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2022 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Social Studies Education in the Great Lakes Region

5 Ranked Colleges
10 Degrees Awarded
$20,700 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees*
Best Value Social Studies Teacher Education Schools for a Master's in the Great Lakes Region

When it comes to choosing a college, students have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. One of our goals at College Factual is to give you as much information as we can - such as our “Best Value Social Studies Teacher Education Schools for a Master’s in the Great Lakes Region” ranking - to help you make that decision.

In 2019-2020, 1,830 people earned their degree in social studies education, making the major the 331st most popular in the United States.

Across the Great Lakes region, there were 472 social studies education graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 10 social studies education graduates with average earnings and debt of $57,039 and $42,488 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Social Studies Teacher Education Schools for a Master’s in the Great Lakes Region” ranking analyzed 5 colleges that offered a degree in social studies education. Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent social studies education programs, but they also cost less that schools of similar quality.

When determining these rankings, we looked at things such as overall quality of the social studies education program at the school and the cost to attend the school once aid has been awarded. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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Best Value Social Studies Teacher Education Schools for a Master’s in the Great Lakes Region

The colleges and universities below are the best for great lakes region master’s degree social studies teacher education students.

Top 5 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Social Studies Education in the Great Lakes Region

#1

John Carroll University

University Heights, Ohio
#2 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend John Carroll University. The school came in at #1 for the Best Value Social Studies Teacher Education Schools for a Master’s in the Great Lakes Region. John Carroll University is a small private not-for-profit school situated in University Heights, Ohio. It awarded 1 masters’s social studies teacher education degrees in 2019-2020.

John Carroll did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #2 on our “Best Social Studies Education Master’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at John Carroll University are $15,957, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Full John Carroll Social Studies Education Report

#3 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Akron Main Campus. The school came in at #2 for the Best Value Social Studies Teacher Education Schools for a Master’s in the Great Lakes Region. This fairly large school is located in Akron, Ohio, and it awarded 3 masters’s social studies teacher education degrees in 2019-2020.

University of Akron Main Campus also made our “Best Social Studies Education Master’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region” list, coming in at #3. Average graduate tuition and fees at University of Akron Main Campus are $15,217, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Read more about Social Studies Education at University of Akron Main Campus

#3

Cleveland State University

Cleveland, Ohio
#5 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Cleveland State University. It ranked #3 on our 2022 Best Value Social Studies Teacher Education Schools for a Master’s in the Great Lakes Region list. Cleveland State University is a fairly large school located in Cleveland, Ohio that handed out 4 masters’s social studies teacher education degrees in 2019-2020.

Cleveland State University did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #5 on our “Best Social Studies Education Master’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region” list. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at Cleveland State University are $17,622.

Read full report on Social Studies Education at Cleveland State University

#4

Ursuline College

Pepper Pike, Ohio
#4 in overall quality

Out of the 5 schools in the Best Value Social Studies Teacher Education Schools for a Master’s in the Great Lakes Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Ursuline College landed the #4 spot on the list. Pepper Pike, Ohio is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out masters’s social studies teacher education degrees to 1 students in 2019-2020.

Ursuline College also made our “Best Social Studies Education Master’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region” list, coming in at #4. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at Ursuline College are $22,192.

Full Ursuline College Social Studies Education Report

#1 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Miami University - Oxford. It ranked #5 on our 2022 Best Value Social Studies Teacher Education Schools for a Master’s in the Great Lakes Region list. This fairly large school is located in Oxford, Ohio, and it awarded 1 masters’s social studies teacher education degrees in 2019-2020.

Miami University - Oxford did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best Social Studies Education Master’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at Miami University - Oxford are $31,697, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Read more about Social Studies Education at Miami University - Oxford

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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

  • *Average salary, average net price, and average tuition and fees 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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