2023 Most Well Attended Deaf Education Major in the Plains States Region

When pursuing a degree in today’s world, students have many different options to choose from. College Factual was founded, in part, to help students make the decision as to what would be the best school for them. Our “Most Well Attended Deaf Education Major in the Plains States Region” ranking is part of that endeavor.

In 2020-2021, 363 people earned their degree in education of the deaf, making the major the 790th most popular in the United States.

Across the Plains States region, there were 8 education of the deaf graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively.

For this year’s “Most Well Attended Deaf Education Major in the Plains States Region” ranking, we looked at 2 colleges that offer a degree in education of the deaf. To top this list, a school must have a successful education of the deaf program that graduates more students in the field than other colleges that offer the same major.

See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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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 “Most Well Attended Deaf Education Major in the Plains States Region” list to help you make the college decision.

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Most Well Attended Deaf Education Major in the Plains States Region

The following schools top our list of the Best “Most Well Attended Deaf Education Major in the Plains States Region”.

Top 2 Most Popular Colleges for Education of the Deaf in the Plains States Region

1

Fontbonne University
Saint Louis, Missouri

$41,807 Average Early-Career Earnings

$27,411 Average Student Debt

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Fontbonne University. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Most Well Attended Deaf Education Major in the Plains States Region list. Saint Louis, Missouri is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out ’s deaf education degrees to 8 students in 2020-2021.

With a undergrad student-to-faculty ratio of 10 to 1, it’s easy to see that the school is committed to helping their undergraduates succeed. The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 2.7%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.

Full Fontbonne University Education of the Deaf Report

2

University of Nebraska - Lincoln
Lincoln, Nebraska

#14 overall quality in Plains States

$44,380 Average Early-Career Earnings

$22,837 Average Student Debt

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Nebraska - Lincoln. The school came in at #2 for the Most Well Attended Deaf Education Major in the Plains States Region. This large school is located in Lincoln, Nebraska, and it awarded 0 ’s deaf education degrees in 2020-2021.

The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 2.2%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%. With a freshman retention rate of 85%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students.

Read more about Education of the Deaf at UNL

• Most Popular Colleges for Education of the Deaf

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

• *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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