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2023 Most Focused Master’s Degree Colleges for Secondary Education in Missouri

11 Ranked Colleges
144 Degrees Awarded
$24,400 Avg Cost*
Schools for a Master's Highly Focused on Secondary Teaching Major in Missouri

When it comes to choosing a college, students have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. Our mission at College Factual is to arm you with as much information as we can to help you make that decision. Our “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Secondary Teaching Major in Missouri” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.

Secondary Education is the 84th most popular major in the country with 10,547 degrees awarded in 2020-2021.

Across Missouri, there were 448 secondary education graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 144 secondary education graduates with average earnings and debt of $53,301 and $0 respectively.

This year’s “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Secondary Teaching Major in Missouri” ranking analyzed 11 colleges that offered a degree in secondary education. This a ranking of the schools where the largest percentage of students has enrolled in secondary education.

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Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Secondary Teaching Major in Missouri

The colleges and universities below are the best for missouri master’s degree secondary teaching students.

Top 11 Most Focused Master’s Degree Colleges for Secondary Education in Missouri

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University of Missouri - St Louis
Saint Louis, Missouri

Out of the 11 schools in the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Secondary Teaching Major in Missouri that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Missouri - St Louis landed the #1 spot on the list. University of Missouri - St Louis is a fairly large public school situated in Saint Louis, Missouri. It awarded 91 masters’s secondary teaching degrees in 2020-2021.

The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 4.6%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.

Read full report on Secondary Education at University of Missouri - St Louis

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Southeast Missouri State University
Cape Girardeau, Missouri

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Southeast Missouri State University. The school came in at #2 for the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Secondary Teaching Major in Missouri. Southeast Missouri State University is located in Cape Girardeau, Missouri and, has a medium-sized student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 18 masters’s secondary teaching degrees to qualified students.

Read full report on Secondary Education at Southeast Missouri State University

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Drury University
Springfield, Missouri

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Drury University. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Secondary Teaching Major in Missouri list. Springfield, Missouri is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out masters’s secondary teaching degrees to 2 students in 2020-2021.

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Out of the 11 schools in the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Secondary Teaching Major in Missouri that were part of this year’s ranking, Missouri State University - Springfield landed the #4 spot on the list. Missouri State is a large public school situated in Springfield, Missouri. It awarded 17 masters’s secondary teaching degrees in 2020-2021.

The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 3.9%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.

Read more about Secondary Education at Missouri State

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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Missouri - Kansas City. The school came in at #5 for the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Secondary Teaching Major in Missouri. Located in Kansas City, Missouri, this fairly large public school awarded 8 diplomas to qualified masters’s secondary teaching students 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%.

Read more about Secondary Education at University of Missouri - Kansas City

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Webster University
Saint Louis, Missouri

Webster University ranked #6 on this year’s Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Secondary Teaching Major in Missouri list. Webster University is a private not-for-profit institution located in Saint Louis, Missouri. The school has a medium-sized population, and it awarded 5 masters’s degrees in 2020-2021.

The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 3.9%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.

Read more about Secondary Education at Webster

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Rockhurst University
Kansas City, Missouri

Rockhurst University did quite well in the 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Secondary Teaching Major in Missouri ranking, coming in at #7. This small school is located in Kansas City, Missouri, and it awarded 1 masters’s secondary teaching degrees in 2020-2021.

The low undergrad student loan default rate of 1.8% 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%. 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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University of Central Missouri
Warrensburg, Missouri

University of Central Missouri landed the #8 spot on the 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Secondary Teaching Major in Missouri ranking. Located in Warrensburg, Missouri, this fairly large public school handed out 2 diplomas to qualified masters’s secondary teaching students in 2020-2021.

Read full report on Secondary Education at University of Central Missouri

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Lincoln University
Jefferson City, Missouri

With a ranking of #9, Lincoln University did quite well on the 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Secondary Teaching Major in Missouri list. Located in Jefferson City, Missouri, this small public school handed out 0 degrees to qualified masters’s secondary teaching students in 2020-2021.

Full LU Missouri Secondary Education Report

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Calvary University
Kansas City, Missouri

Calvary University came in at #9 in this year’s edition of the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Secondary Teaching Major in Missouri ranking. Calvary is a small school located in Kansas City, Missouri that handed out 0 masters’s secondary teaching degrees in 2020-2021.

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 Calvary University Secondary Education Report

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Northwest Missouri State University landed the #9 spot on the 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Secondary Teaching Major in Missouri ranking. This medium-sized school is located in Maryville, Missouri, and it awarded 0 masters’s secondary teaching degrees in 2020-2021.

Read more about Secondary Education at Northwest

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