2023 Most Focused Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Adult & Continuing Education in the Far Western US Region
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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 “Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Adult and Continuing Ed Major in the Far Western US Region” ranking is part of that endeavor.
Adult & Continuing Education is the 432nd most popular major in the country with 987 degrees awarded in 2021-2022.
Across the Far Western US region, there were 35 adult & continuing education graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the doctor’s degree level specifically, there were 5 adult & continuing education graduates with average earnings and debt of $76,633 and $152,837 respectively.
For this year’s “Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Adult and Continuing Ed Major in the Far Western US Region” ranking, we looked at 2 colleges that offer a degree in adult & continuing education. This a ranking of the schools where the largest percentage of students has enrolled in adult & continuing education.
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Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Adult and Continuing Ed Major in the Far Western US Region
The colleges and universities below are the best for far western us region doctor’s degree adult and continuing ed students.
Top 2 Most Focused Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Adult & Continuing Education in the Far Western US Region
Out of the 2 schools in the Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Adult and Continuing Ed Major in the Far Western US Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Oregon State University landed the #1 spot on the list. Located in Corvallis, Oregon, this large public school awarded 3 diplomas to qualified doctorate’s adult and continuing ed students in 2021-2022.
Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 87%. The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 0.7%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
Read more about Adult & Continuing Education at Oregon State University
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Nevada - Las Vegas. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Adult and Continuing Ed Major in the Far Western US Region list. Located in Las Vegas, Nevada, this large public school handed out 2 degrees to qualified doctorate’s adult and continuing ed students in 2021-2022.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 1.5%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
Full UNLV Adult & Continuing Education Report
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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
- *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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