2022 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Junior High/Intermediate/Middle School Education & Teaching (Income $48-$75k) in the Plains States Region

It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. College Factual has developed its “Best Value Junior High/Intermediate/Middle School Education and Teaching Schools for a Master’s in the Plains States Region For Those Making $48-$75k” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.

Junior High/Intermediate/Middle School Education & Teaching is the 200th most popular major in the country with 3,484 degrees awarded in 2019-2020.

Across the Plains States region, there were 316 junior high/intermediate/middle school education and teaching graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 5 junior high/intermediate/middle school education and teaching graduates with average earnings and debt of $53,438 and $39,783 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Junior High/Intermediate/Middle School Education and Teaching Schools for a Master’s in the Plains States Region For Those Making $48-$75k” ranking analyzed 2 colleges that offered a degree in junior high/intermediate/middle school education and teaching. This ranking identifies schools with high-quality junior high/intermediate/middle school education and teaching programs that also have a lower cost than schools of similar quality.

Some of the factors we look at when determining these rankings are overall quality of the junior high/intermediate/middle school education and teaching program at the school and the cost of the school after aid is awarded among other things. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.

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When choosing the right school for you, it’s important to arm yourself with all the facts you can. To that end, we’ve created a number of major-specific rankings, including this “Best Value Junior High/Intermediate/Middle School Education and Teaching Schools for a Master’s in the Plains States Region For Those Making $48-$75k” list to help you make the college decision.

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Best Value Junior High/Intermediate/Middle School Education and Teaching Schools for a Master’s in the Plains States Region For Those Making $48-$75k

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Junior High/Intermediate/Middle School Education and Teaching Schools for a Master’s in the Plains States Region For Those Making $48-$75k.

Top 2 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Junior High/Intermediate/Middle School Education & Teaching (Income $48-$75k) in the Plains States Region

#1

Drury University

Springfield, Missouri

#1 in overall quality

$8,515 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Drury University. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Junior High/Intermediate/Middle School Education and Teaching Schools for a Master’s in the Plains States Region For Those Making $48-$75k list. Drury University is a private not-for-profit institution located in Springfield, Missouri. The school has a small population, and it awarded 4 masters’s degrees in 2019-2020.

Drury University did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best Junior High/Intermediate/Middle School Education & Teaching Master’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region” list. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at Drury University are $8,515.

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#2

Webster University

Saint Louis, Missouri

$13,500 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Webster University. The school came in at #2 for the Best Value Junior High/Intermediate/Middle School Education and Teaching Schools for a Master’s in the Plains States Region For Those Making $48-$75k. Webster University is a medium-sized private not-for-profit school situated in Saint Louis, Missouri. It awarded 1 masters’s junior high/intermediate/middle school education and teaching degrees in 2019-2020.

Webster also took the #0 spot in our “Best Junior High/Intermediate/Middle School Education & Teaching Master’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at Webster University are $13,500, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

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• Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Junior High/Intermediate/Middle School Education & Teaching (Income $48-$75k)

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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