2022 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Elementary Education (Income $0-$30k) in Minnesota

When pursuing a degree in today’s world, students have many different options to choose from. Our mission at College Factual is to arm you with as much information as we can to help you make that decision. Our “Best Value Elementary Teaching Schools for a Master’s in Minnesota For Those Making $0-$30k” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.

Elementary Education is the 19th most popular major in the country with 40,622 degrees awarded in 2019-2020.

Across Minnesota, there were 1,197 elementary education graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 66 elementary education graduates with average earnings and debt of $55,396 and $40,953 respectively.

For this year’s “Best Value Elementary Teaching Schools for a Master’s in Minnesota For Those Making $0-$30k” ranking, we looked at 3 colleges that offer a degree in elementary education. The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great elementary education programs and cost less that schools of similar quality.

To come up with these rankings, we looked at factors such as the cost to attend the school after aid is awarded and overall quality of the elementary education program at the school. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.

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Best Value Elementary Teaching Schools for a Master’s in Minnesota For Those Making $0-$30k

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Elementary Teaching Schools for a Master’s in Minnesota For Those Making $0-$30k.

Top 3 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Elementary Education (Income $0-$30k) in Minnesota

#1

Minnesota State University - Mankato

Mankato, Minnesota

#3 in overall quality

$8,788 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Minnesota State University - Mankato. The school came in at #1 for the Best Value Elementary Teaching Schools for a Master’s in Minnesota For Those Making $0-$30k. Minnesota State Mankato is a fairly large school located in Mankato, Minnesota that handed out 21 masters’s elementary teaching degrees in 2019-2020.

Minnesota State Mankato not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #3 on our “Best Elementary Education Master’s Degree Schools in Minnesota” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at Minnesota State Mankato are $8,788, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Read full report on Elementary Education at Minnesota State Mankato

#2

Concordia University, Saint Paul

Saint Paul, Minnesota

#2 in overall quality

$8,550 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Concordia University, Saint Paul. It ranked #2 on our 2022 Best Value Elementary Teaching Schools for a Master’s in Minnesota For Those Making $0-$30k list. This medium-sized school is located in Saint Paul, Minnesota, and it awarded 26 masters’s elementary teaching degrees in 2019-2020.

Concordia University, Saint Paul not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #2 on our “Best Elementary Education Master’s Degree Schools in Minnesota” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at Concordia University, Saint Paul are $8,550, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Full Concordia University, Saint Paul Elementary Education Report

#3

University of St Thomas Minnesota

Saint Paul, Minnesota

#1 in overall quality

$24,814 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of St Thomas Minnesota. It ranked #3 on our 2022 Best Value Elementary Teaching Schools for a Master’s in Minnesota For Those Making $0-$30k list. Saint Paul, Minnesota is the setting for this medium-sized institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out masters’s elementary teaching degrees to 19 students in 2019-2020.

UST MN also took the #1 spot in our “Best Elementary Education Master’s Degree Schools in Minnesota” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at University of St Thomas Minnesota are $24,814, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Read full report on Elementary Education at University of St Thomas Minnesota

• Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Elementary Education (Income $0-$30k) in the Plains States Region
• Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Elementary Education (Income $0-$30k)

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

• *Average salary, average net price, and average tuition and fees 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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