by our College Data Analytics Team
It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. One of our goals at College Factual is to give you as much information as we can - such as our “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Adult and Continuing Ed Major in the Plains States Region” ranking - to help you make that decision.
In 2021-2022, 987 people earned their degree in adult & continuing education, making the major the 432nd most popular in the United States.
Across the Plains States region, there were 180 adult & continuing education graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 100 adult & continuing education graduates with average earnings and debt of $56,858 and $37,352 respectively.
This year’s “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Adult and Continuing Ed Major in the Plains States Region” ranking analyzed 7 colleges that offered a degree 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.
For more information, check out our ranking methodology.
Since picking the right college can be one of the most important decisions of your life, we’ve developed the “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Adult and Continuing Ed Major in the Plains States Region” ranking, along with many other major-related rankings, to help you make that decision.
To further help you make the college decision, we’ve developed a unique tool called College Combat that allows you to compare schools based on the factors that matter the most to you. Test it out by comparing your favorite schools against others you are considering, or bookmark the tool so you can experiment with it later.
The colleges and universities below are the best for plains states region master’s degree adult and continuing ed students.
Out of the 7 schools in the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Adult and Continuing Ed Major in the Plains States Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Waldorf University landed the #1 spot on the list. Waldorf is a small school located in Forest City, Iowa that handed out 16 masters’s adult and continuing ed degrees 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%.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Drake University. The school came in at #2 for the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Adult and Continuing Ed Major in the Plains States Region. This small school is located in Des Moines, Iowa, and it awarded 11 masters’s adult and continuing ed degrees in 2021-2022.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 0.8% 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%.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Kansas State University. The school came in at #3 for the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Adult and Continuing Ed Major in the Plains States Region. Located in Manhattan, Kansas, this fairly large public school awarded 19 degrees to qualified masters’s adult and continuing ed students in 2021-2022.
With a freshman retention rate of 86%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students. The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 0.9%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
Out of the 7 schools in the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Adult and Continuing Ed Major in the Plains States Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Park University landed the #4 spot on the list. Park University is a medium-sized private not-for-profit school situated in Parkville, Missouri. It awarded 13 masters’s adult and continuing ed degrees in 2021-2022.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 1.9% 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%.
University of Minnesota - Twin Cities did quite well in the 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Adult and Continuing Ed Major in the Plains States Region ranking, coming in at #6. UMN Twin Cities is a large school located in Minneapolis, Minnesota that handed out 3 masters’s adult and continuing ed degrees in 2021-2022.
Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 92%. The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 0.6%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
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