2023 Most Popular Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Other Education in the Far Western US Region

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 “Most Well Attended Other Education Major in the Far Western US Region for a Doctorate” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.

Other Education is the 142nd most popular major in the country with 4,858 degrees awarded in 2020-2021. In 2019-2020, other education graduates who were awarded their degree in 2017-2019, earned an average of $47,827 and had an average of $25,433 in loans still to pay off.

Across the Far Western US region, there were 530 other education graduates with average earnings and debt of $37,307 and $19,018 respectively. At the doctor’s degree level specifically, there were 16 other education graduates with average earnings and debt of $75,423 and $0 respectively.

For this year’s “Most Well Attended Other Education Major in the Far Western US Region for a Doctorate” ranking, we looked at 4 colleges that offer a degree in other education. This ranking identifies schools that graduate the most students in other education.

See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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Most Well Attended Other Education Major in the Far Western US Region for a Doctorate

The colleges and universities below are the best for far western us region doctor’s degree other education students.

Top 4 Most Popular Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Other Education in the Far Western US Region

1

University of Southern California
Los Angeles, California

#4 overall quality in Far Western US

Out of the 4 schools in the Most Well Attended Other Education Major in the Far Western US Region for a Doctorate that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Southern California landed the #1 spot on the list. USC is located in Los Angeles, California and, has a large student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 12 doctorate’s other education degrees to qualified students.

The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 1.3%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%. With a undergrad student-to-faculty ratio of 9 to 1, it’s easy to see that the school is committed to helping their undergraduates succeed. The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 91%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.

Full University of Southern California Other Education Report

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University of California - Berkeley
Berkeley, California

#3 overall quality in Far Western US

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of California - Berkeley. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Most Well Attended Other Education Major in the Far Western US Region for a Doctorate list. UC Berkeley is a large public school situated in Berkeley, California. It awarded 4 doctorate’s other 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 low undergrad student loan default rate of 1.8% 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%.

Read full report on Other Education at UC Berkeley

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University of Nevada - Las Vegas
Las Vegas, Nevada

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Nevada - Las Vegas. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Most Well Attended Other Education Major in the Far Western US Region for a Doctorate list. Located in Las Vegas, Nevada, this large public school awarded 2 degrees to qualified doctorate’s other education students in 2020-2021.

The low undergrad student loan default rate of 4.9% 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%.

Full University of Nevada - Las Vegas Other Education Report

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University of San Diego
San Diego, California

Out of the 4 schools in the Most Well Attended Other Education Major in the Far Western US Region for a Doctorate that were part of this year’s ranking, University of San Diego landed the #3 spot on the list. University of San Diego is a medium-sized private not-for-profit school situated in San Diego, California. It awarded 0 doctorate’s other education degrees in 2020-2021.

The low undergrad student loan default rate of 1.9% 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%.

Full USD Other Education Report

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Notes and References

References

• The Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS) from the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES), a branch of the U.S. Department of Education (DOE) serves as the core of our data about colleges.
• Some other college data, including much of the graduate earnings data, comes from the U.S. Department of Education’s (College Scorecard).
• Information about the national average student loan default rate is from the U.S. Department of Education and refers to data about the 2016 borrower cohort tracking period for which the cohort default rate (CDR) was 10.1%.

Read more about our data sources and methodologies

Footnotes

• *Avg Salary and Avg 4-Year Grad Rate are for the top schools only.
• Some schools otherwise deserving of recognition may have been removed from this ranking in the event that new data identified post-publication warranted it, or at the request of the school.

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