2023 Most Focused Master’s Degree Colleges for Adult & Continuing Education in the Great Lakes Region

Students have lots of options to chooose from today when trying to decide which college to attend. College Factual was founded, in part, to help students make the decision as to what would be the best school for them. Our “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Adult and Continuing Ed Major in the Great Lakes Region” ranking is part of that endeavor.

Adult & Continuing Education is the 432nd most popular major in the country with 1,074 degrees awarded in 2020-2021.

Across the Great Lakes region, there were 79 adult and continuing education graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 63 adult and continuing education graduates with average earnings and debt of $58,892 and $0 respectively.

This year’s “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Adult and Continuing Ed Major in the Great Lakes Region” ranking analyzed 6 colleges that offered a degree 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.

See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Adult and Continuing Ed Major in the Great Lakes Region

The following schools top our list of the Best “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Adult and Continuing Ed Major in the Great Lakes Region”.

Top 6 Most Focused Master’s Degree Colleges for Adult & Continuing Education in the Great Lakes Region

1

Muskingum University
New Concord, Ohio

Out of the 6 schools in the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Adult and Continuing Ed Major in the Great Lakes Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Muskingum University landed the #1 spot on the list. This small school is located in New Concord, Ohio, and it awarded 9 masters’s adult and continuing ed degrees in 2020-2021.

Full Muskingum Adult & Continuing Education Report

2

Cleveland State University
Cleveland, Ohio

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Cleveland State University. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Adult and Continuing Ed Major in the Great Lakes Region list. This fairly large school is located in Cleveland, Ohio, and it awarded 29 masters’s adult and continuing ed degrees in 2020-2021.

Full Cleveland State University Adult & Continuing Education Report

3

Ball State University
Muncie, Indiana

Top 10% overall quality in Great Lakes

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Ball State University. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Adult and Continuing Ed Major in the Great Lakes Region list. Ball State is a large public school situated in Muncie, Indiana. It awarded 12 masters’s adult and continuing ed degrees in 2020-2021.

The low undergrad student loan default rate of 4.2% 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%.

Read more about Adult & Continuing Education at Ball State University

4

Alverno College
Milwaukee, Wisconsin

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Alverno College. It ranked #4 on our 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Adult and Continuing Ed Major in the Great Lakes Region list. Alverno College is a private not-for-profit institution located in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. The school has a small population, and it awarded 1 masters’s degrees in 2020-2021.

The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 4.7%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%. Since the school has a undergrad student-to-faculty ratio of 10 to 1, those pursuing a degree will have more opportunities to interact with their professors.

Read more about Adult & Continuing Education at Alverno College

5

Indiana University - Bloomington
Bloomington, Indiana

#10 overall quality in Great Lakes

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Indiana University - Bloomington. It ranked #5 on our 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Adult and Continuing Ed Major in the Great Lakes Region list. Indiana University - Bloomington is located in Bloomington, Indiana and, has a large student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 12 masters’s adult and continuing ed degrees to qualified students.

The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 91%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 3.4%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.

Full Indiana University - Bloomington Adult & Continuing Education Report

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American College of Education
Indianapolis, Indiana

American College of Education ranked #6 on this year’s Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Adult and Continuing Ed Major in the Great Lakes Region list. This medium-sized school is located in Indianapolis, Indiana, and it awarded 3 masters’s adult and continuing ed degrees in 2020-2021.

Read full report on Adult & Continuing Education at American College of Education

• Most Focused Master’s Degree Colleges for Adult & Continuing 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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