by our College Data Analytics Team
When pursuing a degree in today’s world, students have many different options to choose from. 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 Social Studies Teacher Education Major in the Great Lakes Region” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.
In 2020-2021, 1,968 people earned their degree in social studies education, making the major the 291st most popular in the United States.
Across the Great Lakes region, there were 477 social studies education graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 13 social studies education graduates with average earnings and debt of $58,892 and $0 respectively.
This year’s “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Social Studies Teacher Education Major in the Great Lakes Region” ranking looked at 9 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in social studies education. This a ranking of the schools where the largest percentage of students has enrolled in social studies education.
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Since picking the right college can be one of the most important decisions of your life, we’ve developed the “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Social Studies Teacher Education Major in the Great Lakes Region” ranking, along with many other major-related rankings, to help you make that decision.
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The following schools top our list of the Best “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Social Studies Teacher Education Major in the Great Lakes Region”.
Out of the 9 schools in the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Social Studies Teacher Education Major in the Great Lakes Region that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Akron Main Campus landed the #1 spot on the list. University of Akron Main Campus is a fairly large school located in Akron, Ohio that handed out 8 masters’s social studies teacher education degrees in 2020-2021.
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Out of the 9 schools in the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Social Studies Teacher Education Major in the Great Lakes Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Cleveland State University landed the #2 spot on the list. Cleveland State University is a fairly large school located in Cleveland, Ohio that handed out 3 masters’s social studies teacher education degrees in 2020-2021.
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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Miami University - Oxford. The school came in at #3 for the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Social Studies Teacher Education Major in the Great Lakes Region. Miami University - Oxford is a fairly large school located in Oxford, Ohio that handed out 2 masters’s social studies teacher education degrees in 2020-2021.
With a freshman retention rate of 88%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students. The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 4.0%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
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Out of the 9 schools in the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Social Studies Teacher Education Major in the Great Lakes Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Indiana University - Bloomington landed the #4 spot on the list. Indiana University - Bloomington is located in Bloomington, Indiana and, has a large student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 0 masters’s social studies teacher education degrees to qualified students.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 3.4% 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%. With a freshman retention rate of 91%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students.
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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. It ranked #4 on our 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Social Studies Teacher Education Major in the Great Lakes Region list. University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign is a large school located in Champaign, Illinois that handed out 0 masters’s social studies teacher education degrees in 2020-2021.
The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 94%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. The low undergrad student loan default rate of 2.3% 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%.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of St Francis. It ranked #4 on our 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Social Studies Teacher Education Major in the Great Lakes Region list. University of Saint Francis is a small private not-for-profit school situated in Joliet, Illinois. It awarded 0 masters’s social studies teacher education degrees in 2020-2021.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 2.8%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
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Out of the 9 schools in the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Social Studies Teacher Education Major in the Great Lakes Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Youngstown State University landed the #4 spot on the list. Located in Youngstown, Ohio, this fairly large public school handed out 12 diplomas to qualified masters’s social studies teacher education students in 2020-2021.
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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend John Carroll University. It ranked #4 on our 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Social Studies Teacher Education Major in the Great Lakes Region list. This small school is located in University Heights, Ohio, and it awarded 0 masters’s social studies teacher education degrees in 2020-2021.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 2.1%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Ursuline College. The school came in at #4 for the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Social Studies Teacher Education Major in the Great Lakes Region. Ursuline College is a small school located in Pepper Pike, Ohio that handed out 0 masters’s social studies teacher education degrees in 2020-2021.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 2.9%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%. With a undergrad student-to-faculty ratio of 8 to 1, it’s easy to see that the school is committed to helping their undergraduates succeed.
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