2025 Best Adult & Continuing Education Schools in the Great Lakes Region
3Colleges in the Great Lakes Region
78Adult and Continuing Ed Degrees Awarded
If you plan on majoring in adult & continuing education, you won't be alone since the degree program is ranked #432 in the country in terms of popularity. As a result, there are many college that offer the degree, making your choice of school a hard one.
College Factual reviewed 3 schools in the Great Lakes Region to determine which ones were the best for degree seekers in the field of adult & continuing education. Combined, these schools handed out 78 degrees in adult & continuing education to qualified students.
Choosing a Great Adult & Continuing Education School
The adult and continuing ed program you select can have a big impact on your future. That's why we developed our collection of Best Schools for Adult & Continuing Education rankings. We derive our Best Overall Adult & Continuing Education School rankings by rolling up our degree-level rankings after weighting them by the number of degrees awarded at each school.
In order to find the schools that are the best fit for you, you may want to filter to one of the degree levels below.
Adult & Continuing Education Rankings by Degree Level
Since the program you select can have a significant impact on your future, we've developed a number of rankings, including this Best Adult & Continuing Education Schools in the Great Lakes Region list, to help you choose the best school for you.
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Best Schools for Adult & Continuing Education in the Great Lakes Region
The schools below may not offer all types of adult and continuing ed degrees so you may want to filter by degree level first. However, they are great for the degree levels they do offer.
Top Great Lakes Region Schools in Adult and Continuing Ed
Ball State University is one of the finest schools in the United States for getting a degree in adult & continuing education. Located in the small city of Muncie, Ball State is a public university with a fairly large student population. This university ranks 5th out of 41 colleges for overall quality in the state of Indiana.
There were about 20 adult & continuing education students who graduated with this degree at Ball State in the most recent data year.
Indiana University - Bloomington is one of the best schools in the country for getting a degree in adult & continuing education. Located in the small city of Bloomington, IU Bloomington is a public university with a very large student population. A Best Colleges rank of #30 out of 2,152 schools nationwide means IU Bloomington is a great university overall.
There were about 19 adult & continuing education students who graduated with this degree at IU Bloomington in the most recent year we have data available.
It's difficult to beat Cleveland State University if you wish to pursue a degree in adult & continuing education. Cleveland State University is a fairly large public university located in the city of Cleveland. This university ranks 54th out of 91 colleges for overall quality in the state of Ohio.
There were approximately 20 adult & continuing education students who graduated with this degree at Cleveland State University in the most recent data year.
The bars on the spread charts above show the distribution of the schools on this list +/- one standard deviation from the mean.
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 the rest 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).
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