2023 Most Focused Colleges for Adult & Continuing Education in Minnesota

With all of the options students have for higher education today, it can be tough to choose which direction to take. College Factual was founded, in part, to help students make the decision as to what would be the best school for them. Our “Schools Highly Focused on Adult and Continuing Ed Major in Minnesota” 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 Minnesota, there were 109 adult & continuing education graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively.

This year’s “Schools Highly Focused on Adult and Continuing Ed Major in Minnesota” ranking analyzed 3 colleges that offered a degree in adult & continuing education. That schools that top this list have a program in adult & continuing education in which the largest percentage of students at the school are enrolled.

For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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Since picking the right college can be one of the most important decisions of your life, we’ve developed the “Schools Highly Focused on Adult and Continuing Ed Major in Minnesota” ranking, along with many other major-related rankings, to help you make that decision.

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Schools Highly Focused on Adult and Continuing Ed Major in Minnesota

The colleges and universities below are the best for minnesota adult and continuing ed students.

Top 3 Most Focused Colleges for Adult & Continuing Education in Minnesota

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University of Minnesota - Twin Cities
Minneapolis, Minnesota

#1 overall quality in Minnesota

$50,445 Average Early-Career Earnings

$31,473 Average Student Debt

Out of the 3 schools in the Schools Highly Focused on Adult and Continuing Ed Major in Minnesota that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Minnesota - Twin Cities landed the #2 spot on the list. UMN Twin Cities is located in Minneapolis, Minnesota and, has a large student population. In 2021-2022, this school awarded 13 ’s adult and continuing ed degrees to qualified students.

Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 92%. The low undergrad student loan default rate of 0.6% 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%.

Full University of Minnesota - Twin Cities Adult & Continuing Education Report

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

• *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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