by our College Data Analytics Team
When it comes to choosing a college, students have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. 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 a Master’s Highly Focused on Education Major in Alabama” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.
In 2020-2021, 29,810 people earned their degree in general education, making the major the 41st most popular in the United States. 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 Alabama, there were 115 general education graduates with average earnings and debt of $60,649 and $0 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 3 general education graduates with average earnings and debt of $55,476 and $0 respectively.
This year’s “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Education Major in Alabama” ranking looked at 2 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in general education. The colleges and universities that top this list are recognized because their general education program is one of the largest majors offered at the school.
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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 Master’s Highly Focused on Education Major in Alabama”.
In addition to our rankings, you can take two colleges and compare them based on the criteria that matters most to you in our unique tool, College Combat. Go ahead and give it a try, or bookmark the link so you can check it out later.
The colleges and universities below are the best for alabama master’s degree education students.
Out of the 2 schools in the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Education Major in Alabama that were part of this year’s ranking, Troy University landed the #1 spot on the list. TROY is a fairly large school located in Troy, Alabama that handed out 2 masters’s education degrees in 2020-2021.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Alabama at Birmingham. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Education Major in Alabama list. University of Alabama at Birmingham is a large school located in Birmingham, Alabama that handed out 1 masters’s education degrees in 2020-2021.
Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 86%. The low undergrad student loan default rate of 4.8% 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%.
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