2023 Best Value General Education Master's Degree Schools in the Plains States Region
Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing
Finding the Best General Education Master'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 Master'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. This report analyzed 33 schools in the Plains States Region to see which ones offered the best value master's degree programs for education students. The goal was to highlight schools with more affordable prices than others offering similar quality experiences.
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 Master’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region
Check out the education master's degree programs at these schools if you want to get the best value for your educational dollar.
Top 10 Best General Education Master's Degree Schools
Our 2023 rankings named Martin Luther College the best value school in the Plains States Region for general education students working on their master’s degree. Located in the town of New Ulm, MLC is a private not-for-profit school with a fairly small student population.
MLC graduate students pay an average of $5,400 in tuition and fees each year.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Morningside College. The school came in at #2 on this year’s Best Value General Education Master’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region list. Located in the city of Sioux City, Morningside is a private not-for-profit college with a small student population.
Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at Morningside are $6,516 per year.
The excellent master’s degree programs at Southwest Baptist University helped the school earn the #3 place on this year’s ranking of the best value general education schools in the Plains States Region . Located in the town of Bolivar, Southwest Baptist University is a private not-for-profit college with a small student population.
Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at Southwest Baptist University are $5,388 per year.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Northwestern - St Paul. It ranked #4 on our 2023 Best Value General Education Master’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region list. Northwestern is a small private not-for-profit school located in the large suburb of Saint Paul.
Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at Northwestern are $8,982 per year.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Minot State University. It ranked #5 on our 2023 Best Value General Education Master’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region list. MSU is a small public school located in the town of Minot.
MSU graduate students pay an average of $10,263 in tuition and fees each year.
MSU also claimed a spot on our Best General Education Master’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region list. It’s in the top 20% of all schools in this category.
Southwest Minnesota State University landed the #6 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best value master’s degree general education programs. Located in the town of Marshall, Southwest Minnesota State University is a public college with a moderately-sized student population.
Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at Southwest Minnesota State University are $8,818 per year.
Grand View University ranked #7 on this year’s Best Value General Education Master’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region list. Grand View University is a small private not-for-profit school located in the city of Des Moines.
Grand View University graduate students pay an average of $9,440 in tuition and fees each year.
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Hamline University landed the #8 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best value master’s degree general education programs. Located in the large city of Saint Paul, Hamline is a private not-for-profit college with a small student population.
The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at Hamline are $10,402 a year.
Bemidji State University did quite well in this year’s ranking of the best places for general education students to get a master’s degree. It came in at #9 on the list. Bemidji State University is a small public school located in the town of Bemidji.
Bemidji State University graduate students pay an average of $9,586 in tuition and fees each year.
With a ranking of #10, Saint Mary’s University of Minnesota did quite well on this year’s best value schools for general education students working on their master’s degree. Located in the distant town of Winona, SMU MN is a private not-for-profit college with a small student population.
Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at SMU MN are $10,890 per year.
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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 25 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).
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