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 “Most Well Attended Education Major in Idaho for a Bachelor’s” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.
In 2020-2021, 327,871 education students received their degree, making the major the 4th most popular in the country. 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 Idaho, there were 1,640 education graduates with average earnings and debt of $44,020 and $22,965 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 841 education graduates with average earnings and debt of $37,020 and $24,050 respectively.
For this year’s “Most Well Attended Education Major in Idaho for a Bachelor’s” ranking, we looked at 8 colleges that offer a degree in education. To top this list, a school must have a successful education program that graduates more students in the field than other colleges that offer the same major.
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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 “Most Well Attended Education Major in Idaho for a Bachelor’s” list to help you make the college decision.
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The following schools top our list of the Best “Most Well Attended Education Major in Idaho for a Bachelor’s”.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Brigham Young University - Idaho. The school came in at #1 for the Most Well Attended Education Major in Idaho for a Bachelor’s. Brigham Young University - Idaho is a large school located in Rexburg, Idaho that handed out 379 bachelors’s education degrees in 2020-2021.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 3.1%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Boise State University. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Most Well Attended Education Major in Idaho for a Bachelor’s list. Boise State is a public institution located in Boise, Idaho. The school has a large population, and it awarded 181 bachelors’s degrees in 2020-2021.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 4.3%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Idaho. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Most Well Attended Education Major in Idaho for a Bachelor’s list. Located in Moscow, Idaho, this fairly large public school awarded 113 diplomas to qualified bachelors’s education students in 2020-2021.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 4.1% 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%.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Idaho State University. It ranked #4 on our 2023 Most Well Attended Education Major in Idaho for a Bachelor’s list. Located in Pocatello, Idaho, this fairly large public school handed out 84 degrees to qualified bachelors’s education students in 2020-2021.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Lewis - Clark State College. It ranked #5 on our 2023 Most Well Attended Education Major in Idaho for a Bachelor’s list. Lewis - Clark State College is a small school located in Lewiston, Idaho that handed out 53 bachelors’s education degrees in 2020-2021.
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With a ranking of #6, Northwest Nazarene University did quite well on the 2023 Most Well Attended Education Major in Idaho for a Bachelor’s list. Nampa, Idaho is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out bachelors’s education degrees to 22 students in 2020-2021.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 2.1%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
With a ranking of #7, The College of Idaho did quite well on the 2023 Most Well Attended Education Major in Idaho for a Bachelor’s list. The College of Idaho is located in Caldwell, Idaho and, has a small student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 7 bachelors’s education degrees to qualified students.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 3.7%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
With a ranking of #8, Boise Bible College did quite well on the 2023 Most Well Attended Education Major in Idaho for a Bachelor’s list. Boise Bible College is a small private not-for-profit school situated in Boise, Idaho. It awarded 2 bachelors’s education degrees in 2020-2021.
The undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio of 10 to 1 is a sign that students will have more opportunities to engage with their professors one-on-one.
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