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Students have lots of options to chooose from today when trying to decide which college to attend. One of our goals at College Factual is to give you as much information as we can - such as our “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Grade Specific Ed Major in the Plains States Region” ranking - to help you make that decision.
With 110,226 degrees handed out in 2020-2021, teacher education grade specific is the 6th most popular major in the United States. In 2019-2020, teacher education grade specific graduates who were awarded their degree in 2017-2019, earned an average of $37,970 and had an average of $24,228 in loans still to pay off.
Across the Plains States region, there were 10,661 teacher education grade specific graduates with average earnings and debt of $36,353 and $27,224 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 2,474 teacher education grade specific graduates with average earnings and debt of $55,401 and $0 respectively.
This year’s “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Grade Specific Ed Major in the Plains States Region” ranking looked at 64 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in teacher education grade specific. That schools that top this list have a program in teacher education grade specific in which the largest percentage of students at the school are enrolled.
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The colleges and universities below are the best for plains states region master’s degree grade specific ed students.
Out of the 64 schools in the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Grade Specific Ed Major in the Plains States Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Sinte Gleska University landed the #1 spot on the list. This small school is located in Mission, South Dakota, and it awarded 1 masters’s grade specific ed degrees in 2020-2021.
Full Sinte Gleska University Teacher Education Grade Specific Report
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Friends University. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Grade Specific Ed Major in the Plains States Region list. This small school is located in Wichita, Kansas, and it awarded 53 masters’s grade specific ed degrees in 2020-2021.
Full Friends University Teacher Education Grade Specific Report
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Augsburg University. The school came in at #3 for the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Grade Specific Ed Major in the Plains States Region. Minneapolis, Minnesota is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out masters’s grade specific ed degrees to 82 students in 2020-2021.
Full Augsburg University Teacher Education Grade Specific Report
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend College of Saint Mary. The school came in at #4 for the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Grade Specific Ed Major in the Plains States Region. This small school is located in Omaha, Nebraska, and it awarded 27 masters’s grade specific ed degrees in 2020-2021.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 1.8%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%. The undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio of 9 to 1 is a sign that students will have more opportunities to engage with their professors one-on-one.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Northwestern College. The school came in at #5 for the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Grade Specific Ed Major in the Plains States Region. Orange City, Iowa is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out masters’s grade specific ed degrees to 30 students in 2020-2021.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 1.8%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
With a ranking of #6, Hamline University did quite well on the 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Grade Specific Ed Major in the Plains States Region list. Hamline is a small school located in Saint Paul, Minnesota that handed out 88 masters’s grade specific ed degrees in 2020-2021.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 3.2% 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%.
Pittsburg State University came in at #7 in this year’s edition of the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Grade Specific Ed Major in the Plains States Region ranking. Located in Pittsburg, Kansas, this medium-sized public school awarded 118 degrees to qualified masters’s grade specific ed students in 2020-2021.
Full Pittsburg State University Teacher Education Grade Specific Report
University of Missouri - St Louis came in at #8 in this year’s edition of the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Grade Specific Ed Major in the Plains States Region ranking. UMSL is a fairly large school located in Saint Louis, Missouri that handed out 178 masters’s grade specific ed degrees in 2020-2021.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 4.6%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
The College of Saint Scholastica ranked #9 on this year’s Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Grade Specific Ed Major in the Plains States Region list. Duluth, Minnesota is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out masters’s grade specific ed degrees to 75 students in 2020-2021.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 2.6%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
Full St. Scholastica Teacher Education Grade Specific Report
With a ranking of #10, Black Hills State University did quite well on the 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Grade Specific Ed Major in the Plains States Region list. BHSU is located in Spearfish, South Dakota and, has a small student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 28 masters’s grade specific ed degrees to qualified students.
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Mayville State University did quite well in the 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Grade Specific Ed Major in the Plains States Region ranking, coming in at #11. Located in Mayville, North Dakota, this small public school handed out 12 degrees to qualified masters’s grade specific ed students in 2020-2021.
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Emporia State University ranked #12 on this year’s Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Grade Specific Ed Major in the Plains States Region list. ESU is a medium-sized public school situated in Emporia, Kansas. It awarded 81 masters’s grade specific ed degrees in 2020-2021.
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%.
Missouri Baptist University landed the #13 spot on the 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Grade Specific Ed Major in the Plains States Region ranking. This small school is located in Saint Louis, Missouri, and it awarded 30 masters’s grade specific ed degrees in 2020-2021.
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With a ranking of #14, University of Central Missouri did quite well on the 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Grade Specific Ed Major in the Plains States Region list. Warrensburg, Missouri is the setting for this fairly large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out masters’s grade specific ed degrees to 111 students in 2020-2021.
Kansas State University came in at #15 in this year’s edition of the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Grade Specific Ed Major in the Plains States Region ranking. K -State is a large school located in Manhattan, Kansas that handed out 214 masters’s grade specific ed 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%. The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 87%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.
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Concordia University, Saint Paul came in at #16 in this year’s edition of the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Grade Specific Ed Major in the Plains States Region ranking. Concordia University, Saint Paul is a medium-sized school located in Saint Paul, Minnesota that handed out 70 masters’s grade specific ed degrees in 2020-2021.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 3.5% 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 #17, Drake University did quite well on the 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Grade Specific Ed Major in the Plains States Region list. This small school is located in Des Moines, Iowa, and it awarded 49 masters’s grade specific ed degrees in 2020-2021.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 1.9%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%. 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. The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 86%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.
With a ranking of #18, Valley City State University did quite well on the 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Grade Specific Ed Major in the Plains States Region list. Located in Valley City, North Dakota, this small public school handed out 14 degrees to qualified masters’s grade specific ed students in 2020-2021.
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University of Sioux Falls did quite well in the 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Grade Specific Ed Major in the Plains States Region ranking, coming in at #19. Located in Sioux Falls, South Dakota, this small private not-for-profit school awarded 14 diplomas to qualified masters’s grade specific ed students in 2020-2021.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 2.3%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
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University of Nebraska at Omaha did quite well in the 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Grade Specific Ed Major in the Plains States Region ranking, coming in at #20. Located in Omaha, Nebraska, this fairly large public school handed out 93 diplomas to qualified masters’s grade specific ed students in 2020-2021.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 2.0%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
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Truman State University ranked #21 on this year’s Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Grade Specific Ed Major in the Plains States Region list. Truman State is a small school located in Kirksville, Missouri that handed out 33 masters’s grade specific ed degrees in 2020-2021.
The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 88%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 2.6%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
Read full report on Teacher Education Grade Specific at Truman State University
Lindenwood University came in at #22 in this year’s edition of the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Grade Specific Ed Major in the Plains States Region ranking. Lindenwood University is a private not-for-profit institution located in Saint Charles, Missouri. The school has a medium-sized population, and it awarded 51 masters’s degrees in 2020-2021.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 4.0% 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%.
Read more about Teacher Education Grade Specific at Lindenwood University
MidAmerica Nazarene University came in at #23 in this year’s edition of the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Grade Specific Ed Major in the Plains States Region ranking. Olathe, Kansas is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out masters’s grade specific ed degrees to 14 students in 2020-2021.
The impressive undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio of 10 to 1 means that students may have more opportunities to work more closely with their professors than they would at other schools.
With a ranking of #24, Waldorf University did quite well on the 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Grade Specific Ed Major in the Plains States Region list. Waldorf University is a small private for-profit school situated in Forest City, Iowa. It awarded 19 masters’s grade specific ed degrees in 2020-2021.
Walden University ranked #25 on this year’s Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Grade Specific Ed Major in the Plains States Region list. This large school is located in Minneapolis, Minnesota, and it awarded 237 masters’s grade specific ed degrees in 2020-2021.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 4.7%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
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