by our College Data Analytics Team
Students have lots of options to chooose from today when trying to decide which college to attend. College Factual was founded, in part, to help students make the decision as to what would be the best school for them. Our “Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Education Major in the Great Lakes Region” ranking is part of that endeavor.
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 Great Lakes region, there were 3,130 general education graduates with average earnings and debt of $42,937 and $23,962 respectively. At the doctor’s degree level specifically, there were 209 general education graduates with average earnings and debt of $74,305 and $0 respectively.
This year’s “Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Education Major in the Great Lakes Region” ranking looked at 9 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in general education. This a ranking of the schools where the largest percentage of students has enrolled in general education.
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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 a Doctorate Highly Focused on Education Major in the Great Lakes Region” list to help you make the college decision.
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The following schools top our list of the Best “Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Education Major in the Great Lakes Region”.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend The University of Findlay. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Education Major in the Great Lakes Region list. The University of Findlay is a small private not-for-profit school situated in Findlay, Ohio. It awarded 13 doctorate’s education degrees in 2020-2021.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 2.5%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
Out of the 9 schools in the Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Education Major in the Great Lakes Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Cleveland State University landed the #2 spot on the list. Cleveland State University is a public institution located in Cleveland, Ohio. The school has a fairly large population, and it awarded 19 doctorate’s degrees in 2020-2021.
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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Ohio State University - Main Campus. The school came in at #3 for the Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Education Major in the Great Lakes Region. Ohio State is a large school located in Columbus, Ohio that handed out 73 doctorate’s education degrees in 2020-2021.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 3.6% 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%. Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 94%.
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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Michigan - Flint. The school came in at #4 for the Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Education Major in the Great Lakes Region. Flint, Michigan is the setting for this medium-sized institution of higher learning. The public school handed out doctorate’s education degrees to 7 students in 2020-2021.
Full University of Michigan - Flint General Education Report
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. The school came in at #5 for the Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Education Major in the Great Lakes Region. University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign is a large public school situated in Champaign, Illinois. It awarded 41 doctorate’s education degrees in 2020-2021.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 2.3%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%. The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 94%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.
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With a ranking of #6, Eastern Michigan University did quite well on the 2023 Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Education Major in the Great Lakes Region list. Eastern Michigan University is located in Ypsilanti, Michigan and, has a fairly large student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 10 doctorate’s education degrees to qualified students.
Purdue University - Main Campus came in at #7 in this year’s edition of the Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Education Major in the Great Lakes Region ranking. Purdue University - Main Campus is located in West Lafayette, Indiana and, has a large student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 24 doctorate’s education degrees to qualified students.
Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 93%. The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 1.7%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
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University of Michigan - Dearborn did quite well in the 2023 Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Education Major in the Great Lakes Region ranking, coming in at #8. UM Dearborn is a public institution located in Dearborn, Michigan. The school has a medium-sized population, and it awarded 3 doctorate’s degrees in 2020-2021.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 3.7%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
University of Michigan - Ann Arbor landed the #9 spot on the 2023 Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Education Major in the Great Lakes Region ranking. U-M is a large public school situated in Ann Arbor, Michigan. It awarded 19 doctorate’s education degrees in 2020-2021.
The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 96%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 1.3%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
Full University of Michigan - Ann Arbor General Education Report
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