2022 Best Value Elementary Teaching Schools for a Doctorate in the Great Lakes Region

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 “Best Value Elementary Teaching Schools for a Doctorate in the Great Lakes Region” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.

Elementary Education is the 19th most popular major in the country with 40,622 degrees awarded in 2019-2020.

Across the Great Lakes region, there were 5,199 elementary education graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the doctor’s degree level specifically, there were 2 elementary education graduates with average earnings and debt of $74,428 and $121,375 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Elementary Teaching Schools for a Doctorate in the Great Lakes Region” ranking analyzed 2 colleges that offered a degree in elementary education. Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent elementary education programs, but they also cost less that schools of similar quality.

To come up with these rankings, we looked at factors such as the cost to attend the school after aid is awarded and overall quality of the elementary education program at the school. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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Since the program you select can have a significant impact on your future, we’ve developed a number of rankings, including this “Best Value Elementary Teaching Schools for a Doctorate in the Great Lakes Region” list, to help you choose the best school for you.

You can create your own custom comparison that focuses on the factors most important to you using our tool, College Combat. When you have some time, check it out - you may want to bookmark the link so you don’t forget it.

Best Value Elementary Teaching Schools for a Doctorate in the Great Lakes Region

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Elementary Teaching Schools for a Doctorate in the Great Lakes Region.

Top 2 Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Elementary Education in the Great Lakes Region

#1

Ball State University

Muncie, Indiana

#1 in overall quality

$26,204 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Ball State University. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Elementary Teaching Schools for a Doctorate in the Great Lakes Region list. This large school is located in Muncie, Indiana, and it awarded 1 doctorate’s elementary teaching degrees in 2019-2020.

Ball State also took the #1 spot in our “Best Elementary Education Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at Ball State are $26,204, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Full Ball State Elementary Education Report

#2

University of Akron Main Campus

Akron, Ohio

#2 in overall quality

$15,217 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

Out of the 2 schools in the Best Value Elementary Teaching Schools for a Doctorate in the Great Lakes Region that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Akron Main Campus landed the #2 spot on the list. University of Akron Main Campus is located in Akron, Ohio and, has a fairly large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 1 doctorate’s elementary teaching degrees to qualified students.

University of Akron Main Campus also took the #2 spot in our “Best Elementary Education Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at University of Akron Main Campus are $15,217, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Full University of Akron Main Campus Elementary Education Report

• Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Elementary 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

• *Average salary, average net price, and average tuition and fees 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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