2023 Most Focused Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Secondary Education in the Plains States Region
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In 2020-2021, 10,547 people earned their degree in secondary education, making the major the 84th most popular in the United States.
Across the Plains States region, there were 1,014 secondary education graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the doctor’s degree level specifically, there were 0 secondary education graduates with average earnings and debt of $75,829 and $0 respectively.
That schools that top this list have a program in secondary education in which the largest percentage of students at the school are enrolled.
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Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Secondary Teaching Major in the Plains States Region
The following schools top our list of the Best “Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Secondary Teaching Major in the Plains States Region”.
Top 1 Most Focused Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Secondary Education in the Plains States Region
Out of the 1 schools in the Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Secondary Teaching Major in the Plains States Region that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Iowa landed the #1 spot on the list. Located in Iowa City, Iowa, this large public school handed out 0 diplomas to qualified doctorate’s secondary teaching students in 2020-2021.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 2.2% 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%. The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 88%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.
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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
- *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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