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2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Adult and Continuing Ed Major in Pennsylvania

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Schools for a Master's Highly Focused on Adult and Continuing Ed Major in Pennsylvania

It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. College Factual has developed its “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Adult and Continuing Ed Major in Pennsylvania” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.

Adult & Continuing Education is the 432nd most popular major in the country with 987 degrees awarded in 2021-2022.

Across Pennsylvania, there were 91 adult & continuing education graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 86 adult & continuing education graduates with average earnings and debt of $65,037 and $44,515 respectively.

This year’s “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Adult and Continuing Ed Major in Pennsylvania” ranking looked at 5 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in adult & continuing education. The colleges and universities that top this list are recognized because their adult & continuing education program is one of the largest majors offered at the school.

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Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Adult and Continuing Ed Major in Pennsylvania

The colleges and universities below are the best for pennsylvania master’s degree adult and continuing ed students.

Top 5 Most Focused Master’s Degree Colleges for Adult & Continuing Education in Pennsylvania

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Point Park University
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Point Park University. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Adult and Continuing Ed Major in Pennsylvania list. Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out masters’s adult and continuing ed degrees to 2 students in 2021-2022.

The low undergrad student loan default rate of 1.8% is a good sign that students have an easier time paying off their loans than they might at other schools. For comparison, the national default rate is 10.1%.

Read more about Adult & Continuing Education at Point Park

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Widener University
Chester, Pennsylvania

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Widener University. The school came in at #2 for the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Adult and Continuing Ed Major in Pennsylvania. Located in Chester, Pennsylvania, this medium-sized private not-for-profit school awarded 6 diplomas to qualified masters’s adult and continuing ed students in 2021-2022.

The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 0.9%, 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.

Full Widener Adult & Continuing Education Report

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University of Pennsylvania
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Pennsylvania. The school came in at #3 for the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Adult and Continuing Ed Major in Pennsylvania. University of Pennsylvania is a large school located in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania that handed out 27 masters’s adult and continuing ed degrees in 2021-2022.

The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 0.3%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%. With a freshman retention rate of 98%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students. The impressive undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio of 6 to 1 means that students may have more opportunities to work more closely with their professors than they would at other schools.

Read more about Adult & Continuing Education at UPenn

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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Indiana University of Pennsylvania - Main Campus. It ranked #4 on our 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Adult and Continuing Ed Major in Pennsylvania list. Located in Indiana, Pennsylvania, this medium-sized public school awarded 0 diplomas to qualified masters’s adult and continuing ed students in 2021-2022.

The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 2.6%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.

Full IUP Adult & Continuing Education Report

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Lincoln University
Lincoln University, Pennsylvania

Out of the 5 schools in the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Adult and Continuing Ed Major in Pennsylvania that were part of this year’s ranking, Lincoln University landed the #5 spot on the list. Lincoln University is a public institution located in Lincoln University, Pennsylvania. The school has a small population, and it awarded 0 masters’s degrees in 2021-2022.

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