2023 Most Focused Master’s Degree Colleges for Teacher Education in Michigan

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In 2020-2021, 9,949 people earned their degree in teacher education, making the major the 97th most popular in the United States.

Across Michigan, there were 22 teacher education graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 14 teacher education graduates with average earnings and debt of $61,121 and $0 respectively.

This year’s “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Teacher Education Major in Michigan” ranking looked at 3 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in teacher education. This a ranking of the schools where the largest percentage of students has enrolled in teacher education.

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Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Teacher Education Major in Michigan

The following schools top our list of the Best “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Teacher Education Major in Michigan”.

Top 3 Most Focused Master’s Degree Colleges for Teacher Education in Michigan

1

Andrews University
Berrien Springs, Michigan

#11 overall quality in Michigan

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Andrews University. The school came in at #1 for the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Teacher Education Major in Michigan. Berrien Springs, Michigan is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out masters’s teacher education degrees to 4 students in 2020-2021.

Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 85%. The undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio of 10 to 1 is a sign that students will have more opportunities to engage with their professors one-on-one. 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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2

University of Michigan - Flint
Flint, Michigan

Out of the 3 schools in the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Teacher Education Major in Michigan that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Michigan - Flint landed the #2 spot on the list. UM Flint is a medium-sized school located in Flint, Michigan that handed out 7 masters’s teacher education degrees in 2020-2021.

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3

Western Michigan University
Kalamazoo, Michigan

#6 overall quality in Michigan

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Western Michigan University. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Teacher Education Major in Michigan list. Kalamazoo, Michigan is the setting for this fairly large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out masters’s teacher education degrees to 3 students in 2020-2021.

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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

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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