by our College Data Analytics Team
It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. One of our goals at College Factual is to give you as much information as we can - such as our “Most Well Attended Adult and Continuing Ed Major in the Great Lakes Region for a Master’s” ranking - to help you make that decision.
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 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 “Most Well Attended Adult and Continuing Ed Major in the Great Lakes Region for a Master’s” ranking looked at 6 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in adult and continuing education. This ranking identifies schools that graduate the most students in adult and continuing education.
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The adult and continuing ed school you choose to invest your time and money in matters. To help you make the decision that is right for you, we’ve developed a number of major-specific rankings, including this list of “Most Well Attended Adult and Continuing Ed Major in the Great Lakes Region for a Master’s”.
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The colleges and universities below are the best for great lakes region master’s degree adult and continuing ed students.
Out of the 6 schools in the Most Well Attended Adult and Continuing Ed Major in the Great Lakes Region for a Master’s that were part of this year’s ranking, Cleveland State University landed the #1 spot on the list. Cleveland State University is located in Cleveland, Ohio and, has a fairly large student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 29 masters’s adult and continuing ed degrees to qualified students.
Read full report on Adult & Continuing Education at Cleveland State University
Out of the 6 schools in the Most Well Attended Adult and Continuing Ed Major in the Great Lakes Region for a Master’s that were part of this year’s ranking, Indiana University - Bloomington landed the #2 spot on the list. Located in Bloomington, Indiana, this large public school awarded 12 degrees to qualified masters’s adult and continuing ed students in 2020-2021.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 3.4% 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 91%.
Full Indiana University - Bloomington Adult & Continuing Education Report
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Ball State University. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Most Well Attended Adult and Continuing Ed Major in the Great Lakes Region for a Master’s list. Ball State University is a public institution located in Muncie, Indiana. The school has a large population, and it awarded 12 masters’s 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%.
Out of the 6 schools in the Most Well Attended Adult and Continuing Ed Major in the Great Lakes Region for a Master’s that were part of this year’s ranking, Muskingum University landed the #4 spot on the list. Muskingum University is a small school located in New Concord, Ohio that handed out 9 masters’s adult and continuing ed degrees in 2020-2021.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Alverno College. The school came in at #5 for the Most Well Attended Adult and Continuing Ed Major in the Great Lakes Region for a Master’s. Milwaukee, Wisconsin is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out masters’s adult and continuing ed degrees to 1 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%. The undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio of 10 to 1 is a sign that students will have more opportunities to engage with their professors one-on-one.
American College of Education landed the #6 spot on the 2023 Most Well Attended Adult and Continuing Ed Major in the Great Lakes Region for a Master’s ranking. This medium-sized school is located in Indianapolis, Indiana, and it awarded 3 masters’s adult and continuing ed degrees in 2020-2021.
Full American College of Education Adult & Continuing Education Report
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