2023 Most Focused Master’s Degree Colleges for Biology Education in the Plains States Region
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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 “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Biology Teacher Education Major in the Plains States Region” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.
Biology Education is the 467th most popular major in the country with 865 degrees awarded in 2020-2021.
Across the Plains States region, there were 57 biology education graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 1 biology education graduates with average earnings and debt of $55,401 and $0 respectively.
This year’s “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Biology Teacher Education Major in the Plains States Region” ranking looked at 3 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in biology education. The colleges and universities that top this list are recognized because their biology education program is one of the largest majors offered at the school.
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Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Biology Teacher Education Major in the Plains States Region
The colleges and universities below are the best for plains states region master’s degree biology teacher education students.
Top 3 Most Focused Master’s Degree Colleges for Biology Education in the Plains States Region
Out of the 3 schools in the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Biology Teacher Education Major in the Plains States Region that were part of this year’s ranking, St Catherine University landed the #1 spot on the list. Saint Paul, Minnesota is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out masters’s biology teacher education degrees to 1 students in 2020-2021.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 3.1% 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%.
Read more about Biology Education at St Catherine University
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Hastings College. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Biology Teacher Education Major in the Plains States Region list. Located in Hastings, Nebraska, this small private not-for-profit school awarded 0 diplomas to qualified masters’s biology teacher education students in 2020-2021.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 2.9%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
Full Hastings Biology Education Report
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Minnesota State University - Mankato. The school came in at #2 for the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Biology Teacher Education Major in the Plains States Region. Minnesota State University - Mankato is a fairly large school located in Mankato, Minnesota that handed out 4 masters’s biology teacher education degrees in 2020-2021.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 3.6% 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 Minnesota State Mankato Biology Education Report
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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
- *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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