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2023 Most Focused Doctor’s Degree Colleges for General Education in Missouri

6 Ranked Colleges
68 Degrees Awarded
$68,297 Avg Salary
Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Education Major in Missouri

It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. 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 Doctorate Highly Focused on Education Major in Missouri” ranking is part of that endeavor.

General Education is the 41st most popular major in the country with 29,389 degrees awarded in 2021-2022. In , general education graduates who were awarded their degree in , earned an average of $48,787 and had an average of $30,979 in loans still to pay off.

Across Missouri, there were 542 general education graduates with average earnings and debt of $39,366 and $29,904 respectively. At the doctor’s degree level specifically, there were 68 general education graduates with average earnings and debt of $74,814 and $123,156 respectively.

For this year’s “Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Education Major in Missouri” ranking, we looked at 6 colleges that offer a degree in general education. The colleges and universities that top this list are recognized because their general education program is one of the largest majors offered at the school.

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Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Education Major in Missouri

The colleges and universities below are the best for missouri doctor’s degree education students.

Top 6 Most Focused Doctor’s Degree Colleges for General Education in Missouri

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Out of the 6 schools in the Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Education Major in Missouri that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Missouri - St Louis landed the #1 spot on the list. Saint Louis, Missouri is the setting for this fairly large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out doctorate’s education degrees to 54 students in 2021-2022.

The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 1.3%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.

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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Midwestern Baptist Theological Seminary. The school came in at #2 for the Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Education Major in Missouri. Located in Kansas City, Missouri, this small private not-for-profit school handed out 9 degrees to qualified doctorate’s education students in 2021-2022.

Full MBTS General Education Report

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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Missouri - Kansas City. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Education Major in Missouri list. Kansas City, Missouri is the setting for this fairly large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out doctorate’s education degrees to 4 students in 2021-2022.

The low undergrad student loan default rate of 0.9% 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%.

Read full report on General Education at University of Missouri - Kansas City

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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Washington University in St Louis. The school came in at #4 for the Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Education Major in Missouri. Saint Louis, Missouri is the setting for this fairly large institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out doctorate’s education degrees to 23 students in 2021-2022.

The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 0.4%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%. The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 96%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. The impressive undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio of 7 to 1 means that students may have more opportunities to work more closely with their professors than they would at other schools.

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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Southwest Baptist University. The school came in at #5 for the Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Education Major in Missouri. Bolivar, Missouri is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out doctorate’s education degrees to 99 students in 2021-2022.

The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 2.5%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.

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Saint Louis University
Saint Louis, Missouri

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Saint Louis University. The school came in at #5 for the Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Education Major in Missouri. SLU is a private not-for-profit institution located in Saint Louis, Missouri. The school has a fairly large population, and it awarded 1 doctorate’s degrees in 2021-2022.

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. With a freshman retention rate of 89%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students. The low undergrad student loan default rate of 0.9% 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%.

Full Saint Louis University General Education Report

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