2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Physics Teacher Education Major in the Plains States Region

Students have lots of options to chooose from today when trying to decide which college to attend. 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 Physics Teacher Education Major in the Plains States Region” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.

Physics Education is the 883rd most popular major in the country with 152 degrees awarded in 2020-2021.

Across the Plains States region, there were 8 physics education graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 0 physics education graduates with average earnings and debt of $55,401 and $0 respectively.

This year’s “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Physics Teacher Education Major in the Plains States Region” ranking looked at 2 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in physics education. That schools that top this list have a program in physics education in which the largest percentage of students at the school are enrolled.

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Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Physics Teacher Education Major in the Plains States Region

The colleges and universities below are the best for plains states region master’s degree physics teacher education students.

Top 2 Most Focused Master’s Degree Colleges for Physics Education in the Plains States Region

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Hastings College
Hastings, Nebraska

Out of the 2 schools in the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Physics Teacher Education Major in the Plains States Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Hastings College landed the #1 spot on the list. Located in Hastings, Nebraska, this small private not-for-profit school handed out 0 degrees to qualified masters’s physics teacher education students in 2020-2021.

The low undergrad student loan default rate of 2.9% 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 Hastings College Physics Education Report

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Minnesota State University - Mankato
Mankato, Minnesota

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Minnesota State University - Mankato. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Physics Teacher Education Major in the Plains States Region list. Minnesota State University - Mankato is a fairly large school located in Mankato, Minnesota that handed out 0 masters’s physics 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%.

Read full report on Physics Education at Minnesota State Mankato

• Most Focused Master’s Degree Colleges for Physics Education

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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