2022 Best Value Urban Education and Leadership Schools for a Master’s in the Plains States Region For Those Getting Aid

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In 2019-2020, 810 people earned their degree in urban education and leadership, making the major the 521st most popular in the United States.

Across the Plains States region, there were 120 urban education and leadership graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 57 urban education and leadership graduates with average earnings and debt of $53,438 and $39,783 respectively.

For this year’s “Best Value Urban Education and Leadership Schools for a Master’s in the Plains States Region For Those Getting Aid” ranking, we looked at 2 colleges that offer a degree in urban education and leadership. Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent urban education and leadership programs, but they also cost less that schools of similar quality.

Some of the factors we look at when determining these rankings are overall quality of the urban education and leadership program at the school and the cost of the school after aid is awarded among other things. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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Best Value Urban Education and Leadership Schools for a Master’s in the Plains States Region For Those Getting Aid

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Urban Education and Leadership Schools for a Master’s in the Plains States Region For Those Getting Aid.

Top 2 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Urban Education & Leadership in the Plains States Region (With Aid)

#1

Park University

Parkville, Missouri

#1 in overall quality

$6,224 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Park University. The school came in at #1 for the Best Value Urban Education and Leadership Schools for a Master’s in the Plains States Region For Those Getting Aid. Located in Parkville, Missouri, this fairly large private not-for-profit school handed out 47 diplomas to qualified masters’s urban education and leadership students in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at Park University, the school also landed the #1 spot in our “Best Urban Education & Leadership Master’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at Park University are $6,224, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Read more about Urban Education & Leadership at Park University

#2

Metropolitan State University

Saint Paul, Minnesota

#2 in overall quality

$17,552 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Metropolitan State University. The school came in at #2 for the Best Value Urban Education and Leadership Schools for a Master’s in the Plains States Region For Those Getting Aid. Located in Saint Paul, Minnesota, this medium-sized public school handed out 10 diplomas to qualified masters’s urban education and leadership students in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at Metro State, the school also landed the #2 spot in our “Best Urban Education & Leadership Master’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at Metropolitan State University are $17,552, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Read more about Urban Education & Leadership at Metropolitan State University

• Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Urban Education & Leadership (With Aid)

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

• *Average salary, average net price, and average tuition and fees 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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