2022 Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Teacher Education (Income $30-$48k) in the Plains States Region

It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. 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 Teacher Education Schools for a Doctorate in the Plains States Region For Those Making $30-$48k” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.

In 2019-2020, 8,205 people earned their degree in teacher education, making the major the 110th most popular in the United States.

Across the Plains States region, there were 455 teacher education graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the doctor’s degree level specifically, there were 3 teacher education graduates with average earnings and debt of $72,701 and $106,703 respectively.

The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great teacher education programs and cost less that schools of similar quality.

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

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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 Teacher Education Schools for a Doctorate in the Plains States Region For Those Making $30-$48k” list to help you make the college decision.

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Best Value Teacher Education Schools for a Doctorate in the Plains States Region For Those Making $30-$48k

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Teacher Education Schools for a Doctorate in the Plains States Region For Those Making $30-$48k.

Top 1 Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Teacher Education (Income $30-$48k) in the Plains States Region

#1

University of Iowa

Iowa City, Iowa

#1 in overall quality

$27,613 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

Out of the 1 schools in the Best Value Teacher Education Schools for a Doctorate in the Plains States Region For Those Making $30-$48k that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Iowa landed the #1 spot on the list. University of Iowa is a large school located in Iowa City, Iowa that handed out 3 doctorate’s teacher education degrees in 2019-2020.

Iowa also took the #1 spot in our “Best Teacher Education Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region” ranking. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at University of Iowa are $27,613.

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• Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Teacher Education (Income $30-$48k)

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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