2023 Most Focused Master’s Degree Colleges for Social Science Teacher Education in Missouri

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Social Science Teacher Education is the 588th most popular major in the country with 474 degrees awarded in 2020-2021.

Across Missouri, there were 20 social science teacher education graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 6 social science teacher education graduates with average earnings and debt of $53,301 and $0 respectively.

This year’s “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Social Science Teacher Education Major in Missouri” ranking looked at 2 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in social science teacher education. That schools that top this list have a program in social science teacher 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 Social Science Teacher Education Major in Missouri

The colleges and universities below are the best for missouri master’s degree social science teacher education students.

Top 2 Most Focused Master’s Degree Colleges for Social Science Teacher Education in Missouri

1

Truman State University
Kirksville, Missouri

#12 overall quality in Missouri

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Truman State University. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Social Science Teacher Education Major in Missouri list. Located in Kirksville, Missouri, this small public school handed out 6 degrees to qualified masters’s social science teacher education students in 2020-2021.

The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 88%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. The low undergrad student loan default rate of 2.6% 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 Truman State Social Science Teacher Education Report

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Webster University
Saint Louis, Missouri

#6 overall quality in Missouri

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Webster University. The school came in at #2 for the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Social Science Teacher Education Major in Missouri. Located in Saint Louis, Missouri, this medium-sized private not-for-profit school handed out 0 diplomas to qualified masters’s social science teacher education students in 2020-2021.

The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 3.9%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.

Read full report on Social Science Teacher Education at Webster

• Most Focused Master’s Degree Colleges for Social Science Teacher Education in the Plains States Region
• Most Focused Master’s Degree Colleges for Social Science Teacher 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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