by our College Data Analytics Team
When pursuing a degree in today’s world, students have many different options to choose from. College Factual was founded, in part, to help students make the decision as to what would be the best school for them. Our “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Individualized Studies Major in the Plains States Region” ranking is part of that endeavor.
Individualized Studies is the 38th most popular major in the country with 37,634 degrees awarded in 2020-2021.
Across the Plains States region, there were 1,033 individualized studies graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 141 individualized studies graduates with average earnings and debt of $41,046 and $29,021 respectively.
This year’s “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Individualized Studies Major in the Plains States Region” ranking looked at 17 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in individualized studies. That schools that top this list have a program in individualized studies 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 bachelor’s degree individualized studies students.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Bethlehem College & Seminary. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Individualized Studies Major in the Plains States Region list. This small school is located in Minneapolis, Minnesota, and it awarded 7 bachelors’s individualized studies degrees in 2020-2021.
Full Bethlehem College & Seminary Individualized Studies Report
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Central Missouri. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Individualized Studies Major in the Plains States Region list. UCM is a fairly large school located in Warrensburg, Missouri that handed out 81 bachelors’s individualized studies degrees in 2020-2021.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Graceland University - Lamoni. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Individualized Studies Major in the Plains States Region list. Graceland University - Lamoni is a private not-for-profit institution located in Lamoni, Iowa. The school has a small population, and it awarded 10 bachelors’s degrees in 2020-2021.
Read more about Individualized Studies at Graceland University - Lamoni
Out of the 17 schools in the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Individualized Studies Major in the Plains States Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Kansas Wesleyan University landed the #4 spot on the list. Kansas Wesleyan University is a small private not-for-profit school situated in Salina, Kansas. It awarded 3 bachelors’s individualized studies degrees in 2020-2021.
Full Kansas Wesleyan University Individualized Studies Report
Out of the 17 schools in the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Individualized Studies Major in the Plains States Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Crown College landed the #5 spot on the list. This small school is located in Saint Bonifacius, Minnesota, and it awarded 6 bachelors’s individualized studies degrees in 2020-2021.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 4.7% 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%.
Cottey College ranked #6 on this year’s Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Individualized Studies Major in the Plains States Region list. Cottey College is a small private not-for-profit school situated in Nevada, Missouri. It awarded 1 bachelors’s individualized studies degrees in 2020-2021.
The undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio of 6 to 1 is a sign that students will have more opportunities to engage with their professors one-on-one.
Read full report on Individualized Studies at Cottey College
Augsburg University came in at #7 in this year’s edition of the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Individualized Studies Major in the Plains States Region ranking. Augsburg University is a small private not-for-profit school situated in Minneapolis, Minnesota. It awarded 12 bachelors’s individualized studies degrees in 2020-2021.
Hannibal - LaGrange University came in at #8 in this year’s edition of the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Individualized Studies Major in the Plains States Region ranking. Hannibal - LaGrange University is located in Hannibal, Missouri and, has a small student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 2 bachelors’s individualized studies degrees to qualified students.
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.
Buena Vista University landed the #9 spot on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Individualized Studies Major in the Plains States Region ranking. BVU is a small school located in Storm Lake, Iowa that handed out 4 bachelors’s individualized studies degrees in 2020-2021.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 4.1%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%. 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.
Missouri Baptist University did quite well in the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Individualized Studies Major in the Plains States Region ranking, coming in at #10. Located in Saint Louis, Missouri, this small private not-for-profit school awarded 5 diplomas to qualified bachelors’s individualized studies students in 2020-2021.
Full Missouri Baptist University Individualized Studies Report
Union College Nebraska did quite well in the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Individualized Studies Major in the Plains States Region ranking, coming in at #11. Union College is a private not-for-profit institution located in Lincoln, Nebraska. The school has a small population, and it awarded 1 bachelors’s degrees in 2020-2021.
The impressive undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio of 9 to 1 means that students may have more opportunities to work more closely with their professors than they would at other schools. The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 2.2%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
With a ranking of #12, Evangel University did quite well on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Individualized Studies Major in the Plains States Region list. This small school is located in Springfield, Missouri, and it awarded 2 bachelors’s individualized studies degrees in 2020-2021.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 4.7% 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 Individualized Studies at Evangel University
University of St Thomas Minnesota came in at #13 in this year’s edition of the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Individualized Studies Major in the Plains States Region ranking. Saint Paul, Minnesota is the setting for this medium-sized institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out bachelors’s individualized studies degrees to 7 students in 2020-2021.
Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 87%. The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 1.4%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
With a ranking of #14, University of North Dakota did quite well on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Individualized Studies Major in the Plains States Region list. University of North Dakota is a fairly large public school situated in Grand Forks, North Dakota. It awarded 0 bachelors’s individualized studies degrees in 2020-2021.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 2.8%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
Wartburg College came in at #14 in this year’s edition of the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Individualized Studies Major in the Plains States Region ranking. Wartburg College is a small private not-for-profit school situated in Waverly, Iowa. It awarded 0 bachelors’s individualized studies degrees in 2020-2021.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 3.9%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
Wichita State University ranked #14 on this year’s Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Individualized Studies Major in the Plains States Region list. Located in Wichita, Kansas, this fairly large public school awarded 0 diplomas to qualified bachelors’s individualized studies students in 2020-2021.
Bethany College Kansas came in at #14 in this year’s edition of the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Individualized Studies Major in the Plains States Region ranking. Lindsborg, Kansas is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out bachelors’s individualized studies degrees to 0 students in 2020-2021.
Read full report on Individualized Studies at Bethany College Kansas
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