2022 Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Mathematics Education (Income $0-$30k) in the Plains States Region

Students have lots of options to chooose from today when trying to decide which college to attend. College Factual was founded, in part, to help students make the decision as to what would be the best school for them. Our “Best Value Math Teacher Education Schools for a Doctorate in the Plains States Region For Those Making $0-$30k” ranking is part of that endeavor.

In 2019-2020, 3,109 people earned their degree in mathematics education, making the major the 218th most popular in the United States.

Across the Plains States region, there were 280 mathematics education graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the doctor’s degree level specifically, there were 1 mathematics education graduates with average earnings and debt of $72,701 and $106,703 respectively.

Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent mathematics education 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 mathematics education 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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The math teacher education school you choose to invest your time and money in matters. To help you make the decision that is right for you, we’ve developed a number of major-specific rankings, including this list of “Best Value Math Teacher Education Schools for a Doctorate in the Plains States Region For Those Making $0-$30k”.

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Best Value Math Teacher Education Schools for a Doctorate in the Plains States Region For Those Making $0-$30k

The colleges and universities below are the best for plains states region doctor’s degree math teacher education students whose families make $0-$30k.

Top 1 Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Mathematics Education (Income $0-$30k) in the Plains States Region

#1

University of Iowa

Iowa City, Iowa

#1 in overall quality

$27,613 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Iowa. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Math Teacher Education Schools for a Doctorate in the Plains States Region For Those Making $0-$30k list. Iowa City, Iowa is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out doctorate’s math teacher education degrees to 1 students in 2019-2020.

Iowa also made our “Best Mathematics Education Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region” list, coming in at #1. Average graduate tuition and fees at University of Iowa are $27,613, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Read full report on Mathematics Education at Iowa

• Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Mathematics Education (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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