2023 Best Value General Education Doctor's Degree Schools in the Plains States Region
Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing
Finding the Best General Education Doctor's Degree School for You
In 2020-2021, 29,810 general education students received a degree or certificate, making the major the #5 most popular in the country.
When it comes to higher education, there are a lot of options for teaching students. You can choose a traditional brick and mortar school, or with the growth of online education, you can attend a school half-way across the country without even leaving your house. Also there are many trade schools that offer short-term programs that open up more career options.
The Best Value General Education Doctor's Degree Schools in the Plains States Region ranking is one of many tools that Teaching Degree Search has developed to help you make your educational decision. Our analysis looked at 7 schools in the Plains States Region to see which doctor's degree programs offered the best value experiences for education students with the aim of identifying those quality schools that are more affordable than some of their counterparts.
Our ranking of value is based on the quality of a program as defined in our per sticker price dollar. Specifically, our score for quality is discounted by the published tuition and fees charged by the given college. This gives the cost per unit of quality for each college. The more quality your dollar buys, the better the value.
In our regional and nationwide rankings, out-of-state tution and fees are used in our calculations. For statewide rankings, we use average in-state tuition and fees.
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2023 Best Value General Education Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region
The colleges and universities below are the best value schools for education majors pursuing a doctor's degree.
Best Plains States Region Schools for Affordable Quality for a Doctorate in General Education
Our 2023 rankings named Winona State University the best value school in the Plains States Region for general education students working on their doctor’s degree. Winona State is a moderately-sized public school located in the distant town of Winona.
Winona State graduate students pay an average of $12,836 in tuition and fees each year.
Winona State also took the #1 spot in our Best General Education Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region rankings.
Out of the 7 schools in the Plains States Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Hamline University landed the # 3 spot on the list. Located in the city of Saint Paul, Hamline is a private not-for-profit college with a small student population.
Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at Hamline are $10,402 per year.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Iowa State University. The school came in at #4 on this year’s Best Value General Education Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region list. Iowa State is a very large public school located in the city of Ames.
The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at Iowa State are $26,948 a year.
In addition to its great value ranking, Iowa State is in the top 20% of all schools on our Best General Education Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region list.
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Out of the 7 schools in the Plains States Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Capella University landed the # 5 spot on the list. Located in the large city of Minneapolis, Capella University is a private for-profit college with a fairly large student population.
The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at Capella University are $14,784 a year.
University of Missouri - Kansas City landed the #6 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best value doctor’s degree general education programs. Located in the city of Kansas City, UMKC is a public college with a large student population.
UMKC graduate students pay an average of $27,803 in tuition and fees each year.
University of Missouri - St Louis landed the #7 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best value doctor’s degree general education programs. UMSL is a fairly large public school located in the large suburb of Saint Louis.
UMSL graduate students pay an average of $30,756 in tuition and fees each year.
Read full report on General Education at University of Missouri - St Louis
Best General Education Colleges by State
Explore the best general education colleges for a specific state in the Plains States region.
| State | Degrees Awarded |
|---|---|
| Missouri | 493 |
| Kansas | 373 |
| Minnesota | 2,028 |
| Iowa | 226 |
| South Dakota | 88 |
| North Dakota | 24 |
| Nebraska | 59 |
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Majors Related to Education
One of 14 majors within the teaching area of study, general education has other similar majors worth exploring.
Education Concentrations
| Major | Annual Graduates |
|---|---|
| General Education | 29,810 |
Majors Similar to Education
| Related Major | Annual Graduates |
|---|---|
| Teacher Education Grade Specific | 110,226 |
| Educational Administration | 46,469 |
| Teacher Education Subject Specific | 43,297 |
| Special Education | 36,792 |
| Curriculum & Instruction | 19,832 |
Notes and References
*These averages are for the top 7 schools only.
- 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 the rest 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).
- Credit for the banner image above goes to KOKUYO.
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