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2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Adult and Continuing Ed Major

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Schools for a Bachelor's Highly Focused on Adult and Continuing Ed Major

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In 2020-2021, 1,074 people earned their degree in adult and continuing education, making the major the 432nd most popular in the United States.

At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 4 adult and continuing education graduates with average earnings and debt of $39,682 and $26,217 respectively.

For this year’s “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Adult and Continuing Ed Major” ranking, we looked at 7 colleges that offer a degree in adult and continuing education. That schools that top this list have a program in adult and continuing education in which the largest percentage of students at the school are enrolled.

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Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Adult and Continuing Ed Major

The colleges and universities below are the best for bachelor’s degree adult and continuing ed students.

Top 7 Most Focused Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Adult & Continuing Education

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Out of the 7 schools in the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Adult and Continuing Ed Major that were part of this year’s ranking, Oklahoma Christian University landed the #1 spot on the list. OC is a private not-for-profit institution located in Edmond, Oklahoma. The school has a small population, and it awarded 4 bachelors’s degrees in 2020-2021.

The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 4.8%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.

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Lincoln University
Lincoln University, Pennsylvania

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Lincoln University. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Adult and Continuing Ed Major list. This small school is located in Lincoln University, Pennsylvania, and it awarded 0 bachelors’s adult and continuing ed degrees in 2020-2021.

Read full report on Adult & Continuing Education at Lincoln University

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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Nevada - Las Vegas. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Adult and Continuing Ed Major list. Las Vegas, Nevada is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelors’s adult and continuing ed degrees to 0 students in 2020-2021.

The low undergrad student loan default rate of 4.9% 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 UNLV Adult & Continuing Education Report

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Welch College
Gallatin, Tennessee

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Welch College. The school came in at #2 for the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Adult and Continuing Ed Major. This small school is located in Gallatin, Tennessee, and it awarded 0 bachelors’s adult and continuing ed degrees in 2020-2021.

The undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio of 9 to 1 is a sign that students will have more opportunities to engage with their professors one-on-one.

Read more about Adult & Continuing Education at Welch

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Excelsior College
Albany, New York

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Excelsior College. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Adult and Continuing Ed Major list. Albany, New York is the setting for this fairly large institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out bachelors’s adult and continuing ed degrees to 0 students in 2020-2021.

The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 3.7%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.

Read full report on Adult & Continuing Education at Excelsior College

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Ball State University
Muncie, Indiana

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Ball State University. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Adult and Continuing Ed Major list. Ball State University is a large school located in Muncie, Indiana that handed out 19 bachelors’s adult and continuing ed degrees in 2020-2021.

The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 4.2%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.

Read full report on Adult & Continuing Education at Ball State University

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Out of the 7 schools in the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Adult and Continuing Ed Major that were part of this year’s ranking, Louisiana State University and Agricultural & Mechanical College landed the #2 spot on the list. Louisiana State University and Agricultural & Mechanical College is a public institution located in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. The school has a large population, and it awarded 0 bachelors’s degrees in 2020-2021.

The low undergrad student loan default rate of 4.0% 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%. Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 86%.

Read more about Adult & Continuing Education at Louisiana State University and Agricultural & Mechanical College

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