2022 Best Value Social Science Teacher Education Schools for a Master’s in the Plains States Region For Those Getting Aid

With all of the options students have for higher education today, it can be tough to choose which direction to take. Our mission at College Factual is to arm you with as much information as we can to help you make that decision. Our “Best Value Social Science Teacher Education Schools for a Master’s in the Plains States Region For Those Getting Aid” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.

In 2019-2020, 536 people earned their degree in social science teacher education, making the major the 544th most popular in the United States.

Across the Plains States region, there were 144 social science teacher education graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 19 social science teacher education graduates with average earnings and debt of $53,438 and $39,783 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Social Science Teacher Education Schools for a Master’s in the Plains States Region For Those Getting Aid” ranking analyzed 2 colleges that offered a degree in social science teacher education. Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent social science teacher education programs, but they also cost less that schools of similar quality.

To come up with these rankings, we looked at factors such as the cost to attend the school after aid is awarded and overall quality of the social science teacher education program at the school. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.

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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 “Best Value Social Science Teacher Education Schools for a Master’s in the Plains States Region For Those Getting Aid” list to help you make the college decision.

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Best Value Social Science Teacher Education Schools for a Master’s in the Plains States Region For Those Getting Aid

The colleges and universities below are the best for plains states region master’s degree social science teacher education students with aid.

Top 2 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Social Science Teacher Education in the Plains States Region (With Aid)

#1

Truman State University

Kirksville, Missouri

$16,551 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Truman State University. The school came in at #1 for the Best Value Social Science Teacher Education Schools for a Master’s in the Plains States Region For Those Getting Aid. Truman State is a small school located in Kirksville, Missouri that handed out 7 masters’s social science teacher education degrees in 2019-2020.

Truman State also took the #0 spot in our “Best Social Science Teacher Education Master’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at Truman State University are $16,551, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Read full report on Social Science Teacher Education at Truman State

#2

University of Northern Iowa

Cedar Falls, Iowa

#1 in overall quality

$22,648 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Northern Iowa. It ranked #2 on our 2022 Best Value Social Science Teacher Education Schools for a Master’s in the Plains States Region For Those Getting Aid list. This medium-sized school is located in Cedar Falls, Iowa, and it awarded 12 masters’s social science teacher education degrees in 2019-2020.

UNI did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best Social Science Teacher Education Master’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at UNI are $22,648, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Full University of Northern Iowa Social Science Teacher Education Report

• Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Social Science Teacher Education (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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