2022 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Educational Evaluation & Research (Income $0-$30k) in the Plains States Region

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In 2019-2020, 274 people earned their degree in educational evaluation and research, making the major the 800th most popular in the United States.

Across the Plains States region, there were 23 educational evaluation and research graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 13 educational evaluation and research graduates with average earnings and debt of $53,438 and $39,783 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Educational Evaluation and Research Schools for a Master’s in the Plains States Region For Those Making $0-$30k” ranking looked at 2 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in educational evaluation and research. Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent educational evaluation and research programs, but they also cost less that schools of similar quality.

When determining these rankings, we looked at things such as overall quality of the educational evaluation and research program at the school and the cost to attend the school once aid has been awarded. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.

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Best Value Educational Evaluation and Research Schools for a Master’s in the Plains States Region For Those Making $0-$30k

The colleges and universities below are the best for plains states region master’s degree educational evaluation and research students whose families make $0-$30k.

Top 2 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Educational Evaluation & Research (Income $0-$30k) in the Plains States Region

#1

Missouri Western State University

Saint Joseph, Missouri

$12,212 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Missouri Western State University. The school came in at #1 for the Best Value Educational Evaluation and Research Schools for a Master’s in the Plains States Region For Those Making $0-$30k. Located in Saint Joseph, Missouri, this small public school awarded 6 diplomas to qualified masters’s educational evaluation and research students in 2019-2020.

Missouri Western also took the #0 spot in our “Best Educational Evaluation & Research Master’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region” ranking. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at Missouri Western are $12,212.

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#2

University of Missouri - Kansas City

Kansas City, Missouri

#1 in overall quality

$26,699 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Missouri - Kansas City. The school came in at #2 for the Best Value Educational Evaluation and Research Schools for a Master’s in the Plains States Region For Those Making $0-$30k. This fairly large school is located in Kansas City, Missouri, and it awarded 7 masters’s educational evaluation and research degrees in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at UMKC, the school also landed the #1 spot in our “Best Educational Evaluation & Research Master’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at UMKC are $26,699, but some majors have different tuition rates.

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• Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Educational Evaluation & Research (Income $0-$30k)

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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