2023 Most Focused Colleges for Education of the Deaf in the Plains States Region

With all of the options students have for higher education today, it can be tough to choose which direction to take. College Factual was founded, in part, to help students make the decision as to what would be the best school for them. Our “Schools Highly Focused on Deaf Education Major in the Plains States Region” ranking is part of that endeavor.

In 2020-2021, 363 people earned their degree in education of the deaf, making the major the 790th most popular in the United States.

Across the Plains States region, there were 8 education of the deaf graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively.

This year’s “Schools Highly Focused on Deaf Education Major in the Plains States Region” ranking analyzed 2 colleges that offered a degree in education of the deaf. This a ranking of the schools where the largest percentage of students has enrolled in education of the deaf.

See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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Schools Highly Focused on Deaf Education Major in the Plains States Region

The following schools top our list of the Best “Schools Highly Focused on Deaf Education Major in the Plains States Region”.

Top 2 Most Focused Colleges for Education of the Deaf in the Plains States Region

1

Fontbonne University
Saint Louis, Missouri

$41,807 Average Early-Career Earnings

$27,411 Average Student Debt

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Fontbonne University. The school came in at #1 for the Schools Highly Focused on Deaf Education Major in the Plains States Region. Fontbonne University is located in Saint Louis, Missouri and, has a small student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 8 ’s deaf education degrees to qualified students.

The impressive undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio of 10 to 1 means that students may have more opportunities to work more closely with their professors than they would at other schools. The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 2.7%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.

Full Fontbonne University Education of the Deaf Report

2

University of Nebraska - Lincoln
Lincoln, Nebraska

#14 overall quality in Plains States

$44,380 Average Early-Career Earnings

$22,837 Average Student Debt

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Nebraska - Lincoln. The school came in at #2 for the Schools Highly Focused on Deaf Education Major in the Plains States Region. Located in Lincoln, Nebraska, this large public school handed out 0 degrees to qualified ’s deaf education students in 2020-2021.

Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 85%. The low undergrad student loan default rate of 2.2% 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 Education of the Deaf at University of Nebraska - Lincoln

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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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