Region” ranking looked at 14 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in general education. That schools that top this list have a program in general education in which the largest percentage of students at the school are enrolled.
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When choosing the right school for you, it’s important to arm yourself with all the facts you can. To that end, we’ve created a number of major-specific rankings, including this “Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Education Major in the Plains States Region” list to help you make the college decision.
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The following schools top our list of the Best “Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Education Major in the Plains States Region”.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Highland Community College. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Education Major in the Plains States Region list. Highland Community College is a small school located in Highland, Kansas that handed out 33 associates’s education degrees in 2020-2021.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Itasca Community College. The school came in at #2 for the Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Education Major in the Plains States Region. This small school is located in Grand Rapids, Minnesota, and it awarded 9 associates’s education degrees in 2020-2021.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Inver Hills Community College. The school came in at #3 for the Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Education Major in the Plains States Region. Located in Inver Grove Heights, Minnesota, this small public school handed out 13 degrees to qualified associates’s education students in 2020-2021.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Emmaus Bible College. The school came in at #4 for the Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Education Major in the Plains States Region. Emmaus Bible College is located in Dubuque, Iowa and, has a small student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 2 associates’s education degrees to qualified students.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 4.2%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%. The impressive undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio of 7 to 1 means that students may have more opportunities to work more closely with their professors than they would at other schools.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Barton County Community College. It ranked #5 on our 2023 Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Education Major in the Plains States Region list. This small school is located in Great Bend, Kansas, and it awarded 13 associates’s education degrees in 2020-2021.
Minneapolis Community and Technical College ranked #6 on this year’s Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Education Major in the Plains States Region list. This medium-sized school is located in Minneapolis, Minnesota, and it awarded 16 associates’s education degrees in 2020-2021.
Full Minneapolis Community and Technical College General Education Report
North Hennepin Community College ranked #7 on this year’s Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Education Major in the Plains States Region list. North Hennepin Community College is a public institution located in Brooklyn Park, Minnesota. The school has a medium-sized population, and it awarded 9 associates’s degrees in 2020-2021.
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Century College landed the #8 spot on the 2023 Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Education Major in the Plains States Region ranking. Century College is a medium-sized school located in White Bear Lake, Minnesota that handed out 7 associates’s education degrees in 2020-2021.
Drury University - College of Continuing Professional Studies ranked #9 on this year’s Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Education Major in the Plains States Region list. This small school is located in Springfield, Missouri, and it awarded 1 associates’s education degrees in 2020-2021.
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Southwest Baptist University came in at #10 in this year’s edition of the Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Education Major in the Plains States Region ranking. Southwest Baptist University is located in Bolivar, Missouri and, has a small student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 1 associates’s education degrees to qualified students.
Read full report on General Education at Southwest Baptist University
Northeast Community College did quite well in the 2023 Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Education Major in the Plains States Region ranking, coming in at #11. Northeast is a medium-sized school located in Norfolk, Nebraska that handed out 1 associates’s education degrees in 2020-2021.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 5.0% 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%.
Normandale Community College came in at #12 in this year’s edition of the Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Education Major in the Plains States Region ranking. Normandale Community College is a public institution located in Bloomington, Minnesota. The school has a medium-sized population, and it awarded 1 associates’s degrees in 2020-2021.
Read more about General Education at Normandale Community College
Butler Community College landed the #13 spot on the 2023 Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Education Major in the Plains States Region ranking. Butler Community College is a medium-sized public school situated in El Dorado, Kansas. It awarded 0 associates’s education degrees in 2020-2021.
Little Priest Tribal College came in at #13 in this year’s edition of the Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Education Major in the Plains States Region ranking. Winnebago, Nebraska is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The public school handed out associates’s education degrees to 0 students in 2020-2021.
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