2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Secondary Teaching Major in the Plains States Region
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It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. College Factual has developed its “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Secondary Teaching Major in the Plains States Region” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.
Secondary Education is the 84th most popular major in the country with 11,071 degrees awarded in 2021-2022.
Across the Plains States region, there were 1,142 secondary education graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 755 secondary education graduates with average earnings and debt of $40,724 and $22,887 respectively.
For this year’s “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Secondary Teaching Major in the Plains States Region” ranking, we looked at 55 colleges that offer a degree in secondary education. That schools that top this list have a program in secondary education in which the largest percentage of students at the school are enrolled.
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Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Secondary Teaching Major in the Plains States Region
The following schools top our list of the Best “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Secondary Teaching Major in the Plains States Region”.
Top 25 Most Focused Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Secondary Education in the Plains States Region
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Cottey College. The school came in at #1 for the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Secondary Teaching Major in the Plains States Region. Cottey College is a small school located in Nevada, Missouri that handed out 1 bachelors’s secondary teaching degrees in 2021-2022.
Since the school has a undergrad student-to-faculty ratio of 7 to 1, those pursuing a degree will have more opportunities to interact with their professors. The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 2.2%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
Full Cottey College Secondary Education Report
Out of the 55 schools in the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Secondary Teaching Major in the Plains States Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Northwestern College landed the #2 spot on the list. Located in Orange City, Iowa, this small private not-for-profit school awarded 10 degrees to qualified bachelors’s secondary teaching students in 2021-2022.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 1.0%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
Read more about Secondary Education at Northwestern College
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend North Central University. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Secondary Teaching Major in the Plains States Region list. Minneapolis, Minnesota is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out bachelors’s secondary teaching degrees to 6 students in 2021-2022.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 1.0%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
Read full report on Secondary Education at North Central University
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Hannibal - LaGrange University. It ranked #4 on our 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Secondary Teaching Major in the Plains States Region list. HLGU is located in Hannibal, Missouri and, has a small student population. In 2021-2022, this school awarded 8 bachelors’s secondary teaching degrees to qualified students.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 1.2%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%. The impressive undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio of 10 to 1 means that students may have more opportunities to work more closely with their professors than they would at other schools.
Read more about Secondary Education at HLGU
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Dordt University. It ranked #5 on our 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Secondary Teaching Major in the Plains States Region list. This small school is located in Sioux Center, Iowa, and it awarded 11 bachelors’s secondary teaching degrees in 2021-2022.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 0.3% 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%.
Full Dordt University Secondary Education Report
Augustana University ranked #6 on this year’s Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Secondary Teaching Major in the Plains States Region list. Located in Sioux Falls, South Dakota, this small private not-for-profit school awarded 12 degrees to qualified bachelors’s secondary teaching students in 2021-2022.
Full Augustana Sioux Falls Secondary Education Report
Tabor College came in at #7 in this year’s edition of the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Secondary Teaching Major in the Plains States Region ranking. Tabor College is located in Hillsboro, Kansas and, has a small student population. In 2021-2022, this school awarded 3 bachelors’s secondary teaching degrees to qualified students.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 3.3% 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 Secondary Education at Tabor College
Mount Mercy University did quite well in the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Secondary Teaching Major in the Plains States Region ranking, coming in at #8. This small school is located in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, and it awarded 9 bachelors’s secondary teaching degrees in 2021-2022.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 1.4% 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 more about Secondary Education at Mount Mercy University
Briar Cliff University did quite well in the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Secondary Teaching Major in the Plains States Region ranking, coming in at #9. This small school is located in Sioux City, Iowa, and it awarded 4 bachelors’s secondary teaching degrees in 2021-2022.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 1.7% 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 more about Secondary Education at Briar Cliff
Benedictine College ranked #10 on this year’s Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Secondary Teaching Major in the Plains States Region list. Benedictine College is a private not-for-profit institution located in Atchison, Kansas. The school has a small population, and it awarded 14 bachelors’s degrees in 2021-2022.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 0.8%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
Full Benedictine College Secondary Education Report
Loras College landed the #11 spot on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Secondary Teaching Major in the Plains States Region ranking. Loras College is a small private not-for-profit school situated in Dubuque, Iowa. It awarded 13 bachelors’s secondary teaching degrees in 2021-2022.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 2.0%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
Read full report on Secondary Education at Loras
Hastings College came in at #12 in this year’s edition of the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Secondary Teaching Major in the Plains States Region ranking. Hastings, Nebraska is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out bachelors’s secondary teaching degrees to 8 students in 2021-2022.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 1.0%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
Full Hastings Secondary Education Report
Missouri Southern State University ranked #13 on this year’s Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Secondary Teaching Major in the Plains States Region list. Located in Joplin, Missouri, this small public school awarded 32 degrees to qualified bachelors’s secondary teaching students in 2021-2022.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 1.9%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
Read more about Secondary Education at Missouri Southern
Missouri State University - Springfield came in at #14 in this year’s edition of the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Secondary Teaching Major in the Plains States Region ranking. Missouri State is a large school located in Springfield, Missouri that handed out 100 bachelors’s secondary teaching 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 Missouri State Secondary Education Report
Concordia University, Nebraska ranked #15 on this year’s Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Secondary Teaching Major in the Plains States Region list. Located in Seward, Nebraska, this small private not-for-profit school awarded 22 diplomas to qualified bachelors’s secondary teaching students in 2021-2022.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 0.9%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
Full Concordia University, Nebraska Secondary Education Report
With a ranking of #16, University of Nebraska at Omaha did quite well on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Secondary Teaching Major in the Plains States Region list. UNOMAHA is a fairly large school located in Omaha, Nebraska that handed out 68 bachelors’s secondary teaching degrees in 2021-2022.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 0.3% 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 more about Secondary Education at University of Nebraska at Omaha
Cornell College did quite well in the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Secondary Teaching Major in the Plains States Region ranking, coming in at #17. Cornell College is a small school located in Mount Vernon, Iowa that handed out 6 bachelors’s secondary teaching degrees in 2021-2022.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 2.7% 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 Secondary Education at Cornell College
With a ranking of #18, Grand View University did quite well on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Secondary Teaching Major in the Plains States Region list. Des Moines, Iowa is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out bachelors’s secondary teaching degrees to 10 students in 2021-2022.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 2.3%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
Read full report on Secondary Education at Grand View University
University of Central Missouri ranked #19 on this year’s Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Secondary Teaching Major in the Plains States Region list. This fairly large school is located in Warrensburg, Missouri, and it awarded 48 bachelors’s secondary teaching degrees in 2021-2022.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 1.4%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
Full University of Central Missouri Secondary Education Report
With a ranking of #20, Drury University did quite well on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Secondary Teaching Major in the Plains States Region list. Located in Springfield, Missouri, this small private not-for-profit school awarded 6 diplomas to qualified bachelors’s secondary teaching students in 2021-2022.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 2.7%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
Full Drury University Secondary Education Report
Westminster College Missouri did quite well in the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Secondary Teaching Major in the Plains States Region ranking, coming in at #21. Westminster Fulton is a small private not-for-profit school situated in Fulton, Missouri. It awarded 0 bachelors’s secondary teaching degrees in 2021-2022.
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 Westminster Fulton Secondary Education Report
Kansas State University came in at #22 in this year’s edition of the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Secondary Teaching Major in the Plains States Region ranking. Kansas State University is a public institution located in Manhattan, Kansas. The school has a fairly large population, and it awarded 82 bachelors’s degrees in 2021-2022.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 0.9% 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%. The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 86%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.
Full Kansas State University Secondary Education Report
University of Missouri - St Louis did quite well in the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Secondary Teaching Major in the Plains States Region ranking, coming in at #23. UMSL is a public institution located in Saint Louis, Missouri. The school has a fairly large population, and it awarded 20 bachelors’s degrees in 2021-2022.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 1.3% 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 more about Secondary Education at UMSL
Drake University ranked #24 on this year’s Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Secondary Teaching Major in the Plains States Region list. This small school is located in Des Moines, Iowa, and it awarded 10 bachelors’s secondary teaching 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%.
Read more about Secondary Education at Drake University
Fort Hays State University ranked #25 on this year’s Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Secondary Teaching Major in the Plains States Region list. This fairly large school is located in Hays, Kansas, and it awarded 42 bachelors’s secondary teaching degrees in 2021-2022.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 1.8% 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%.
Full Fort Hays State University Secondary Education Report
