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. One of our goals at College Factual is to give you as much information as we can - such as our “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Junior High/Intermediate/Middle School Education and Teaching Major in the Plains States Region” ranking - to help you make that decision.
In 2020-2021, 3,517 people earned their degree in junior high/intermediate/middle school education and teaching, making the major the 197th most popular in the United States.
Across the Plains States region, there were 282 junior high/intermediate/middle school education and teaching graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 271 junior high/intermediate/middle school education and teaching graduates with average earnings and debt of $41,046 and $29,021 respectively.
This year’s “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Junior High/Intermediate/Middle School Education and Teaching Major in the Plains States Region” ranking looked at 39 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in junior high/intermediate/middle school education and teaching. The colleges and universities that top this list are recognized because their junior high/intermediate/middle school education and teaching program is one of the largest majors offered at the school.
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The following schools top our list of the Best “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Junior High/Intermediate/Middle School Education and Teaching Major in the Plains States Region”.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Central Methodist University - College of Graduate & Extended Studies. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Junior High/Intermediate/Middle School Education and Teaching Major in the Plains States Region list. Located in Fayette, Missouri, this small private not-for-profit school handed out 21 degrees to qualified bachelors’s junior high/intermediate/middle school education and teaching students in 2020-2021.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Central Methodist University - College of Liberal Arts & Sciences. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Junior High/Intermediate/Middle School Education and Teaching Major in the Plains States Region list. CMU CLAS is located in Fayette, Missouri and, has a small student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 5 bachelors’s junior high/intermediate/middle school education and teaching degrees to qualified students.
Out of the 39 schools in the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Junior High/Intermediate/Middle School Education and Teaching Major in the Plains States Region that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Northern Iowa landed the #3 spot on the list. UNI is a medium-sized school located in Cedar Falls, Iowa that handed out 58 bachelors’s junior high/intermediate/middle school education and teaching degrees in 2020-2021.
Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 86%. The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 2.8%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
Out of the 39 schools in the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Junior High/Intermediate/Middle School Education and Teaching Major in the Plains States Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Westminster College Missouri landed the #4 spot on the list. Westminster Fulton is located in Fulton, Missouri and, has a small student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 3 bachelors’s junior high/intermediate/middle school education and teaching degrees to qualified students.
With a undergrad student-to-faculty ratio of 10 to 1, it’s easy to see that the school is committed to helping their undergraduates succeed.
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Out of the 39 schools in the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Junior High/Intermediate/Middle School Education and Teaching Major in the Plains States Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Avila University landed the #5 spot on the list. Avila University is a private not-for-profit institution located in Kansas City, Missouri. The school has a small population, and it awarded 7 bachelors’s degrees in 2020-2021.
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With a ranking of #6, Chadron State College did quite well on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Junior High/Intermediate/Middle School Education and Teaching Major in the Plains States Region list. This small school is located in Chadron, Nebraska, and it awarded 6 bachelors’s junior high/intermediate/middle school education and teaching degrees in 2020-2021.
Full Chadron State College Junior High/Intermediate/Middle School Education & Teaching Report
Southeast Missouri State University ranked #7 on this year’s Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Junior High/Intermediate/Middle School Education and Teaching Major in the Plains States Region list. Southeast Missouri State University is a public institution located in Cape Girardeau, Missouri. The school has a medium-sized population, and it awarded 21 bachelors’s degrees in 2020-2021.
University of Central Missouri came in at #8 in this year’s edition of the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Junior High/Intermediate/Middle School Education and Teaching Major in the Plains States Region ranking. University of Central Missouri is a fairly large school located in Warrensburg, Missouri that handed out 23 bachelors’s junior high/intermediate/middle school education and teaching degrees in 2020-2021.
Missouri Baptist University did quite well in the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Junior High/Intermediate/Middle School Education and Teaching Major in the Plains States Region ranking, coming in at #9. Saint Louis, Missouri is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out bachelors’s junior high/intermediate/middle school education and teaching degrees to 5 students in 2020-2021.
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Missouri Southern State University landed the #10 spot on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Junior High/Intermediate/Middle School Education and Teaching Major in the Plains States Region ranking. This small school is located in Joplin, Missouri, and it awarded 8 bachelors’s junior high/intermediate/middle school education and teaching degrees in 2020-2021.
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Missouri State University - Springfield did quite well in the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Junior High/Intermediate/Middle School Education and Teaching Major in the Plains States Region ranking, coming in at #11. Missouri State University - Springfield is located in Springfield, Missouri and, has a large student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 33 bachelors’s junior high/intermediate/middle school education and teaching degrees to qualified students.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 3.9% 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%.
With a ranking of #12, Northwest Missouri State University did quite well on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Junior High/Intermediate/Middle School Education and Teaching Major in the Plains States Region list. Northwest Missouri State University is a medium-sized public school situated in Maryville, Missouri. It awarded 11 bachelors’s junior high/intermediate/middle school education and teaching degrees in 2020-2021.
Missouri Valley College did quite well in the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Junior High/Intermediate/Middle School Education and Teaching Major in the Plains States Region ranking, coming in at #13. Missouri Valley College is located in Marshall, Missouri and, has a small student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 1 bachelors’s junior high/intermediate/middle school education and teaching degrees to qualified students.
Concordia University, Nebraska landed the #14 spot on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Junior High/Intermediate/Middle School Education and Teaching Major in the Plains States Region ranking. Concordia University, Nebraska is located in Seward, Nebraska and, has a small student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 5 bachelors’s junior high/intermediate/middle school education and teaching degrees to qualified students.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 4.1%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
With a ranking of #15, Southwest Baptist University did quite well on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Junior High/Intermediate/Middle School Education and Teaching Major in the Plains States Region list. Southwest Baptist University is a small private not-for-profit school situated in Bolivar, Missouri. It awarded 3 bachelors’s junior high/intermediate/middle school education and teaching degrees in 2020-2021.
With a ranking of #16, Hastings College did quite well on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Junior High/Intermediate/Middle School Education and Teaching Major in the Plains States Region list. Hastings College is a small school located in Hastings, Nebraska that handed out 1 bachelors’s junior high/intermediate/middle school education and teaching degrees in 2020-2021.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 2.9% 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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Wayne State College landed the #17 spot on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Junior High/Intermediate/Middle School Education and Teaching Major in the Plains States Region ranking. WSC is a small school located in Wayne, Nebraska that handed out 3 bachelors’s junior high/intermediate/middle school education and teaching degrees in 2020-2021.
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%.
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With a ranking of #18, University of St Thomas Minnesota did quite well on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Junior High/Intermediate/Middle School Education and Teaching Major in the Plains States Region list. UST MN is a medium-sized school located in Saint Paul, Minnesota that handed out 8 bachelors’s junior high/intermediate/middle school education and teaching degrees in 2020-2021.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 1.4%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%. With a freshman retention rate of 87%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students.
Full UST MN Junior High/Intermediate/Middle School Education & Teaching Report
Park University came in at #19 in this year’s edition of the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Junior High/Intermediate/Middle School Education and Teaching Major in the Plains States Region ranking. Park University is located in Parkville, Missouri and, has a medium-sized student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 6 bachelors’s junior high/intermediate/middle school education and teaching degrees to qualified students.
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With a ranking of #20, Wichita State University did quite well on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Junior High/Intermediate/Middle School Education and Teaching Major in the Plains States Region list. Located in Wichita, Kansas, this fairly large public school awarded 8 diplomas to qualified bachelors’s junior high/intermediate/middle school education and teaching students in 2020-2021.
University of Missouri - Columbia ranked #21 on this year’s Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Junior High/Intermediate/Middle School Education and Teaching Major in the Plains States Region list. University of Missouri - Columbia is located in Columbia, Missouri and, has a large student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 19 bachelors’s junior high/intermediate/middle school education and teaching degrees to qualified students.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 2.5%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%. With a freshman retention rate of 89%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students.
Full Mizzou Junior High/Intermediate/Middle School Education & Teaching Report
Maryville University of Saint Louis landed the #22 spot on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Junior High/Intermediate/Middle School Education and Teaching Major in the Plains States Region ranking. Maryville U is a fairly large school located in Saint Louis, Missouri that handed out 6 bachelors’s junior high/intermediate/middle school education and teaching degrees in 2020-2021.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 2.3% 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%.
With a ranking of #23, University of Missouri - Kansas City did quite well on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Junior High/Intermediate/Middle School Education and Teaching Major in the Plains States Region list. University of Missouri - Kansas City is a fairly large school located in Kansas City, Missouri that handed out 7 bachelors’s junior high/intermediate/middle school education and teaching degrees 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%.
Evangel University did quite well in the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Junior High/Intermediate/Middle School Education and Teaching Major in the Plains States Region ranking, coming in at #24. Evangel University is a private not-for-profit institution located in Springfield, Missouri. The school has a small population, and it awarded 1 bachelors’s degrees in 2020-2021.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 4.7% 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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William Woods University ranked #25 on this year’s Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Junior High/Intermediate/Middle School Education and Teaching Major in the Plains States Region list. Located in Fulton, Missouri, this small private not-for-profit school handed out 1 degrees to qualified bachelors’s junior high/intermediate/middle school education and teaching students in 2020-2021.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 3.2%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%. Since the school has a undergrad student-to-faculty ratio of 10 to 1, those pursuing a degree will have more opportunities to interact with their professors.
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