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 has developed its “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Community College Administration Major” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.
In 2021-2022, 412 people earned their degree in community college education, making the major the 714th most popular in the United States.
At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 184 community college education graduates with average earnings and debt of $58,979 and $43,370 respectively.
For this year’s “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Community College Administration Major” ranking, we looked at 9 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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When choosing the right school for you, it’s important to arm yourself with all the facts you can. To that end, we’ve created a number of major-specific rankings, including this “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Community College Administration Major” list to help you make the college decision.
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The colleges and universities below are the best for master’s degree community college administration students.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Alcorn State University. The school came in at #1 for the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Community College Administration Major. Alcorn State University is located in Alcorn State, Mississippi and, has a small student population. In 2021-2022, this school awarded 26 masters’s community college administration degrees to qualified students.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Mississippi State University. The school came in at #2 for the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Community College Administration Major. Mississippi State University is a public institution located in Mississippi State, Mississippi. The school has a large population, and it awarded 41 masters’s degrees in 2021-2022.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 2.0% 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 Community College Education at Mississippi State University
Out of the 9 schools in the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Community College Administration Major that were part of this year’s ranking, Rowan University landed the #3 spot on the list. Rowan University is a public institution located in Glassboro, New Jersey. The school has a fairly large population, and it awarded 32 masters’s degrees in 2021-2022.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 1.9% 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%.
Out of the 9 schools in the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Community College Administration Major that were part of this year’s ranking, Lenoir - Rhyne University landed the #4 spot on the list. Hickory, North Carolina is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out masters’s community college administration 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 more about Community College Education at Lenoir - Rhyne University
Out of the 9 schools in the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Community College Administration Major that were part of this year’s ranking, Morgan State University landed the #5 spot on the list. Morgan State is located in Baltimore, Maryland and, has a medium-sized student population. In 2021-2022, this school awarded 5 masters’s community college administration degrees to qualified students.
Read full report on Community College Education at Morgan State
University of La Verne came in at #6 in this year’s edition of the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Community College Administration Major ranking. This medium-sized school is located in La Verne, California, and it awarded 0 masters’s community college administration degrees in 2021-2022.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 1.3%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
Full University of La Verne Community College Education Report
University of Arkansas landed the #6 spot on the 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Community College Administration Major ranking. University of Arkansas is a large school located in Fayetteville, Arkansas that handed out 6 masters’s community college administration degrees in 2021-2022.
With a freshman retention rate of 87%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students. The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 1.2%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
Full University of Arkansas Community College Education Report
Central Michigan University did quite well in the 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Community College Administration Major ranking, coming in at #6. Mount Pleasant, Michigan is the setting for this fairly large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out masters’s community college administration degrees to 0 students in 2021-2022.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 1.2%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
Read full report on Community College Education at Central Michigan
Dallas Baptist University ranked #6 on this year’s Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Community College Administration Major list. Dallas, Texas is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out masters’s community college administration degrees to 0 students in 2021-2022.
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