2023 Most Popular Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Elementary Education in the Great Lakes Region

With all of the options students have for higher education today, it can be tough to choose which direction to take. College Factual has developed its “Most Well Attended Elementary Teaching Major in the Great Lakes Region for a Doctorate” 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 the Great Lakes region, there were 5,292 elementary education graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the doctor’s degree level specifically, there were 1 elementary education graduates with average earnings and debt of $74,305 and $0 respectively.

This year’s “Most Well Attended Elementary Teaching Major in the Great Lakes Region for a Doctorate” ranking looked at 2 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in elementary education. The schools that top this list are recognized because they have one of the most popular elementary education programs in the United States.

For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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Most Well Attended Elementary Teaching Major in the Great Lakes Region for a Doctorate

The colleges and universities below are the best for great lakes region doctor’s degree elementary teaching students.

Top 2 Most Popular Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Elementary Education in the Great Lakes Region

1

Ball State University
Muncie, Indiana

Top 25% overall quality in Great Lakes

Out of the 2 schools in the Most Well Attended Elementary Teaching Major in the Great Lakes Region for a Doctorate that were part of this year’s ranking, Ball State University landed the #1 spot on the list. Ball State is a large public school situated in Muncie, Indiana. It awarded 1 doctorate’s elementary teaching degrees in 2020-2021.

The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 4.2%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.

Read full report on Elementary Education at Ball State

2

University of Akron Main Campus
Akron, Ohio

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Akron Main Campus. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Most Well Attended Elementary Teaching Major in the Great Lakes Region for a Doctorate list. University of Akron Main Campus is a fairly large school located in Akron, Ohio that handed out 0 doctorate’s elementary teaching degrees in 2020-2021.

Read full report on Elementary Education at University of Akron Main Campus

• Most Popular 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

• *Avg Salary and Avg 4-Year Grad Rate 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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