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 Adult and Continuing Ed Major in the Plains States Region” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.
Adult & Continuing Education is the 432nd most popular major in the country with 1,074 degrees awarded in 2020-2021.
Across the Plains States region, there were 235 adult and continuing education graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 137 adult and continuing education graduates with average earnings and debt of $55,401 and $0 respectively.
This year’s “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Adult and Continuing Ed Major in the Plains States Region” ranking looked at 7 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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The colleges and universities below are the best for plains states region master’s degree adult and continuing ed students.
Out of the 7 schools in the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Adult and Continuing Ed Major in the Plains States Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Waldorf University landed the #1 spot on the list. Waldorf University is a private for-profit institution located in Forest City, Iowa. The school has a small population, and it awarded 19 masters’s degrees in 2020-2021.
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Out of the 7 schools in the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Adult and Continuing Ed Major in the Plains States Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Drake University landed the #2 spot on the list. Located in Des Moines, Iowa, this small private not-for-profit school handed out 17 diplomas to qualified masters’s adult and continuing ed students in 2020-2021.
Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 86%. 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. The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 1.9%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
Read more about Adult & Continuing Education at Drake University
Out of the 7 schools in the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Adult and Continuing Ed Major in the Plains States Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Kansas State University landed the #3 spot on the list. Manhattan, Kansas is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out masters’s adult and continuing ed degrees to 50 students in 2020-2021.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 3.7% 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 87%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Park University. The school came in at #4 for the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Adult and Continuing Ed Major in the Plains States Region. Parkville, Missouri is the setting for this medium-sized institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out masters’s adult and continuing ed degrees to 14 students in 2020-2021.
Read more about Adult & Continuing Education at Park University
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Capella University. It ranked #5 on our 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Adult and Continuing Ed Major in the Plains States Region list. Capella University is a large school located in Minneapolis, Minnesota that handed out 32 masters’s adult and continuing ed degrees in 2020-2021.
University of Minnesota - Twin Cities ranked #6 on this year’s Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Adult and Continuing Ed Major in the Plains States Region list. University of Minnesota - Twin Cities is located in Minneapolis, Minnesota and, has a large student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 5 masters’s adult and continuing ed degrees to qualified students.
The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 93%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 1.7%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
Walden University landed the #7 spot on the 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Adult and Continuing Ed Major in the Plains States Region ranking. Located in Minneapolis, Minnesota, this large private for-profit school handed out 9 degrees to qualified masters’s adult and continuing ed students 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%.
Read full report on Adult & Continuing Education at Walden University
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