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. College Factual has developed its “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Elementary Teaching Major in Kansas” 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 Kansas, there were 1,367 elementary education graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 317 elementary education graduates with average earnings and debt of $56,354 and $0 respectively.
This year’s “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Elementary Teaching Major in Kansas” ranking looked at 5 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in elementary education. This a ranking of the schools where the largest percentage of students has enrolled in elementary education.
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The colleges and universities below are the best for kansas master’s degree elementary teaching students.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Pittsburg State University. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Elementary Teaching Major in Kansas list. Located in Pittsburg, Kansas, this medium-sized public school handed out 118 diplomas to qualified masters’s elementary teaching students in 2020-2021.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Kansas State University. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Elementary Teaching Major in Kansas list. Located in Manhattan, Kansas, this large public school handed out 164 diplomas to qualified masters’s elementary teaching students in 2020-2021.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 3.7%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%. The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 87%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.
Read full report on Elementary Education at Kansas State University
Out of the 5 schools in the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Elementary Teaching Major in Kansas that were part of this year’s ranking, MidAmerica Nazarene University landed the #3 spot on the list. This small school is located in Olathe, Kansas, and it awarded 14 masters’s elementary teaching degrees in 2020-2021.
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.
Read more about Elementary Education at MidAmerica Nazarene University
Out of the 5 schools in the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Elementary Teaching Major in Kansas that were part of this year’s ranking, Emporia State University landed the #4 spot on the list. Emporia, Kansas is the setting for this medium-sized institution of higher learning. The public school handed out masters’s elementary teaching degrees to 18 students in 2020-2021.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 3.8%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Saint Mary. The school came in at #5 for the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Elementary Teaching Major in Kansas. University of St. Mary is a small private not-for-profit school situated in Leavenworth, Kansas. It awarded 3 masters’s elementary teaching degrees in 2020-2021.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 5.0% 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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