by our College Data Analytics Team
When pursuing a degree in today’s world, students have many different options to choose from. Our mission at College Factual is to arm you with as much information as we can to help you make that decision. Our “Most Well Attended Education Major in the Plains States Region for an Associate” 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 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 “Most Well Attended Education Major in the Plains States Region for an Associate” ranking looked at 14 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in general education. To top this list, a school must have a successful general education program that graduates more students in the field than other colleges that offer the same major.
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Since picking the right college can be one of the most important decisions of your life, we’ve developed the “Most Well Attended Education Major in the Plains States Region for an Associate” ranking, along with many other major-related rankings, to help you make that decision.
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The following schools top our list of the Best “Most Well Attended Education Major in the Plains States Region for an Associate”.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Highland Community College. The school came in at #1 for the Most Well Attended Education Major in the Plains States Region for an Associate. Highland Community College is a small public school situated in Highland, Kansas. It awarded 33 associates’s education degrees in 2020-2021.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Minneapolis Community and Technical College. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Most Well Attended Education Major in the Plains States Region for an Associate list. Minneapolis Community and Technical College is a public institution located in Minneapolis, Minnesota. The school has a medium-sized population, and it awarded 16 associates’s degrees in 2020-2021.
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Out of the 14 schools in the Most Well Attended Education Major in the Plains States Region for an Associate that were part of this year’s ranking, Inver Hills Community College landed the #3 spot on the list. This small school is located in Inver Grove Heights, Minnesota, and it awarded 13 associates’s education degrees in 2020-2021.
Read more about General Education at Inver Hills Community College
Out of the 14 schools in the Most Well Attended Education Major in the Plains States Region for an Associate that were part of this year’s ranking, Barton County Community College landed the #3 spot on the list. Barton Community College is a small school located in Great Bend, Kansas that handed out 13 associates’s education degrees in 2020-2021.
Out of the 14 schools in the Most Well Attended Education Major in the Plains States Region for an Associate that were part of this year’s ranking, Itasca Community College landed the #5 spot on the list. Located in Grand Rapids, Minnesota, this small public school handed out 9 diplomas to qualified associates’s education students in 2020-2021.
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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend North Hennepin Community College. The school came in at #5 for the Most Well Attended Education Major in the Plains States Region for an Associate. Located in Brooklyn Park, Minnesota, this medium-sized public school awarded 9 degrees to qualified associates’s education students in 2020-2021.
Read full report on General Education at North Hennepin Community College
Century College ranked #7 on this year’s Most Well Attended Education Major in the Plains States Region for an Associate list. Located in White Bear Lake, Minnesota, this medium-sized public school awarded 7 degrees to qualified associates’s education students in 2020-2021.
Emmaus Bible College came in at #8 in this year’s edition of the Most Well Attended Education Major in the Plains States Region for an Associate ranking. Emmaus Bible College is a small school located in Dubuque, Iowa that handed out 2 associates’s education degrees in 2020-2021.
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 undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio of 7 to 1 is a sign that students will have more opportunities to engage with their professors one-on-one.
Read full report on General Education at Emmaus Bible College
Normandale Community College came in at #9 in this year’s edition of the Most Well Attended Education Major in the Plains States Region for an Associate ranking. Normandale Community College is a medium-sized school located in Bloomington, Minnesota that handed out 1 associates’s education degrees in 2020-2021.
Read more about General Education at Normandale Community College
Southwest Baptist University came in at #9 in this year’s edition of the Most Well Attended Education Major in the Plains States Region for an Associate ranking. Located in Bolivar, Missouri, this small private not-for-profit school handed out 1 diplomas to qualified associates’s education students in 2020-2021.
Read more about General Education at Southwest Baptist University
Northeast Community College came in at #9 in this year’s edition of the Most Well Attended Education Major in the Plains States Region for an Associate ranking. This medium-sized school is located in Norfolk, Nebraska, and it awarded 1 associates’s education degrees in 2020-2021.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 5.0%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
Read full report on General Education at Northeast Community College
Drury University - College of Continuing Professional Studies did quite well in the 2023 Most Well Attended Education Major in the Plains States Region for an Associate ranking, coming in at #9. Drury University - College of Continuing Professional Studies is a small school located in Springfield, Missouri that handed out 1 associates’s education degrees in 2020-2021.
Little Priest Tribal College landed the #13 spot on the 2023 Most Well Attended Education Major in the Plains States Region for an Associate ranking. Little Priest Tribal College is a small public school situated in Winnebago, Nebraska. It awarded 0 associates’s education degrees in 2020-2021.
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With a ranking of #13, Butler Community College did quite well on the 2023 Most Well Attended Education Major in the Plains States Region for an Associate list. El Dorado, Kansas is the setting for this medium-sized institution of higher learning. The public school handed out associates’s education degrees to 0 students in 2020-2021.
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