2023 Most Focused Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Adult & Continuing Education in the Far Western US Region

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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.

Across the Far Western US region, there were 39 adult and continuing education graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the doctor’s degree level specifically, there were 6 adult and continuing education graduates with average earnings and debt of $75,423 and $0 respectively.

This year’s “Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Adult and Continuing Ed Major in the Far Western US Region” ranking looked at 2 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in adult and continuing education. The colleges and universities that top this list are recognized because their adult and continuing education program is one of the largest majors offered at the school.

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Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Adult and Continuing Ed Major in the Far Western US Region

The colleges and universities below are the best for far western us region doctor’s degree adult and continuing ed students.

Top 2 Most Focused Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Adult & Continuing Education in the Far Western US Region

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Oregon State University
Corvallis, Oregon

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Oregon State University. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Adult and Continuing Ed Major in the Far Western US Region list. Corvallis, Oregon is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out doctorate’s adult and continuing ed degrees to 6 students 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%. Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 85%.

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

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University of Nevada - Las Vegas
Las Vegas, Nevada

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Nevada - Las Vegas. The school came in at #2 for the Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Adult and Continuing Ed Major in the Far Western US Region. Las Vegas, Nevada is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out doctorate’s adult and continuing ed degrees to 0 students in 2020-2021.

The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 4.9%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.

Read more about Adult & Continuing Education at UNLV

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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

• *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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