2023 Most Popular Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Teacher Development & Methodology in the Plains States Region

It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. College Factual was founded, in part, to help students make the decision as to what would be the best school for them. Our “Most Well Attended Teacher Development & Methodology Major in the Plains States Region for a Doctorate” ranking is part of that endeavor.

In 2020-2021, 6,165 people earned their degree in teacher development and methodology, making the major the 156th most popular in the United States.

Across the Plains States region, there were 637 teacher development and methodology graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the doctor’s degree level specifically, there were 16 teacher development and methodology graduates with average earnings and debt of $75,829 and $0 respectively.

This year’s “Most Well Attended Teacher Development & Methodology Major in the Plains States Region for a Doctorate” ranking looked at 2 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in teacher development and methodology. To top this list, a school must have a successful teacher development and methodology program that graduates more students in the field than other colleges that offer the same major.

See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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Most Well Attended Teacher Development & Methodology Major in the Plains States Region for a Doctorate

The following schools top our list of the Best “Most Well Attended Teacher Development & Methodology Major in the Plains States Region for a Doctorate”.

Top 2 Most Popular Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Teacher Development & Methodology in the Plains States Region

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University of North Dakota
Grand Forks, North Dakota

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of North Dakota. The school came in at #1 for the Most Well Attended Teacher Development & Methodology Major in the Plains States Region for a Doctorate. University of North Dakota is a fairly large public school situated in Grand Forks, North Dakota. It awarded 8 doctorate’s teacher development and methodology 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%.

Read full report on Teacher Development & Methodology at UND

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Capella University
Minneapolis, Minnesota

#22 overall quality in Plains States

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Capella University. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Most Well Attended Teacher Development & Methodology Major in the Plains States Region for a Doctorate list. Located in Minneapolis, Minnesota, this large private for-profit school awarded 8 degrees to qualified doctorate’s teacher development and methodology students in 2020-2021.

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• Most Popular Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Teacher Development & Methodology

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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