2022 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Junior High/Intermediate/Middle School Education & Teaching in the Plains States Region (With Aid)

With all of the options students have for higher education today, it can be tough to choose which direction to take. College Factual was founded, in part, to help students make the decision as to what would be the best school for them. Our “Best Value Junior High/Intermediate/Middle School Education and Teaching Schools for a Master’s in the Plains States Region For Those Getting Aid” ranking is part of that endeavor.

Junior High/Intermediate/Middle School Education & Teaching is the 200th most popular major in the country with 3,484 degrees awarded in 2019-2020.

Across the Plains States region, there were 316 junior high/intermediate/middle school education and teaching graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 5 junior high/intermediate/middle school education and teaching graduates with average earnings and debt of $53,438 and $39,783 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Junior High/Intermediate/Middle School Education and Teaching Schools for a Master’s in the Plains States Region For Those Getting Aid” ranking looked at 2 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in junior high/intermediate/middle school education and teaching. This ranking identifies schools with high-quality junior high/intermediate/middle school education and teaching programs that also have a lower cost than schools of similar quality.

When determining these rankings, we looked at things such as overall quality of the junior high/intermediate/middle school education and teaching program at the school and the cost to attend the school once aid has been awarded. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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Best Value Junior High/Intermediate/Middle School Education and Teaching Schools for a Master’s in the Plains States Region For Those Getting Aid

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Junior High/Intermediate/Middle School Education and Teaching Schools for a Master’s in the Plains States Region For Those Getting Aid.

Top 2 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Junior High/Intermediate/Middle School Education & Teaching in the Plains States Region (With Aid)

#1

Drury University

Springfield, Missouri

#1 in overall quality

$8,515 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Drury University. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Junior High/Intermediate/Middle School Education and Teaching Schools for a Master’s in the Plains States Region For Those Getting Aid list. Springfield, Missouri is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out masters’s junior high/intermediate/middle school education and teaching degrees to 4 students in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our plains states region master’s degree junior high/intermediate/middle school education and teaching students with aid list, Drury University has also earned the #1 rank in our “Best Junior High/Intermediate/Middle School Education & Teaching Master’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at Drury University are $8,515, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

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#2

Webster University

Saint Louis, Missouri

$13,500 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

Out of the 2 schools in the Best Value Junior High/Intermediate/Middle School Education and Teaching Schools for a Master’s in the Plains States Region For Those Getting Aid that were part of this year’s ranking, Webster University landed the #2 spot on the list. Saint Louis, Missouri is the setting for this medium-sized institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out masters’s junior high/intermediate/middle school education and teaching degrees to 1 students in 2019-2020.

Webster also made our “Best Junior High/Intermediate/Middle School Education & Teaching Master’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region” list, coming in at #0. Average graduate tuition and fees at Webster University are $13,500, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

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• Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Junior High/Intermediate/Middle School Education & Teaching (With Aid)

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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