by our College Data Analytics Team
When it comes to choosing a college, students have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. 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 Master’s Highly Focused on Curriculum Major in Minnesota” ranking is part of that endeavor.
In 2021-2022, 19,217 people earned their degree in curriculum & instruction, making the major the 55th most popular in the United States. In , curriculum & instruction graduates who were awarded their degree in , earned an average of $50,631 and had an average of $29,853 in loans still to pay off.
Across Minnesota, there were 327 curriculum & instruction graduates with average earnings and debt of $56,234 and $61,155 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 240 curriculum & instruction graduates with average earnings and debt of $58,378 and $40,982 respectively.
For this year’s “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Curriculum Major in Minnesota” ranking, we looked at 10 colleges that offer a degree in curriculum & instruction. This a ranking of the schools where the largest percentage of students has enrolled in curriculum & instruction.
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The following schools top our list of the Best “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Curriculum Major in Minnesota”.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Minnesota State University - Moorhead. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Curriculum Major in Minnesota list. This small school is located in Moorhead, Minnesota, and it awarded 52 masters’s curriculum degrees in 2021-2022.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 0.7%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Saint Mary’s University of Minnesota. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Curriculum Major in Minnesota list. Winona, Minnesota is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out masters’s curriculum degrees to 1 students in 2021-2022.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 1.2% 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%.
Read full report on Curriculum & Instruction at Saint Mary’s University of Minnesota
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Concordia University, Saint Paul. The school came in at #3 for the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Curriculum Major in Minnesota. This medium-sized school is located in Saint Paul, Minnesota, and it awarded 55 masters’s curriculum degrees in 2021-2022.
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%.
Read full report on Curriculum & Instruction at Concordia University, Saint Paul
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend St Catherine University. The school came in at #4 for the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Curriculum Major in Minnesota. This small school is located in Saint Paul, Minnesota, and it awarded 19 masters’s curriculum degrees in 2021-2022.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 1.5% 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%. 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.
University of Minnesota - Twin Cities ranked #6 on this year’s Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Curriculum Major in Minnesota list. This large school is located in Minneapolis, Minnesota, and it awarded 33 masters’s curriculum degrees in 2021-2022.
With a freshman retention rate of 92%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students. The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 0.6%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
Read full report on Curriculum & Instruction at University of Minnesota - Twin Cities
University of St Thomas Minnesota ranked #8 on this year’s Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Curriculum Major in Minnesota list. This medium-sized school is located in Saint Paul, Minnesota, and it awarded 23 masters’s curriculum degrees in 2021-2022.
Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 85%. The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 0.9%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
Saint Cloud State University came in at #9 in this year’s edition of the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Curriculum Major in Minnesota ranking. Saint Cloud, Minnesota is the setting for this fairly large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out masters’s curriculum degrees to 0 students in 2021-2022.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 1.5% 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%.
Read full report on Curriculum & Instruction at St. Cloud State University
With a ranking of #10, Bemidji State University did quite well on the 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Curriculum Major in Minnesota list. Bemidji, Minnesota is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The public school handed out masters’s curriculum degrees to 0 students in 2021-2022.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 1.7%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
Read full report on Curriculum & Instruction at Bemidji State University
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