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It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. One of our goals at College Factual is to give you as much information as we can - such as our “Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Community College Administration Major in the Plains States Region” ranking - to help you make that decision.
In 2021-2022, 412 people earned their degree in community college education, making the major the 714th most popular in the United States.
Across the Plains States region, there were 13 community college education graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the doctor’s degree level specifically, there were 12 community college education graduates with average earnings and debt of $76,238 and $112,293 respectively.
For this year’s “Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Community College Administration Major in the Plains States Region” ranking, we looked at 2 colleges that offer a degree in community college education. This a ranking of the schools where the largest percentage of students has enrolled in community college education.
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The following schools top our list of the Best “Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Community College Administration Major in the Plains States Region”.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend National American University - Rapid City. The school came in at #1 for the Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Community College Administration Major in the Plains States Region. Located in Rapid City, South Dakota, this small private for-profit school awarded 0 degrees to qualified doctorate’s community college administration students in 2021-2022.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 3.9% 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 6 to 1 means that students may have more opportunities to work more closely with their professors than they would at other schools.
Full National American University - Rapid City Community College Education Report
Out of the 2 schools in the Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Community College Administration Major in the Plains States Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Kansas State University landed the #2 spot on the list. Located in Manhattan, Kansas, this fairly large public school handed out 10 diplomas to qualified doctorate’s community college administration students in 2021-2022.
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%. The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 86%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.
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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%.
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- *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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