by our College Data Analytics Team
When it comes to choosing a college, students have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. At College Factual, we’re committed to helping you make that decision by providing information such as that found in our “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Adult and Continuing Ed Major in Minnesota” ranking.
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 Minnesota, there were 124 adult and continuing education graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 37 adult and continuing education graduates with average earnings and debt of $57,734 and $0 respectively.
For this year’s “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Adult and Continuing Ed Major in Minnesota” ranking, we looked at 3 colleges that offer 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.
For more information, check out our ranking methodology.
Since the program you select can have a significant impact on your future, we’ve developed a number of rankings, including this “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Adult and Continuing Ed Major in Minnesota” list, to help you choose the best school for you.
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The following schools top our list of the Best “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Adult and Continuing Ed Major in Minnesota”.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Capella University. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Adult and Continuing Ed Major in Minnesota list. Capella University is located in Minneapolis, Minnesota and, has a large student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 32 masters’s adult and continuing ed degrees to qualified students.
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Out of the 3 schools in the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Adult and Continuing Ed Major in Minnesota that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Minnesota - Twin Cities landed the #2 spot on the list. Minneapolis, Minnesota is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out masters’s adult and continuing ed degrees to 5 students in 2020-2021.
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 low undergrad student loan default rate of 1.7% 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%.
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Out of the 3 schools in the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Adult and Continuing Ed Major in Minnesota that were part of this year’s ranking, Walden University landed the #3 spot on the list. Walden University is located in Minneapolis, Minnesota and, has a large student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 9 masters’s adult and continuing ed degrees to qualified students.
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%.
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