2023 Most Focused Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Teacher Education Grade Specific in the Plains States Region

When pursuing a degree in today’s world, students have many different options to choose from. College Factual was founded, in part, to help students make the decision as to what would be the best school for them. Our “Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Grade Specific Ed Major in the Plains States Region” ranking is part of that endeavor.

With 110,770 degrees handed out in 2021-2022, teacher education grade specific is the 6th most popular major in the United States. In , teacher education grade specific graduates who were awarded their degree in , earned an average of $38,190 and had an average of $24,599 in loans still to pay off.

Across the Plains States region, there were 10,585 teacher education grade specific graduates with average earnings and debt of $36,999 and $24,546 respectively. At the doctor’s degree level specifically, there were 74 teacher education grade specific graduates with average earnings and debt of $76,238 and $112,293 respectively.

This year’s “Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Grade Specific Ed Major in the Plains States Region” ranking looked at 4 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in teacher education grade specific. The colleges and universities that top this list are recognized because their teacher education grade specific program is one of the largest majors offered at the school.

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Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Grade Specific Ed Major in the Plains States Region

The following schools top our list of the Best “Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Grade Specific Ed Major in the Plains States Region”.

Top 4 Most Focused Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Teacher Education Grade Specific in the Plains States Region

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University of North Dakota
Grand Forks, North Dakota

Out of the 4 schools in the Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Grade Specific Ed Major in the Plains States Region that were part of this year’s ranking, University of North Dakota landed the #2 spot on the list. UND is a public institution located in Grand Forks, North Dakota. The school has a fairly large population, and it awarded 15 doctorate’s degrees in 2021-2022.

The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 0.8%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.

Full UND Teacher Education Grade Specific Report

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Kansas State University
Manhattan, Kansas

Top 20% overall quality in Plains States

Out of the 4 schools in the Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Grade Specific Ed Major in the Plains States Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Kansas State University landed the #3 spot on the list. Located in Manhattan, Kansas, this fairly large public school awarded 9 degrees to qualified doctorate’s grade specific ed students in 2021-2022.

With a freshman retention rate of 86%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students. The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 0.9%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.

Full Kansas State University Teacher Education Grade Specific Report

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University of Iowa
Iowa City, Iowa

#9 overall quality in Plains States

Out of the 4 schools in the Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Grade Specific Ed Major in the Plains States Region that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Iowa landed the #4 spot on the list. University of Iowa is located in Iowa City, Iowa and, has a large student population. In 2021-2022, this school awarded 1 doctorate’s grade specific ed degrees to qualified students.

With a freshman retention rate of 88%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students. The low undergrad student loan default rate of 1.2% 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%.

Read full report on Teacher Education Grade Specific at Iowa

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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