2022 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Social Studies Education in the Plains States Region (With Aid)

When pursuing a degree in today’s world, students have many different options to choose from. At College Factual, we’re committed to helping you make that decision by providing information such as that found in our “Best Value Social Studies Teacher Education Schools for a Master’s in the Plains States Region For Those Getting Aid” ranking.

In 2019-2020, 1,830 people earned their degree in social studies education, making the major the 331st most popular in the United States.

Across the Plains States region, there were 196 social studies education graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 3 social studies education graduates with average earnings and debt of $53,438 and $39,783 respectively.

The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great social studies education programs and 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 studies education program at the school. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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The social studies 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 Social Studies Teacher Education Schools for a Master’s in the Plains States Region For Those Getting Aid”.

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Best Value Social Studies 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 studies teacher education students with aid.

Top 1 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Social Studies Education in the Plains States Region (With Aid)

#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 Social Studies Teacher Education Schools for a Master’s in the Plains States Region For Those Getting Aid list. Iowa City, Iowa is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out masters’s social studies teacher education degrees to 3 students in 2019-2020.

Iowa not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #1 on our “Best Social Studies Education Master’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at University of Iowa are $27,613, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Read full report on Social Studies Education at Iowa

• Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Social Studies 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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