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With 327,871 degrees handed out in 2020-2021, education is the 4th most popular major in the United States. In 2019-2020, education graduates who were awarded their degree in 2017-2019, earned an average of $46,202 and had an average of $24,437 in loans still to pay off.
Across West Virginia, there were 1,559 education graduates with average earnings and debt of $40,084 and $21,995 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 552 education graduates with average earnings and debt of $39,642 and $26,170 respectively.
This year’s “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Education Major in West Virginia” ranking analyzed 18 colleges that offered a degree in education. That schools that top this list have a program in education in which the largest percentage of students at the school are enrolled.
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The colleges and universities below are the best for west virginia bachelor’s degree education students.
Out of the 18 schools in the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Education Major in West Virginia that were part of this year’s ranking, Bethany College West Virginia landed the #1 spot on the list. Bethany College West Virginia is a small school located in Bethany, West Virginia that handed out 17 bachelors’s education degrees in 2020-2021.
Out of the 18 schools in the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Education Major in West Virginia that were part of this year’s ranking, Bluefield State College landed the #2 spot on the list. Bluefield State College is located in Bluefield, West Virginia and, has a small student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 27 bachelors’s education degrees to qualified students.
Out of the 18 schools in the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Education Major in West Virginia that were part of this year’s ranking, West Liberty University landed the #3 spot on the list. West Liberty, West Virginia is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelors’s education degrees to 50 students in 2020-2021.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Concord University. It ranked #4 on our 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Education Major in West Virginia list. Concord University is located in Athens, West Virginia and, has a small student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 36 bachelors’s education degrees to qualified students.
Out of the 18 schools in the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Education Major in West Virginia that were part of this year’s ranking, West Virginia State University landed the #5 spot on the list. WVSU is located in Institute, West Virginia and, has a small student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 32 bachelors’s education degrees to qualified students.
West Virginia Wesleyan College landed the #6 spot on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Education Major in West Virginia ranking. West Virginia Wesleyan College is located in Buckhannon, West Virginia and, has a small student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 21 bachelors’s education degrees to qualified students.
Shepherd University landed the #7 spot on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Education Major in West Virginia ranking. Shepherd University is a small public school situated in Shepherdstown, West Virginia. It awarded 46 bachelors’s education degrees in 2020-2021.
Glenville State College came in at #8 in this year’s edition of the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Education Major in West Virginia ranking. Located in Glenville, West Virginia, this small public school awarded 16 diplomas to qualified bachelors’s education students in 2020-2021.
Davis & Elkins College ranked #9 on this year’s Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Education Major in West Virginia list. D&E is a small school located in Elkins, West Virginia that handed out 10 bachelors’s education degrees in 2020-2021.
Marshall University came in at #10 in this year’s edition of the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Education Major in West Virginia ranking. Marshall University is a fairly large public school situated in Huntington, West Virginia. It awarded 116 bachelors’s education degrees in 2020-2021.
Fairmont State University landed the #11 spot on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Education Major in West Virginia ranking. Fairmont State University is located in Fairmont, West Virginia and, has a small student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 32 bachelors’s education degrees to qualified students.
Wheeling University did quite well in the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Education Major in West Virginia ranking, coming in at #12. Wheeling, West Virginia is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out bachelors’s education degrees to 7 students in 2020-2021.
The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 100%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. 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%.
West Virginia University at Parkersburg came in at #13 in this year’s edition of the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Education Major in West Virginia ranking. This small school is located in Parkersburg, West Virginia, and it awarded 24 bachelors’s education degrees in 2020-2021.
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With a ranking of #14, West Virginia University did quite well on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Education Major in West Virginia list. Morgantown, West Virginia is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelors’s education degrees to 106 students in 2020-2021.
Alderson Broaddus University landed the #15 spot on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Education Major in West Virginia ranking. Alderson Broaddus University is a small school located in Philippi, West Virginia that handed out 3 bachelors’s education degrees in 2020-2021.
University of Charleston came in at #16 in this year’s edition of the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Education Major in West Virginia ranking. UC is located in Charleston, West Virginia and, has a small student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 8 bachelors’s education degrees to qualified students.
Salem University did quite well in the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Education Major in West Virginia ranking, coming in at #17. Located in Salem, West Virginia, this small private for-profit school handed out 1 degrees to qualified bachelors’s education students in 2020-2021.
West Virginia University Institute of Technology landed the #18 spot on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Education Major in West Virginia ranking. West Virginia University Tech is a public institution located in Beckley, West Virginia. The school has a small population, and it awarded 0 bachelors’s degrees in 2020-2021.
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