by our College Data Analytics Team
Students have lots of options to chooose from today when trying to decide which college to attend. College Factual has developed its “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Elementary Teaching Major in Oregon” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.
In 2020-2021, 43,003 people earned their degree in elementary education, making the major the 17th most popular in the United States.
Across Oregon, there were 354 elementary education graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 64 elementary education graduates with average earnings and debt of $52,963 and $0 respectively.
This year’s “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Elementary Teaching Major in Oregon” ranking analyzed 6 colleges that offered a degree in elementary education. That schools that top this list have a program in elementary education in which the largest percentage of students at the school are enrolled.
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When choosing the right school for you, it’s important to arm yourself with all the facts you can. To that end, we’ve created a number of major-specific rankings, including this “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Elementary Teaching Major in Oregon” list to help you make the college decision.
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The colleges and universities below are the best for oregon master’s degree elementary teaching students.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Eastern Oregon University. The school came in at #1 for the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Elementary Teaching Major in Oregon. EOU is a small school located in La Grande, Oregon that handed out 43 masters’s elementary teaching degrees in 2020-2021.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Lewis & Clark College. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Elementary Teaching Major in Oregon list. Lewis & Clark College is a small private not-for-profit school situated in Portland, Oregon. It awarded 11 masters’s elementary teaching degrees in 2020-2021.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 1.3%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
Read more about Elementary Education at Lewis and Clark College
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Bushnell University. The school came in at #3 for the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Elementary Teaching Major in Oregon. Bushnell University is a small school located in Eugene, Oregon that handed out 2 masters’s elementary teaching degrees in 2020-2021.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 4.5% 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%.
Out of the 6 schools in the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Elementary Teaching Major in Oregon that were part of this year’s ranking, Western Oregon University landed the #4 spot on the list. Western Oregon State College is located in Monmouth, Oregon and, has a small student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 8 masters’s elementary teaching degrees to qualified students.
Read full report on Elementary Education at Western Oregon University
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Oregon State University. It ranked #5 on our 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Elementary Teaching Major in Oregon list. Located in Corvallis, Oregon, this large public school awarded 60 degrees to qualified masters’s elementary teaching students in 2020-2021.
The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 85%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. The low undergrad student loan default rate of 2.8% 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%.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Southern Oregon University. It ranked #5 on our 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Elementary Teaching Major in Oregon list. This medium-sized school is located in Ashland, Oregon, and it awarded 42 masters’s elementary teaching degrees in 2020-2021.
Read full report on Elementary Education at Southern Oregon University
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