2022 Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Secondary Education in the Great Lakes Region (With Aid)

It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. College Factual was founded, in part, to help students make the decision as to what would be the best school for them. Our “Best Value Secondary Teaching Schools for a Doctorate in the Great Lakes Region For Those Getting Aid” ranking is part of that endeavor.

Secondary Education is the 88th most popular major in the country with 9,530 degrees awarded in 2019-2020.

Across the Great Lakes region, there were 1,161 secondary education graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the doctor’s degree level specifically, there were 2 secondary education graduates with average earnings and debt of $74,428 and $121,375 respectively.

This ranking identifies schools with high-quality secondary education programs that also have a lower cost than schools of similar quality.

When determining these rankings, we looked at things such as overall quality of the secondary education program at the school and the cost to attend the school once aid has been awarded. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.

More Ways to Rank Secondary Education Schools

The secondary teaching school you choose to invest your time and money in matters. To help you make the decision that is right for you, we’ve developed a number of major-specific rankings, including this list of “Best Value Secondary Teaching Schools for a Doctorate in the Great Lakes Region For Those Getting Aid”.

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Best Value Secondary Teaching Schools for a Doctorate in the Great Lakes Region For Those Getting Aid

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Secondary Teaching Schools for a Doctorate in the Great Lakes Region For Those Getting Aid.

Top 1 Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Secondary Education in the Great Lakes Region (With Aid)

#1

University of Akron Main Campus

Akron, Ohio

#1 in overall quality

$15,217 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

Out of the 1 schools in the Best Value Secondary Teaching Schools for a Doctorate in the Great Lakes Region For Those Getting Aid that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Akron Main Campus landed the #1 spot on the list. Located in Akron, Ohio, this fairly large public school handed out 2 degrees to qualified doctorate’s secondary teaching students in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at University of Akron Main Campus, the school also landed the #1 spot in our “Best Secondary Education Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region” ranking. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at University of Akron Main Campus are $15,217.

Read full report on Secondary Education at University of Akron Main Campus

• Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Secondary Education (With Aid)

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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