by our College Data Analytics Team
With all of the options students have for higher education today, it can be tough to choose which direction to take. College Factual has developed its “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Education Major in Iowa” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.
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 Iowa, there were 226 general education graduates with average earnings and debt of $44,237 and $30,654 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 15 general education graduates with average earnings and debt of $40,980 and $30,839 respectively.
This year’s “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Education Major in Iowa” ranking looked at 8 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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The education school you choose to invest your time and money in matters. To help you make the decision that is right for you, we’ve developed a number of major-specific rankings, including this list of “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Education Major in Iowa”.
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The following schools top our list of the Best “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Education Major in Iowa”.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Iowa Wesleyan University. The school came in at #1 for the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Education Major in Iowa. Iowa Wesleyan University is a private not-for-profit institution located in Mount Pleasant, Iowa. The school has a small population, and it awarded 7 bachelors’s degrees in 2020-2021.
Out of the 8 schools in the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Education Major in Iowa that were part of this year’s ranking, William Penn University landed the #2 spot on the list. William Penn University is located in Oskaloosa, Iowa and, has a small student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 3 bachelors’s education degrees to qualified students.
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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Buena Vista University. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Education Major in Iowa list. Located in Storm Lake, Iowa, this small private not-for-profit school awarded 4 diplomas to qualified bachelors’s education students in 2020-2021.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 4.1%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%. The impressive undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio of 10 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 Loras College. It ranked #4 on our 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Education Major in Iowa list. Dubuque, Iowa is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out bachelors’s education degrees to 1 students in 2020-2021.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 2.8%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Dubuque. The school came in at #5 for the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Education Major in Iowa. UD is located in Dubuque, Iowa and, has a small student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 0 bachelors’s education degrees to qualified students.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Dordt University. The school came in at #5 for the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Education Major in Iowa. This small school is located in Sioux Center, Iowa, and it awarded 0 bachelors’s education degrees in 2020-2021.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 2.3%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
Out of the 8 schools in the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Education Major in Iowa that were part of this year’s ranking, Briar Cliff University landed the #5 spot on the list. Briar Cliff is a private not-for-profit institution located in Sioux City, Iowa. The school has a small population, and it awarded 0 bachelors’s degrees in 2020-2021.
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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Morningside College. The school came in at #5 for the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Education Major in Iowa. Morningside is located in Sioux City, Iowa and, has a small student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 140 bachelors’s education degrees to qualified students.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 4.4%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
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