2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Montessori Teacher Education Major in the Far Western US Region

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In 2020-2021, 252 people earned their degree in Montessori teacher education, making the major the 792nd most popular in the United States.

Across the Far Western US region, there were 19 Montessori teacher education graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 17 Montessori teacher education graduates with average earnings and debt of $61,693 and $0 respectively.

This year’s “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Montessori Teacher Education Major in the Far Western US Region” ranking looked at 3 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in Montessori teacher education. The colleges and universities that top this list are recognized because their Montessori teacher education program is one of the largest majors offered at the school.

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Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Montessori Teacher Education Major in the Far Western US Region

The colleges and universities below are the best for far western us region master’s degree montessori teacher education students.

Top 3 Most Focused Master’s Degree Colleges for Montessori Teacher Education in the Far Western US Region

1

Whitworth University
Spokane, Washington

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Whitworth University. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Montessori Teacher Education Major in the Far Western US Region list. Whitworth is a small private not-for-profit school situated in Spokane, Washington. It awarded 12 masters’s Montessori teacher education degrees in 2020-2021.

The low undergrad student loan default rate of 1.4% 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%.

Read more about Montessori Teacher Education at Whitworth

2

Chaminade University of Honolulu
Honolulu, Hawaii

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Chaminade University of Honolulu. The school came in at #2 for the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Montessori Teacher Education Major in the Far Western US Region. Chaminade University of Honolulu is a private not-for-profit institution located in Honolulu, Hawaii. The school has a small population, and it awarded 4 masters’s degrees in 2020-2021.

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. The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 3.8%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.

Full Chaminade University of Honolulu Montessori Teacher Education Report

3

Saint Mary's College of California
Moraga, California

Top 25% overall quality in Far Western US

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Saint Mary’s College of California. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Montessori Teacher Education Major in the Far Western US Region list. Saint Mary’s College of California is located in Moraga, California and, has a small student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 1 masters’s Montessori teacher education degrees to qualified students.

The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 2.0%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%. Since the school has a undergrad student-to-faculty ratio of 9 to 1, those pursuing a degree will have more opportunities to interact with their professors.

Full Saint Mary’s College of California Montessori Teacher Education Report

• Most Focused Master’s Degree Colleges for Montessori Teacher 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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